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, Church and Ministry, Church Life, PCA
I am an African American who has been in the PCA for fifteen years. Over these years, I have been encouraged by the number of PCA leaders passionate about seeing the PCA better reflect the ethnic diversity of our communities. As the new Coordinator of Mission to North...
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 Andy Patton | Oct 16, 2023 | Church, Church and Ministry, Church Life, Church Practices, General Theology, Jesus Christ
During the antebellum period of American history, enslavers wanted to feed their captive workers as cheaply as possible, and the least costly way of doing this was to give the enslaved the “waste foods” from the plantation, the raw parts of animals that were...
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...
