The Bible reserves ordained church leadership for men, and yet many women in the church are gifted leaders. As a denomination, the PCA must wrestle with and harmonize these two realities.

The Bible never points to our desires as an identity. What the Bible does say is that our attractions are often aspects of our humanity that need to be redeemed by Christ.

“My senior pastor proposed to me! We were sitting at a barbecue joint, and he said, ‘This is going to sound weird, but Erik, will you marry me?’ — meaning, will you be of one mind with me and we will fight together?”

GA Seminar: Why the diversity conversation needs to happen now

While there might not be full healing this side of heaven, churches can offer transgendered men and women a place where they are not projects to be fixed, but people whose stories —  and bodies — matter.

Confronting our own fears may be the most difficult reform we face.

By making explicit what we do believe, the Apostles’ Creed guards the church against what we don’t believe. The Creed allows Christians to identify and avoid inadequate or harmful versions of the story.

“Wade Williams was more biblically and spiritually driven than any other musician I’ve known — so evangelistic and mission-minded.”

Letter urges leaders to welcome differences of opinion and discourse on various issues, while affirming “the need for our leadership to always be searching for the center so that unity might be maintained and our mission might be accomplished.”

Eight overtures await the 42nd General Assembly regarding judicial process and the authority of the Standing Judicial Committee (SJC). TE Sean Lucas writes in favor of one such overture. TE David Coffin writes in opposition. Please join the conversation with your comments.