The Awakening Reviewed by Craig M. Kibler, and reminds us that those battles continue. The story’s theme, however, finds its true expression in the pastor who involved himself in what he called “the fight” to free Dittus. Johann Christoph Blumhardt’s faith, as Zuendel tells us, was the central foundation of his life and provided him…
Synod property police will force padlocking of congregations The Layman 218th General Assembly Preview (2008) Volume 41, Number 3, Peace River Presbytery filed an overture to the General Assembly, repeating Kirkpatrick’s unsubstantiated allegations and calling on the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to investigate the EPC. And who presides as president of the World Alliance…
Why the upstarts are the winners and mainstream churches are the losers By John H. Adams and Peggy Hedden, The Layman, it is losing individual congregations by the dozens. Most of them are going to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. By the Finke-Stark definition, the PCA and the EPC could be considered “upstarts.” Contrary to Kirkpatrick’s…