By John A. Azumah, First Things. As an African and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana teaching at a seminary of the Presbyterian Church (USA), I have keenly followed the fractious debate on the subject of same-sex relations within the Presbyterian family of churches. It is hard to generalize about African and…
Interview by Mark Labberton, Christianity Today Of the thousands of people affected by the ministry of Steve Hayner—the former president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship who died Saturday after battling pancreatic cancer—Mark Labberton was one of the closest. Labberton, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, met Hayner while a freshman and brand-new Christian attending Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington….
By Timothy C. Morgan, Christianity Today Steve Hayner, one of the baby-boomer generation’s most influential evangelical leaders, has died. He was known for his presidency at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and later at Columbia Theological Seminary. Hayner had battled pancreatic cancer for more than a year before his death on Saturday, January 31, at age 66….
Eight months ago our friend and colleague, Rev. Dr. Steve Hayner, President of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He has endured many rounds of treatment and is now awaiting the opportunity to participate in trial drug therapies. Please renew your prayers today for Steve, his wife Sharol, and their…
By Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow.com Liberals within the Presbyterian Church (USA) are accusing other liberals of not being liberal enough. Recently the faculty at the Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia issued a call to the denomination and its members. Carmen Fowler LaBerge of the Presbyterian Lay Committee tells OneNewsNow the call relates to the homosexual marriage issue the…