Many elders of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) agree that there is a crisis of one kind or another in the denomination. Ironically, one of these crises has to do with elders themselves. More specifically it concerns the participation of elders . . . Continue reading →
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Payne: The PCA Is At A Crossroads
…Many of us are deeply concerned about the influence of Revoice doctrine upon our churches and surprised by the sympathy it has received from some in our ranks. Perhaps of even more concern is the growing ascendancy of critical theory and elements . . . Continue reading →
PCA General Assembly Rulings On Virtual Communion
For those who’ve inquired about any PCA precedent on digitally “administering” the Lord’s Supper, below is a pertinent string of excerpts from the Minutes of the 39th, 40th and 41st General Assemblies (2011, 2012 and 2013 in Louisville, Virginia Beach and Greenville SC). Continue reading →
Time Traveling Through The City Church Website
The internet is both a marvel and a curse. One marvel is that through it, we can, if we will, time travel. This occurred to me after listening to an episode of the Presbycast in which someone mentioned City Church of San . . . Continue reading →
Former Member Of PCA SJC Leaves PCA
…Over the past several years, I have been distressed at the downfall of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the rise of heresy within the body through the Federal Vision teaching and immorality through the same-sex attraction movement. I have raised . . . Continue reading →
Grace Presbytery PCA Rejects So Called Side B Candidates For Ministry
Grace Presbytery believes the concept of “Celibate Gay Pastor” to be contrary to the teaching of Scripture and the constitutional standards of the Presbyterian Church in America, and that the churches of Grace Presbytery should not presume to think that candidates for . . . Continue reading →
Lowcountry Presbytery PCA Overtures GA To Prohibit Side B Pastors
THE OVERTURE from Lowcountry Presbytery “Amend BCO 17 by Adding a Clause Which Prohibits Ordination for Men Who Self-Identify as ‘Gay Christians,’ ‘Same-sex Attracted Christians,’ and/or ‘Homosexual Christians’.” …Whereas the application of the 7th Commandment forbids the sins of homosexuality, unnatural lusts, . . . Continue reading →
Savannah River Presbytery (PCA) Requests GA To Assume Jurisdiction In Revoice Case
Savannah River Presbytery requests that the 48th General Assembly assume original jurisdiction of the case of the investigation by Missouri Presbytery of Greg Johnson and the session of Memorial Presbyterian Church with regard to theological error and involvement in the 2018 Revoice . . . Continue reading →
Central Georgia Presbytery (PCA) Overtures GA To Assume Jurisdiction Of The Revoice Case
Whereas TE Greg Johnson has and continues to teach that Christians can be identified as homosexuals, and that those who experience same-sex temptations are not normally delivered from these, and are not normally changed in nature by the LORD; and Whereas Memorial . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Jon Payne On The Gospel Reformation Network
The Protestant Reformation was a recovery of the biblical doctrine of salvation by God’s favor (grace) alone (sola gratia), through faith (trusting, resting, and receiving) alone (sola fide), in Christ alone and the Christian life governed by Scripture alone (sola Scriptura) as . . . Continue reading →
PCA Presbytery Objects To ‘Post-Freudian Blather’
Put simply, it’s one thing to openly confess same-sex attraction, another to claim one is a ‘Gay Christian’. One would never identify as a ‘Fornicating Christian’ or a ‘Murdering Christian’, etc. Paul in 1 Corinthians 6 actually points to a new identity . . . Continue reading →
Missing Mandate And Better Metrics: Understanding the 2017 PCA General Assembly
By TE David W. Hall Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, Georgia If broad churchmen were looking for a mandate to increase female ordination in the PCA, based on a concessive study, that didn’t happen on this issue at this PCA Assembly. The . . . Continue reading →
Thanks To Grace Presbyterian Church In Sierra Vista
It was a pleasure to spend this past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Reformation weekend) with the brothers and sisters of Grace Presbyterian (PCA), Sierra Vista, AZ. Nestled amidst the hills, the town is about an hour southeast of Tucson. The weather was . . . Continue reading →
How The PCA GA Action On The Role Of Women In The Church Appears To One Woman
Editor’s Note: The following is written by a PCA pastor’s wife, who is herself a seminary graduate. In the interests of focusing on issues and not personalities, the writer shall remain anonymous. For obvious reasons, comments on this post are closed. § . . . Continue reading →
The PCA’s Nine Declarations Against The Federal Vision (2007)
In light of the controversy surrounding the NPP and FV, and after many months of careful study, the committee unanimously makes the following declarations: The view that rejects the bi-covenantal structure of Scripture as represented in the Westminster Standards (i.e., views which . . . Continue reading →
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David Hall: Whither The PCA At 40: Anyone For A Janus Birthday In December?
This week a young denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, (PCA) will celebrate its 40th birthday. Reaching 40 years, without more schism than already witnessed, is a nice achievement for an American evangelical denomination as it reaches its generational benchmark. Here’s an . . . Continue reading →
How The FV Won The West, Er, The PCA
It is certainly a good thing for the FV that the evangelical middle has such a short memory (does anyone know what happened in 2007?). It is also a good thing for the FV that the evangelical middle has so much fear . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast 25: With Lane Keister On The Federal Vision In The PCA
Here’s a flashback to the Federal Vision controversy, in the PCA, as it was 2010. The is the first of five episodes with Lane on the FV and related questions. It’s interesting to time travel, as it were, and listen to the . . . Continue reading →
Great Lakes Presbytery (PCA) Overtures SJC on Meyers Case
At its May 4, 2013 meeting, the Great Lakes Presbytery (GLP) of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) approved an overture asking the General Assembly to direct the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC) to hear the complaint from Missouri Presbytery (TE M. Jay . . . Continue reading →