Several years ago Ken and Barb Larson realized that very few, if any, American seminaries possessed an authentic Torah scroll. With this realization, the Larsons felt called to make these scrolls available to seminaries for study.

Marc Champagne is not content with the status quo. As a church planter in Cincinnati, he believes that the community of the church should reflect the community in which God has placed it.

If a man actually rose from the dead — then business, politics, education, law — these are now saturated with a glorious new purpose.

“We had girls as young as 10 who helped during the sewing process and helped man the boutique. It was confirmation for me that all people find great joy in serving.”

While the couple has always talked about adopting, they are finding that caring for children in crisis, and the emotional roller coaster of dealing with an unpredictable legal system, can be hard, lonely work.

For more than 15 years men from the “Lighthouse” have held forth the Gospel in one of the darkest places, offering love, acceptance, and hope to those who feel hopeless and unlovable.

Is not colorblindness the greatest of anti-racist goals? Or, to put it another way: Are we not to strive for equal treatment for all, without regard to race? Once again, a different understanding of terms becomes a stumbling block to unity.

Hahn brings a variety of ministry experiences to the position, including campus ministry, church planting, and advising and coaching church planters and launch teams.

The overture demonstrates that the PCA takes seriously its past and current sins, and it is always healthy for the denomination to confess. By confessing specific sins of racism, the PCA creates a more welcoming environment for all minorities.

Though Overture 4 has been the pattern for nine overtures growing out of last year’s Lucas-Duncan personal resolution, several other responses have emerged.