Position Paper On Voting Requirements in Presbyterian Churches
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
A fundamental problem that afflicts confessional churches concerns the issue of voting membership. Members have to elect officers, ruling elders, and as occasion demands, teaching elders to rule over them. The problem arises because elders are held to a different standard than the average member …

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Presbyterian Presuppositions of Judicial Process
Modern Presbyterians often find it difficult to reach the proper balance concerning judicial procedures. On the one hand, there are those of a legalistic bent who look for a judicial action to solve every problem. They flood the church courts with accusations, condemnations, complaints and …

Rev. Brian M. AbshireIn Acts chapter 6, the Apostles had to deal with a practical problem in the infant church. Jews had come from all over the world to the feast at Pentecost. The Lord God then brought more than 3000 people to saving faith in His Son Jesus. But with great …

Along with the rise of Islamic Jihad in the world, we are witnessing an increase in ecclesiastical terrorism. There are those Christians who see it as their calling to sabotage the support bases of others, to launch sneak attacks, ecclesiastical Pearl Harbours, to destroy missionary towers, assassinate characters, hijack ministries and blow up bridges of …