By Joel Hathaway, The Thistle. Conflict in churches leads to splits so often as to make them commonplace, though no less sad. This makes the story of church unification all the more compelling—as in the case of two PCA churches in Ackley, Iowa. West Friesland Presbyterian Church was more than 140 years old when Shawn Willis…
By Ivey DeJesus, PennLive. Across Christian denominations, the debate over gay marriage has fundamentally pitted the views of socially progressive – if not radical – congregants and church leaders who are in favor of gay marriage against that of the conservative, evangelical sector that subscribes to a traditional and biblical definition of marriage. For the…
March is the month when basketball junkies go mad over conference tournaments and the NCAA’s “Big Dance” to determine the national champion. It’s affectionately known as March Madness. There’s some madness going on in south Florida as well, but it’s not over basketball. It’s all about mission work. Faith Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Cape Coral,…
An Indiana congregation will pay more than $60,000 by the end of 2014 as part of a settlement agreement reached to finalize its gracious release from Wabash Valley Presbytery. Faith Presbyterian Church, located in West Lafayette, Ind., about two miles from Purdue University, was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) during the May 21 presbytery…