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Barna Group’s Election Day Preview

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.

A Common Faith, A Common Mission

As communication opens, common ground is found with other evangelicals

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

Public Readings by Author Leslie Leyland Fields at Covenant College

Author returns as Covenant’s Nick Barker Writer in Residence.

Taking a break from her salmon-fishing business in Alaska to travel south, award-winning author Leslie Leyland Fields will give a public reading at Covenant College on Thursday, November 15, 2012. Fields is returning this year as Covenant’s Nick Barker Writer in Residence. Students in a class that Fields is teaching at Covenant will also give…

Hurricane Sandy Update

Sandy has left devastation in its wake that has affected many PCA churches and their communities. MNA Disaster Response has assessment teams in affected areas and will mobilize volunteers as soon as they can ensure access and safety. We are confident that this will be a long-term response. Please prayerfully consider making a financial contribution…

Belcher Named Academic Dean at RTS/Charlotte

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – November 1, 2012 – Reformed Theological Seminary has announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Belcher, Jr., (Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary) as academic dean for RTS/Charlotte. Dr. Belcher is the professor of Old Testament at RTS/Charlotte and takes on these new responsibilities as former Academic Dean Michael Kruger transitions to president for RTS/Charlotte….

Americans ready to risk lives to save souls in Monterrey, Mexico

MTW joins

Evangelical Presbyterians, many of them older men, don’t let drug war violence scare them away from checking up on the churches they support financially.

9 Things You Should Know about Halloween and Reformation Day

Halloween and Reformation Day, a secular and a religious holiday, exist uncomfortably side-by-side on the calendar.

The Intinction Debate

Let's Make GA the Last Step, Not the First

The PCA is 40 years old. It seems sad, then, that we’re still learning, only by fits and starts, that the mature way to define boundaries of doctrine and practice is by study, first in presbyteries — praying, reasoning, and arguing in a setting where relationships are strong and needed time can be taken —…

Adiaphora and Intinction

A novelty motivated by pragmatism

The failure of the majority side to provide grounds for its committee recommendation was telling. The overture marshaled an impressive list of arguments: biblical (Jesus’ Eucharistic words), theological (the sacrificial meaning of the separation of the body and blood), historical (two Western church councils and the uniform practice of Reformed Protestantism), and constitutional (the language…

Update on Intinction Vote: Six in Favor of BCO Change, 12 Against

Change would prohibit the practice of intinction.

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