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First Presbyterian Church (PCA) Seeks Healing, Redemption for Sins Committed During Civil Rights Era

April 18, 2017Layman2 civil rights era, First Presbyterian Church-Montgomery, racism, redemption, Reed DePace

(By Kelsey Davis, Montgomery Advertiser; Alabama.) A black woman walked into First Presbyterian Church in the early 1970s, taking a seat midway up the pews. As soon as she sat down, a white woman stood up and left. “She was not going to sit through that service with a black person sitting in the church,” Dan…

Presbyterian pastor opens up on ‘dark nights of the soul’

August 11, 2015CarmenFowlerLaBerge9 Billy Graham, Coral Ridge, dark night of the soul, New City Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian, redemption, Tullian Tchividjian

The Florida pastor who resigned from his Presbyterian church following an extramarital affair has broken his silence, and said: “It was the worst external decision I had ever made in my life.” Tullian Tchividjian, 43, the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, resigned from the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale after the affair was…

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First Presbyterian Church (PCA) Seeks Healing, Redemption for Sins Committed During Civil Rights Era

Presbyterian pastor opens up on ‘dark nights of the soul’