In trying to be faithful today, many theological colleges are more concerned about the cross-cultural, anti-Judaistic, or feminist dimensions of their work, than about the evangelical and classical expressions of the Christian faith. … Read More

Christian Schwarz conducted a comprehensive research project with over 1,000 large and small, growing and plateaued participating congregations throughout much of the world to discover certain principles of "natural church development." … Read More

Avison's is an urbanized, educated imagination. Many of her poems have thoughtful and intriguing word choices. The poetry in her second volume, The Dumbfounding, revealed a deep Christian faith which had not been evident in her earlier work. … Read More

Several reasons commend the 1997 Book of Praise for use, including frequently sung hymns, favourite gospel songs, new praise choruses that some folk used to think weren't Presbyterian, and prayers, poems, creeds, and words of hymns without music. … Read More

In a world of disconnections, The author is glad he belongs to a connectional church, always working on the connection between differing theologies and understandings, differing regions and constituencies — small enough to get to know each other. … Read More

The 1996 General Assembly had to respond to an appeal from some members of the Presbytery of Montreal against that body's decision to ordain to the ministry of word and sacrament a candidate who was living in an openly homosexual relationship and currently serving as an "interim minister" at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Lachine, Quebec. … Read More