The share of countries with a high or very high level of social hostilities involving religion reached a six-year peak in 2012, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. The share of countries with a high or very high level of government restrictions on religion stayed roughly the same in the latest year studied. Looking at the overall level of restrictions – whether resulting from government policies or from social hostilities – the study finds that restrictions on religion are high or very high in 43% of countries, also a six-year high. Because some of these countries (like China) are very populous, more than 5.3 billion people (76% of the world’s population) live in countries with a high or very high level of restrictions on religion, up from 74% in 2011 and 68% as of mid-2007.

We spent a few minutes chatting with Garriott about how God is using the PCA’s Ministry to State to change lives in seats of power across the globe.

On Dec. 31, 2013, Dr. Ligon Duncan said on his Facebook page, “Today is my last day as senior minister of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS. 17+ years of joy and privilege. I am deeply grateful to God and to this wonderful congregation.” The [new RTS] chancellor has moved his extensive library to RTS/Jackson and…

Over Christmas and New Year’s, the McMath case grabbed headlines and roused emotions from Americans, who either defended the hospital’s attempt to remove the girl’s ventilator or defended the family’s effort keep her organs alive. Pro-life advocates, too, are divided.

In response to the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC) ruling in the case of Hedman v. Pacific Northwest Presbytery, Grace Presbytery recently submitted an overture to consider revising the Book of Church Order (BCO) 15-5 a & b.

Westminster Theological Seminary and two co-plaintiffs have received a favorable ruling in a 46-page opinion from a federal court in Houston in their challenge to the so-called contraceptive mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act about providing access to abortifacient or abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their employees’ insurance plan

In response to an increasingly aggressive homosexual agenda, Westminster Presbytery has proposed an overture that reaffirms the PCA’s position on homosexuality.

Shepherding God’s people as a full-time pastor is often hard and lonely. But for minority pastors serving Caucasian congregations, the job can also be complicated.

The United States Supreme Court has officially scheduled oral arguments for what many believe will be a landmark case regarding religious liberty. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., a Midwest crafts retail chain, will get to present oral arguments against the Department of Health and Human Services’ “preventive services” mandate on Tuesday, March 25.

Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) has started a new chapter at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.