by Andy Patton | Jul 3, 2024 | Church Leadership, Life Issues
Before I became a pastor, I would not say I was estranged from a single soul. Almost 20 years in, the list is longer than I would have ever thought bearable. It includes some of my most intimate former friends and ministry partners: people whose names are etched on...
by Andy Patton | Mar 6, 2024 | Church, Church Leadership, PCA
Mike Khandjian from the Alliance for Mission & Renewal talks to his long-time friend Ray Cortese about ministry and how to make it over the long...
by Andy Patton | Nov 15, 2023 | Advisory Board, Church, Church and Ministry, Church Leadership, Church Life, PCA
“‘You know what I want? If somebody says, ‘What denomination are you in?’ and you say, ‘The PCA’ they would say, ‘I have heard of you. That is the church where the weary and wounded are welcome.'” -Ray Cortese, A...
by Andy Patton | Oct 16, 2023 | Church and Ministry, Church Leadership, Church Life, Church Practices
I teach an unusual class at Covenant Seminary. It’s a lab of sorts, a three-hour stretch on Tuesday afternoons. In this intimate class, theology students try their hand at communicating both the truth and the ethos they’ve learned through their systematic theology,...
by The Alliance for Mission & Renewal | Jun 7, 2023 | Church, Church and Ministry, Church Leadership, Church Life, Church Practices, PCA, The Christian Life, The Church and the World
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. John 12:32 The Alliance for Mission & Renewal (AMR or the Alliance) is dedicated to: assisting and encouraging churches, ministries, and leaders in the work of preserving and preaching the...
