Free Church Continuing announces new Moderator-designate
The Moderator Designate for the 2013 General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) is Rev Warren Ewing Gardner, minister of the Free Church Continuing congregation in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Mr Gardner was born in 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a Christian family with wide and practical interests: his father, a surgeon, also ran [...]
Regiopolis-Notre dame marks 175 years of Catholic excellence
Kingston is the mother church of English Canada, the first diocese erected in Upper Canada. Last weekend, we celebrated an important part of that history, marking the 175th anniversary of the oldest Catholic high school in English Canada — Regiopolis-Notre Dame High School. In 1762, 250 years ago, Alexander MacDonnell was born in the Scottish [...]
Church group from Scotland helps Kokomo
The generosity and the openness of the people in Kokomo is what a group of Scottish teens say they will remember most of their trip to the City of Firsts. “It’s amazing how friendly everybody is,” said 16-year-old Gareth Scott-Dodd, of Scotland. The group made up of six teens and three adults came to Kokomo [...]
How American fundamentalist schools are using Nessie to disprove evolution
Schoolchildren in Louisiana are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real in a bid by religious educators to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution. Thousands of children in the southern state will receive publicly-funded vouchers for the next school year to attend private schools where Scotland’s most famous mythological beast will be taught [...]
Famed missionary to attend pastor installation at Germantown Presbyterian
The formal installation of a new minister is a momentous event in the history and life of a church. In the case of Germantown Presbyterian Church and today’s installation of its new pastor, Dr. Will Jones, the event is so significant that one participant is traveling more than 4,000 miles to attend. Dr. Ian Paterson, [...]
New film challenges anti-Christian 'IndoctriNation' in public schools
As the 2012 presidential race begins to draw public attention, a new film seeks to bring education to the forefront of public debate. ‘IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America’ (view trailer), a documentary that explores the origins and social impact of America’s public school system, will be released on DVD October [...]
US church targets Kirk stand on gays
THE notorious Westboro Baptist Church, which regularly pickets high-profile funerals and public events in the United States, says Scotland is on its target list after the Kirk’s landmark vote on the possible selection of gay and lesbian ministers. Margie Phelps, daughter of Fred Phelps, who founded the extremist church, said it now wanted to stage [...]
Free Church fails in bid to settle out of court over Peruvian student deaths
The Free Church of Scotland has failed in a late effort to settle a negligence case against it after two Peruvian students were killed while in the church’s care on a visit to Scotland. A delegation including Donnie Smith, the Free Church’s representative in Peru, had hoped a conciliation summit with the parents of Gianmarco [...]
Argentine village asks Scots to help save historic kirk
It may be just a ruined church to some. But Argentine villagers are battling to save what they believe is one of their country’s most historic buildings – a 160-year-old kirk erected by Scottish pioneers. Built by Scottish stonemasons in the 1850s, "the Scottish Church" is recognised as having huge significance in the South American [...]
Court in Peru to hear details of fatal crash
A court in Peru was yesterday expected to hear the details of a case in which the Free Church of Scotland is being sued by the family of a boy who died in an Inverness car crash during a church-organised school trip. Gianmarco Peschiera, 14, died when the car he was a passenger in hit [...]
