By Terry Gyger- (Editor’s note: Terry Gyger made his first report as coordinator of Mission to North America at the MNA commit
Quiet, Dependable
Elevators, by design, are supposed to be quiet, dependable, and efficient. They attract little attention until they fail to perform as expected. Richard H. Ellingsworth doesn’t attract much attention, and those who know him well describe him as quiet, dependable, and efficient. That’s appropriate for the board chairman of the General Elevator Company of Bal
Managing the Manse
Manses (church-owned residences for ministers) are not the easiest of assets to manage. Sometimes they become liabilities. Increas
Aussies Get Spring During the U.S. Summer
Spring has arrived – in Australia. But “down under,” where the seasons are the reverse of those in Europe and North America, members of at least one church consider that spring’s refreshment came very early in 1986.
Thanks to seven summer (North American summer, that is) workers from the PCA’s Servants in Missions Abroad, the Buderim congregation of the Westminster Presbyterian Church on the Sunshine Coast experienced vitalization and growth. Elsewhere in Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland, two other SIMA summer workers helped new missionaries in Brisbane.
It was the first time that SIMA had sent a group for a two month assign
Answers to Prayer in 1536 and 1986
Times are tumultuous. Interna
Spencer Line is Busy
To some people, especially women in the PCA, John Spencer’s chief claim to fame is that he is the husband of Emalyn Spencer. She is the writer of more Women in the Church Bible study guides than anyone else in the denomination.
To many members of Birmingham’s Briarwood Church, he is the elder who taught them Reformation history in their first year as members there.
Young men who were in the Ala