By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog In a rather embellished story, two of the first Moravian missionaries on their way to live among and preach the gospel to the slaves of St. Thomas Island, cried out to those watching their ship leave, “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!” The two…
By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog There were these among the church in her early days: These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; wild waves of…
Now that complaints with church courts have been dismissed and judicial stays have been lifted, seven churches are now members of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. All it took was for the churches to cough up more than $2-million above what they had already agreed to pay the presbytery. The churches had all…