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Thank you for your prayers and financial support!
The Council (ministers, elders, and deacons) of Christ United Reformed Church (CURC) in Santee, CA (Rev. Ferrari’s overseeing church), extends its deepest gratitude for all who helped us meet our quarterly goal for financial support of Rev. Ferrari. Only a few weeks ago, we were approximately $4000 short of the amount needed for the first quarter. By God’s grace, [...]
Urgent need for financial support this month
Financial support for URCNA missionary Rev. Andrea Ferrari is in urgent need of help this month. Christ United Reformed Church in Santee, CA, whose Consistory oversees the work of Pastor Ferrari, seeks to raise $12,000 each quarter in support of Ferrari. By God’s grace, we met this goal each quarter of 2010. This quarter, however, we [...]
“The Bible Only?” D.G. Hart on Sola Scriptura
Historian and author Darryl Hart continues his series of posts on Protestantism, this time touching on the important relationship between the Bible and confessions.
Olympia Morata: Champion of the Reformation
Not all Italian Reformers were men! Simonetta Carr gives us an excellent biographical sketch of an important figure in the Italian Reformation: Olympia Morata (1526-55).
The Nature of Reform
Dr. D.G. Hart writes his third post in his series on the need for reformation in the church.
Anti-Catholicism: The Good, the Bad, and the Un-Christian
Dr. Hart argues that “the opposition between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism throughout most of American history was based not on doctrine but on politics. And this history of anti-Catholicism makes contemporary Protestant objections to Rome awkward… But the question that remains from the Reformation is whether Roman Catholicism is a fine form of Christian faith and practice.”
Girolamo Zanchi (1516-90): A Life in Exile
Historian and Jerome Zanchi scholar Dr. Patrick O’Banion begins a series of posts on one of Italy’s most important Protestant reformers.
“Protestant Fatigue” by D.G. Hart
Noted historian and author D.G. Hart begins a series of posts on Protestantism for Reformation Italy. In this post, Hart reflects on the important question, “Why should I be a Protestant?” and considers what he calls “Protestant fatigue,” the migration of some from evangelicalism to Roman Catholicism.
Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562)
The English Reformation normally evokes images of Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer, Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey. Few remember another protagonist who brought both raging controversy and theological clarity to sixteenth century England: Peter Martyr Vermigli.
Dr. Jon Payne Ministers in Milan
Rev. Dr. Jon Payne, pastor of Grace Presbyerian Church (PCA) in Douglasville, VA, writes of his visit and ministry to the saints in Milan.