“Men of God like John Spencer are needed in even greater numbers for the church-at-large and the PCA in particular.”

On Thanksgiving morning, November 22, John Edward Spencer went home to the Lord, following pulmonary complications. Described by his son John Spencer. Jr., as a “humble servant,” John left marks of his servant’s heart across the PCA — from his role as a longstanding elder at Briarwood Presbyterian Church (Birmingham, Ala.) to his commitment to…

Four more presbyteries have voted on proposed changes to BCO 58-5. The changes, if approved by two-thirds of the PCA’s 80 presbyteries, would prohibit the practice of intinction (partaking of the Lord’s Supper by dipping bread into the wine). Most recently: Iowa voted 4 in favor of the change, 16 against, with 3 abstaining. Western…

Served the PCA in many capacities, and was on the board of Covenant seminary for more than 20 years.

Mission to the World is offering a two-day intensive training on raising support Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2013, at MTW headquarters in Lawrenceville, Ga. This event, “Raising Support Successfully: A Team Approach to Ministry,” is open to anyone with an interest in raising financial support and will prove helpful to both novice and veteran…

Does Monday morning excite you? If so, good for you(!), but that’s not where many of us live. Our jobs challenge and (threaten to) consume us. So what does devotion to Jesus Christ look like in competitive—and often cutthroat and insecure—workplace environments? How about in painfully mundane ones? In his new book, Every Good Endeavor:…

I have read the Word and preached the Word to young men who should have been working on their daddy’s farm but who lay wounded in hospitals, or in coffins before me.

Artists who possess an uncanny ability to create the kind of art that, at its best, forces us to look up and within.

November 5, 2012 – Compared to the days leading up to 2008, when Barack Obama was a frontrunner and poised to make inroads among Christian voters, the 2012 presidential race remains without a clear leader. Yet most voters place a high urgency on tomorrow’s outcome: Two-thirds of all likely voters (67%) perceive the 2012 election to be one of the most important races in the past 50 years.

What do we have in common with other evangelicals and branches of the church beyond the Reformed tradition? We share the Early Church’s common faith and a common commitment to the Great Commission