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Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity
By Larry Alex Taunton
Using the Fixed Point Foundation website, email, my Twitter, and my Facebook page, we contacted the leaders of these groups and asked if they and their fellow members would participate in our study. To our surprise, we received a flood of enquiries. Students ranging from Stanford University to the University of Alabama-Birmingham, from Northwestern to Portland State volunteered to talk to us. The rules were simple: Tell us your journey to unbelief.
“For the sake of your Jesus, won’t you help my son?” Those words from a Jewish woman’s lips provided the spark that began it all.
25 years ago Perimeter Church was recognized as one of the country’s more innovative churches. But with that recognition, pastor Randy Pope realized the church wasn’t being recognized for hitting a specific target; it was recognized for “shooting arrows farther than most other churches.”
Vacation becomes vocation for Dorados
By Patrick Finley, Arizona Daily Star
Arklie Hooten, MNA Disaster Response Director, notes, “This is another story about the Sheds of Hope project [in Moore, OK] being supervised by RUF Minister Daniel Killian. The story mentions the work, volunteer housing at Christ the King PCA and the use of the North Texas Presbytery Shower Trailer.” Arklie goes on to urge, “Form a team and get here as soon as you can.”
The State of Vacation Bible School
By The Barna Group
Costumed skits, scavenger hunts on the lawn, puppet shows and safari-themed snacks and sing-a-longs—it’s either the best birthday party a kid could ask for or the free kids’ program the church down the street puts on every summer. For many kids in America, summer means Vacation Bible School, or VBS.
Mission Study Center Appoints Nelson Jennings New Executive Director
By Overseas Ministries Study Center
The Overseas Ministries Study Center Board of Trustees appointed Covenant Seminary professor of world missions J. Nelson Jennings as executive director,
Clerk provides overview of June 17-21 proceedings
In response to a request from the Overtures Committee, the moderator of 41st General Assembly has ruled Overture 19 and 23 as out of order.
The controversy over paedo-communion, and whether a presbytery may ordain a man who holds this view, has resurfaced for the third consecutive year.
On Wednesday morning, June 19, Dr. L. Roy Taylor, stated clerk of the PCA General Assembly, provided commissioners with a summary of key statistics from 2012.


