Overtures Committee has thus far dealt with 15 of the 17 overtures referred to it.

Grounds will be provided later.

The Administrative Committee convened on Monday, June 17, to discuss several matters regarding the administration of the denomination and to make recommendations on those matters to the 41st General Assembly. Significant among the issues considered: Regarding business from last year, Overture 2012-43, the committee recommends that the wording of Rules of Assembly Operation be amended…

What makes pastoral ministry so difficult that, although men feel called to pastoral ministry for a lifetime and spend years training in seminary, they often quit after a few years?

CEP in partnership with other committees and agencies as well as Metro Atlanta Presbytery, has begun exploring an initiative to provide training, mentoring, and gospel encouragement to teaching elders through an annual retreat.

The woman at the well offers a glimpse of how quickly a person can be transformed by turning to God—and how much a transformed life can transform the world.

John Smithbaker and his pastor, Scott MacNaughton, founded Fathers in the Field (FITF), a program that pairs men with fatherless boys to teach them outdoor skills, introduce them to the love of their Heavenly Father, and help them forgive their earthly fathers.

“I was a clinical do-gooder,” 23-year-old Bryan Lemon admits. “I was always the good kid. Didn’t push the limits too much … just very consumed by seeking the approval of others and making others happy.”

Jennifer Roback Morse, an economist, rejects the notion that increasing support for homosexual marriage among young people means that its legalization is somehow inevitable.

A recent Pew survey found that 70 percent of those in the millennial generation (ages 18 to 33) favor same-sex marriage. But the same poll shows that 65 percent of young evangelicals oppose same-sex marriage.