Part of being a national church with state and regional levels of oversight is that various bodies can be held accountable for their decisions. Today the GAA considered an appeal to bring the decision of one of our state bodies under review, and a petition seeking a recommendation of one of our national committees to …
Welcome AP magazine. The last meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Australia authorised a smaller body (its Commission) to deal with a report about the future of our national magazine, Australian Presbyterian. Today that Commission met and made the following decisions: The resignation of Peter Hastie, longstanding editor of Australian Presbyterian magazine was formally received. …
Congratulations to the team at Australian Presbyterian magazine for getting a shout-out on the Reformation21 blog. AP is co-hosted at the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals website, and the February 2011 issue is available there as a pdf for immediate viewing. Robert Brady writes: Did you know that The Magazine of the Presbyterian Church of Australia …
For a change it’s me who is late writing up Australian Presbyterian. The November issue has been in hand for a while now. Richard Phillips, senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina, is the subject of the feature interview. Among a lot of other experiences, he and his wife, Sharon, recently had …
Australian Presbyterian was late again this (last) month. I blame it on daylight saving. First things first, the format changes continue to be refined this month. The absence of news from Australian Presbyterian Churches for the second month in a row may mean its gone for good. The various state publications have probably brought this …
What do you get if you remove Christ from Christianity is the question raised and answered by September’s Australian Presbyterian. We get a spiffy upgrade to the magazine’s layout this month. It is very easy to read, which is important for a text-heavy magazine. Michael Horton is the lead interview, which is appropriate as one …
The slow barge, pack mule and carrier pidgeon have come through again. The August Australian Presbyterian examines the theme of Reforming the Church. While the Protestant Reformation is primarily associated with the issue of salvation by grace alone through faith alone there was also a tremendous amount of reform in the life of the church …
