By Lane Adams. In this election season it is timely to reflect briefly on our country’s development. Our Chris
Church Leadership
‘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
Starting Small
It was not what you would call a blockbuster opening night.
The sunny October evening looked promising. While a dozen adults gathered for the Wednesday Bible study in one room of the Covenant Pres
The Ghost Writer
By Edmund P. Clowney. Speech writers do not get the credit they deserve, says Time magazine. Reporting on the Democratic national convention in Atlanta, Time told of how Bill Woodward and Ted Sorenson grafted the Dukakis acceptance speech. An earlier version by Ira Jackson had put Kitty Dukakis to sleep. At the same convention John Kennedy intro
Believing in and Practicing Mutual Trust
By Donald MacNair. There is an issue within the Presbyterian Church in America which I believe is of major importance and needs to be voiced. It is of such a nature that it is often omitted for fear that, if adopted, it will open the way to erode the theologi