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On Revelation 7:9 and the Mission of the Church

November 30, 2018 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

“After this [the sealing of the 144,000] I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!'” Revelation 7:9-10.

It has become fashionable lately in the Reformed world to cite these verses to argue for ecclesial pursuit of multiculturalism, or as the terminus for the church’s mission in such a way as to define its strategies.

Here’s what these verses are doing…

Andrew Brunson, Christian Pastor, Still in Turkish Prison

February 8, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

EPC minister Andrew Brunson is still in prison in Turkey. A petition on the White House website is up to urge President Trump to advocate for Andrew’s release to Turkish President Erdoğan. If it receives 100,000 signatures by March 8th the White…

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Bible Presbyterian Church

Split from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1937, one year after its founding, over the issues of abstinence from alcohol and premillennialism.

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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

Formed by the Scottish immigrants of the Seceder tradition in 1753, the majority merged with the Covenanters in 1782, and then as the United Presbyterian Church of North America merged with the PCUSA in 1956. The remaining Associate Presbyterians form the ARPC of today.

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