BRIEF TIMELINE OF THEOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE PCUSA 1910-2015 1910 – Essential and Necessary Doctrines Defined; tension between fundamentalists and modernists 1924 – Auburn Affirmation – modernist response 1927 – Ordination is no longer based on national standards but presbytery local option 1936 – Orthodox Presbyterian Church founded under leadership of J. Gresham Machen 1965…
DALLAS, Texas – There’s a good reason why a Christian might not feel completely comfortable inviting someone to church, said Jim Milley, a former missionary to Ethiopia and the founder of Bridges. “There’s a tension within us. We want to invite our friends to church. We love our church. Yet, when we get [to the…
DALLAS, Texas — While acknowledging that these are dark days for the Christian church in the Middle East, Africa and other parts of the world because of so much persecution, Sasan Tavassoli, an ordained Iranian pastor involved with ministries within the Iranian world, urged those in his seminar to remember that “God is alive and well, sitting…
DALLAS, Texas — Speaking at the Aug. 18 worship service, Carol Kaminski said that for “you and I to understand how God’s mission is accomplished today, we have to go back to Genesis 11:30, that says, ‘Now Sarah was barren. She had no child.’” That statement in Genesis, said Kaminski, is anything but accidental or incidental….
After the official Synod meeting of the ECO: Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, the Dallas Gathering continued for another two days and included The Fellowship of Presbyterians, which birthed ECO, but which is now conjoined with Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR) as the Fellowship Community. That admixture made for awkward moments, like when Paul Detterman, who…
The Layman There’s a lot going on with the Fellowship of Presbyterians (FOP) this summer. In an email sent at the end of last week, it was announced that FOP will merge with Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR) to “nurture and connect gospel-centered Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations and expand relationships with our counterparts in other mainline…
The Layman Registration is under way for the 2014 National Gathering of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians and the Fellowship of Presbyterians (FOP). The gathering will take place Aug. 18-20 in Dallas, Texas, at the Intercontinental Dallas Hotel. It will be the first gathering since January 2013 when the groups met in Orlando,…
By Jerry Deck Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I’m writing today to give you an update on Presbyterian Global Fellowship. Seven years ago a group of Presbyterians gathered at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in order to worship the God who sent his Son into the world in order to save it. The question that brought…
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Rev. Paul Detterman encouraged those attending Equip 2013, the Southeast region event of ECO: A Covenant Order of Presbyterians and the Fellowship of Presbyterians, to reflect the light of the Son during Friday morning’s devotions. Detterman, the executive director of the FOP, read from what he called “a little section on…
The Antioch Partners (TAP) is a missionary agency that works with local Presbyterian churches in the United States to send followers of Jesus to participate in God’s mission in the world. TAP works through multiple Presbyterian denominations to develop missionaries and send them into the mission fields to do God’s work. Those participating in kingdom…