In recent years, the Wisconsin Presbytery has transformed its approach to starting and supporting new churches. In 2012, it consisted of only six established congregations, and nearly two decades had passed since a new PCA church had been planted in the state. Today,...
The PCA is facing a growing challenge: how will the denomination raise up enough pastors and church planters for the years ahead? Demographic changes, the cost of seminary, and the increasing difficulty of pastoral ministry have all contributed to concern about the...
A joke that still circulates today is that the Presbyterian version of “Amen!” during worship is a low-hummed “Mmmmm” paired with a head nod. That’s the median emotional expression one may find in a typical PCA pew or chair. It’s not that this is a bad thing or that...
The Alliance for Mission & Renewal (AMR) invites you to join us for a regional gathering on October 20-21 in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you live within driving distance of Raleigh, come spend 24 hours with us to pursue a missionally fruitful Church, theological...
I didn’t even notice them the first time I walked to the shed. We’d finally had our last spring freeze and I was eager to put summer flower bulbs in the ground before the rains began. I scurried into the gray shed in the corner of my yard, passing the redbud with its...
A Culture of Equipping Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the PCA is not deciding who may do which task. It is becoming churches where every member actually ministers. Many congregations affirm the priesthood of all believers while functioning as though ministry...
“Because, as the gospel creates new church communities, Christ the Chief Shepherd pastors his people through elders, We commit to diligently training and carefully ordaining elders from various languages and cultures whose ministry, rule, and care reflect the strength...
In this conversation, former PCA General Assembly Moderators Howie Donahoe and Mel Duncan join Derek Radney to discuss the proposed revision to BCO 34-1 and the doctrine of assumption of original jurisdiction. Drawing on decades of experience in the PCA's judicial...
John Stott famously described the preacher’s task as bridge-building — standing between two worlds, the world of Scripture and the world of the present, refusing to collapse into either one. Stand only in the biblical world, and the sermon becomes a relic, technically...
The 53rd PCA General Assembly brought record numbers of overtures, voting delays, and several significant decisions—but it also revealed something more encouraging. In this conversation, Derek Radney, Geoff Ziegler, and Erik Bonkovsky reflect on why the Assembly...