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PCA Offering First-Ever Finance Seminar for Women

Seminar on June 18th during General Assembly

RBI and CEP are offering a financial planning seminar for wives of teaching and ruling elders.

Disaster Response Now Accepting Volunteer Applications

In response to the EF-4 tornado that plowed through Moore, Okla., Monday, MNA Disaster Response is in the process of deploying staff to assess the damage and begin recovery efforts.

IRS Scrutiny Goes Beyond Tea Party

The Internal Revenue Service has come under fire in recent days for targeting conservative organizations during the 2012 political season. Not only did the IRS target conservative political groups, but the heightened scrutiny also included well-known Christian ministries.

Americans’ Abortion Views Steady Amid Gosnell Trial

Few paying attention to trial, but many criticize lack of media coverage

As Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell awaits the jury verdict in his capital murder trial, Gallup finds 26% of Americans saying abortion should be legal under any circumstances and 20% saying it should be illegal in all circumstances. The majority, 52%, opt for something in between. One-quarter of Americans say they have followed news of the case either very closely (7%) or somewhat closely (18%), but that is well below the 61% average level of attention Americans have paid to the more than 200 news stories Gallup has measured since 1991.

GRN Conference to Focus on Sanctification

June 17-18 at Second Presbyterian in Greenville

Gospel Reformation Network will host a conference June 17-18 at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, S.C. Titled “What Grace Does: Reclaiming the Whole Gospel for the Whole Man,” the conference will focus on the work of sanctification.

Fighting For The Fatherless

Changing Lives, Transforming Churches

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.

50 Days of Prayer Starts May 2

For more than 10 years, the PCA’s Christian Education and Publications (CE&P) and Mission to North America (MNA) have joined forces to call churches to 50 Days of Prayer in the weeks leading up to the annual General Assembly.

Nigeria: The Deadliest Place to Be a Christian

In 2012, the country with the highest number of Christians who lst their lives because of their faith was Nigeria, where almost 70 percent of Christians killed globally were murdered. International Christian Concern reports that the nation is on the brink of a religious war.

Nominations Sought for Executive Director of Great Commission Publications by May 31, 2013

GCP is a publisher of covenant based, Reformed discipleship materials and is owed in a joint venture by the OPC and PCA. After the unexpected death of 34-year veteran Executive Director, the Reverend Tom Patete this past December, the Board of Directors elected a Search Committee to begin to look for a replacement.  The Committee…

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