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There comes a time when every church needs revival. In recent years it’s dawned on several PCA pastors that what’s true of the local church is also true of the regional church — the presbytery.
What the Supreme Court decision means for gay marriage
By David Masci
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected requests to review lower court decisions that overturned bans on same-sex marriage in five states: Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. David Masci, Senior Researcher at the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, analyzes the practical effects of that decision.
The North Korean government recently allowed a pair of American criminals to speak to Western media. Jeffrey Fowle, who has been held in Pyongyang since May, worries that his children in Ohio “might be out on the street,” adding: “If this goes beyond the end of September, then I’m in grave danger of losing my…
NEW YORK, NY — September 22, 2014 — Redeemer City to City (CTC) and Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) have announced a strategic partnership to provide a seminary education in New York City.
Still Standing in Iraq: Ministry Asks for Prayer for Iraqi Church Leaders
By Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
“I no longer have any words to tell the people,” the local pastor says, with an overwhelming sense of sadness. “After all that has happened and all I have heard, I have no words left to give them.”
On July 9, 2014, P&R Publishing released the first four booklets in a series on faithful learning. Edited by Dr. Jay Green, Covenant College history professor, the “Faithful Learning” series explores various academic disciplines from a Christian perspective.
Will InterVarsity Losing Cal State Standoff Be Tipping Point for Campus Ministries Nationwide?
By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Despite a year’s worth of persuasion and a New York Times article that sparked widespead support this summer, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has lost campus access in America’s largest university system because it requires student leaders to affirm Christian doctrines.
“In our attempt to be creative, we must not unwittingly abandon [the historic Christian faith, the authority of Scripture, and the value of our creeds and confessions].”
Kooistra ‘following God’s lead’
By CHARMAINE SMITH-MILES
My approach to this is to have a sense of anticipation to see what God is going to do.

