by Andy Patton | Feb 20, 2024 | Church and Ministry
On June 23, 2016, I had the great privilege of preaching for the worship service at the PCA General Assembly in Mobile, Alabama. I preached on Acts 11:1–18 on the theme of “Making Room at the Table.” What was even more significant for me was that in the meeting that...
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, Culture, PCA
Scotland native David Strain is the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi. David is a member of the Mississippi Valley Presbytery and the primary author of Overture 23. David Richter is the pastor of City Church of East Nashville. David...
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...
