Just how quickly will a frog react to heated water? In the late 1800s, Friedrich Goltz, William Sedgwick, and others used changes in water temperature to study frogs’ nerve responses. It wasn’t long before these experiments in reaction time became parables for how gradual change can go unnoticed within larger systems.
At AMR, we do not specialize in physiology or water temperature reactions. We actively measure change within our denomination and are working to gauge the cultural temperatures within the PCA. We explore how those changes affect ministers, members, and churches. And most importantly we pursue truth and model faithfulness in connecting people together. Here are some of the ways we’ve worked to do this in 2025:
Mission Focus:
- “In a World of Clamor, the Gospel Brings Calm and Courage” by Paul Kim
Worship:
- “Reaching Our Culture Through Presiding and Preaching” by Aaron Chung
- “God’s Word for God’s People: Lay Readers in Worship” by John Pennylegion.
Lessons to Learn:
- “The Founding Vision of the PCA” by Derek Radney and Sean Michael Lucas
Unfolding Business of the Church:
As someone connected to the PCA who cares about a healthy denomination, you can make this work better. We set a year-end goal of $20,000 and we are 68% of the way there. We’re waiting for your help to get us over the line.
Your partnership allows us to better engage with ministers, members, and churches to give an accurate read on just how the broader culture affects them and ways forward for us to proclaim the glorious truth of Jesus Christ—both his resurrection and his return!
We are asking you, if you haven’t already, to give to our work today.
Your year-end gift helps ensure that encouraging stories of Gospel renewal continue to emerge. It helps create spaces where the weary find rest, the doubting find hope, and the scattered find unity. We ask you to support AMR’s work of mission and renewal.