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1. Reform from Within
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... excluded from it by staying in the pcusa. Denominations aren’t biblical, nor are they “working” anymore (i.e., there was a consensus as to what it meant to be Presbyterian 60 years ago but there is ...
... instance of the phrase occurred as early as 1782, and was preserved in a document of one of the UPNA’s predecessor denominations. “The end of Church-fellowship is to exhibit a system of sound principles, ...
... been a consultant for a number of governing bodies and congregations in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and other mainline denominations, and was part of the national teaching team for Evangelism Connections ...
4. PFR Partner: Faith Alive Christian Resources
(PFR Partners/Partner Info)
... half of our sales are to denominations other than the Christian Reformed Church. Faith Alive publishes materials for... Sunday school and other children’s ministries including Kid Connection (specially ...
... and moral revisions, the scattering of Presbyterians to various other denominations, or the prospect of widespread litigious departures of congregations. More than avoiding the negative consequences of ...
6. Rocking Our World
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... and catechisms! It would be a terrible thing for these denominations to take lightly the great treasures handed down to them from men who were willing to die for their faith in the all-sufficient Savior." ...
7. Contending for the Faith: The Way Forward After GA 2008
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... and particular expression of the larger Body of Christ. The PC(USA) has struggled through many of the same problems that other mainline denominations in North America face. And like many other mainline ...
8. A Holy Restlessness
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... in the opening line of his book, The Logic of Renewal. After decades studying renewal movements across the world, Abraham wants us to see that there is widespread discontent within many denominations. ...
... filled with renewed leaders — whose relationship with Jesus Christ has changed the way they think, the way they behave, the way they live. Renewed leaders change both congregations and denominations.  ...
... standards for the whole church. But there has been a shift in the agenda of the gay lobby in several denominations. Because the liberal activists have not been able to get the church-wide votes to go ...
11. Reviving Dead-as-a-Post Denominationalism
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... use it descriptively. They aren’t making value judgments about any particular denomination. They just observe that our sociological landscape makes it hard for traditional American denominations to grow ...
... Coalter, and Jack Haberer attempted to further unpack this statement, but it encountered even greater unease among TTF members. The problem was with the apparent equating of denominations with the Body ...
13. For Such A Time As This
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... danger. There are real dangers facing Mainline denominations like the PCUSA. There’s the danger of heresy. There’s the danger of apostasy. There’s the danger that in our efforts to be inclusive we ...
... impulses. Who would dare say our sexuality is the one factor Jesus cannot transform? Christians around the world have informed us as well. Of the thousands of denominations worldwide, only a tiny handful ...
... I am not persuaded by the gloom-and-doom talk about the future of denominations. I am old enough to remember the predictions of the demise of congregations back in the sixties and seventies. When I went ...
16. A Pentecostal Vision for the Church
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... to those in ones cultural, racial-ethnic enclave? According to the U.S. Census 2000, 37 percent of the popu-lation is non-White, and yet most mainline denominations are overwhelmingly White. ...
17. Discipline and the Constitution
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... and is now codified in our constitution. Being a Presbyterian is not the only choice among denominations, but if one chooses to be a Presbyterian, then PFR affirms, along with our Stated Clerk Clifton ...
18. Undaunted Discipline
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... of the ministry of Jesus Christ. As leaders in the church, we absolutely must not shirk this duty. I am grateful for our rules of discipline and for our process. Judicatory leaders from other denominations, ...
19. How to Be Bounded without Becoming Hidebound
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... That is the spirit we bring into our own lives, to submit and be obedient for the right reasons, and to gently nurture others, but with clarity and lovingkindness in our spirit. There are denominations ...