Joe Novenson readily admits that the model for ministry developed at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church did not come about by human wisdom. Through God’s providence, the church leadership discovered a practice that would change the pastors and the church.

One of the biggest issue in our churches today, says Tim Geiger, is a lack of transparency. As a result, we have people who struggle with difficult issues — lust, substance abuse, eating disorders — but who have nowhere to go. For them, the church isn’t safe; it’s not where they go to find the help they need.

For centuries, the church has prayed for the nations to come to know Christ. What if the Lord, by bringing the nations to us, is saying, “Here you go. Here’s your opportunity.”?

Robertson describes how, through the “messy work of the Gospel,” God has taken a congregation from its racist past to aggressively becoming a multi-ethnic congregation.

In this new monthly feature, PCA leaders discuss the topics that are most on their minds.