(The EPConnection). Jacqueline Furnari, daughter of Andrew Brunson, shared an emotional plea for the United States to continue efforts to secure the release of her father. She spoke to the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, on November 15 in a hearing entitled “Prisoners of the Purge: The…
(By Gregg Brekke, The Presbyterian News Service). The Rev. Charles (Chip) Hardwick today announced his resignation as the director of the Theology, Formation and Evangelism ministry in the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Hardwick’s final day at the Presbyterian Center is December 12 and, as of this writing, he has not accepted…
After nine long months of God’s reforming work in us, PPL has a new name, a new mission, and defined core values: Presbyterians Protecting Life Names have meaning There are many biblical examples of times when God gave an individual a new name at a critical turning point in their journey with God: Abram became Abraham…
(Written by the Rev. Dana Allin, ECO Synod Executive). Last year I was at a meeting for all of the denominational leaders who are part of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). We met right after the election. As a result, there was significant dialogue about how the words evangelical and evangelicals have had negative associations. One denomination was…
(By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition). Craig Strickland planted Hope Church [EPC]—the largest white Presbyterian congregation in America with about 6,600 weekly attendees—back before church planting was cool. He had been working at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, watching “people from the Baptist church leaving to join the Presbyterian church, where people were leaving to join the…
(By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post). The Presbyterian Church (USA) and a conservative church created in response to the mainline denomination’s theological direction are working together to help facilitate a less divisive and more unifying dismissal process for congregations. Representatives of PCUSA and ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians met in late September for two days to discuss…
After considering how we speak the Truth of God’s Word into a confused culture, the board of the Presbyterian Lay Committee announces the renaming and reorganizing of the ministry as Reformation Press, a media ministry impressing the mind of Christ into the culture by informing and equipping Christians to speak the mind of Christ on…
(By Gregg Brekke, Presbyterian News Service). The Way Forward Commission (WFC) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) met last night (Oct. 24) via a three-hour conference call to review progress on recommendations it plans to make to the 223rd General Assembly meeting next summer in St. Louis. Though still in process, and with input needed from more…
(By Dana Allin, ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians). This week, the Synod office has received some questions regarding the article The Presbyterian Outlook published about the recent meeting in Chicago between ECO and the PCUSA. We wanted to respond here in an effort to answer some of the questions many of you may have. Our Response…
(By Jonathan M. Pitts, The Baltimore Sun). For a decade and more, Govans Presbyterian Church and Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church have labored in the manner of many mainline Protestant congregations: Working ever harder to provide spiritual resources for dwindling number of congregants. Govans, on York Road in North Baltimore, has been hosting its Sunday…