By Frank Barker. The year was 5 BC. Herod the Great was king of the Roman territory of Judea. A very disturbing thing took place!
Now when Jesus was born in Beth
A Most Unusual Church
By Sharon Kraemer. A core group of 150 adult believers? Sunday afternoon worship and Sunday school? Becoming an “organized church” only ten weeks after the first worship service?”Somebody doesn’t have their facts straight,” you’re thinking. “New churches just don’t begin like that.”
But Christ Community in Franklin, Tennessee, was not your ordinary mission church, and God had been preparing Scotty Smith for a special challenge. To set the scene, the North Carolina native moved to Nashville in August of ’79 to become Cortez Cooper’s youth pastor at First Presbyterian. Fifteen months later both men withdrew from the EC.U.S. Within nine weeks Cooper and Smith were called by approximately 700 adults to be the pastors of what became Christ Presbyterian, PCA five months later. Most of the people had been mem
At the Helm of the PCA
By Sharon Kraemer. The diversity of gifts in the Body of Christ can be readily seen in the ten men who lead the committees or boards for our PCA program com
The True Origin of Self-Government
By Lane Adams. In this election season it is timely to reflect briefly on our country’s development. Our Chris
‘Preparing the Ground’
By Mary Lou Bonsack. Oneof the biggest people movements of this century is taking place on the border between Mexico and the United States. This 2,000 mile border separates one of the wealthiest countries in the world and one of the poorest. Dramatic changes are taking place on this border. “Maquiladora,” a Mexican term for “production-sharing” factories, is now a common term heard along this stretch of land between Brownsville and San Diego. American and foreign companies are building factories known as maquila plants. This program began in 1965 as a way to combat Mex
Christian Education for Pre-schoolers
By Sharon Kraemer. Bill and Joyce Hawk are not your ordinary church-planting couple. Twice in recent years they have drawn upon their experience as teachers and their love for little children to use “the pre-school model” for beginning new PCA congregations. Today they are co-administra