While networks, fellowships and groupings of friends seem to be trendy ways for churches to relate in these days, Jason Helopoulos writes a few reasons why the more structured and accountable nature of denominations are a biblical pattern which offer genuine protections for both the local congregation and their leaders; encourage a unified precision in …

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Moore College is an Anglican theological training facility in Sydney, NSW. It has a special place in the hearts and minds of Australian Presbyterians because a number of our pastors received the bulk of their theological education there, and also because their theology is very similar to our own. Mark Thompson, who blogs at Theological …

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At The Briefing, Sandy Grant offers helpful suggestions for getting the most out of Christmas gathering and worship for those who’ll be home, and for those on the road. Here are a few rough and ready suggestions I jotted up for our church about “making the most of every opportunity” (Col 4:5 NIV) for the …

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Following on from the situation mentioned here, the congregation now known as The Tron Church, Glasgow have left their place of worship and relocated to another venue. The outcome of the situation, though flowing from a different process than that experienced by Australian Presbyterians 35 years ago, does raise very similar feelings among many people …

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