When Antioch’s reconstituted resident Session held its first meeting in November 2024, it resolved to hold two regularly occurring annual congregational meetings. One of them is “an annual congregational meeting each January regarding the ministries of the church, commencing in 2026.” Now, over a year later, we are in January 2026, and it is time […]
Reintroducing Our Monthly Fellowship Meal
Each month at Antioch, we host a church-wide fellowship meal after our first morning service. With our recent Fellowship Hall renovations completed, we are looking forward to reintroducing this joyous monthly event. Now that our space has changed (for the better), so too will the arrangements for our time together change (hopefully, for the better). […]
At the Parbar: Ordained Service in the Church
The following is adapted from a sermon preached before the 162nd Stated Meeting of Calvary Presbytery (PCA), held on October 24, 2024, an audio recording of which is available on sermonaudio.com (embedded below). This post was originally published on pcapolity.com. Introduction The “life verse” phenomenon—if we can call it that—is a curious part of evangelical […]
Gleaning from the Ministry of Harry Reeder
The following article was originally published on byFaith Magazine online. Before preaching the sermon at the memorial service of his friend Harry L. Reeder III, on May 24, 2023, Sandy Willson recalled his experience of the previous week. “I was in my study at the back of my house, and we had a micro-storm… There was […]
Lessons from History: What is an Evangelical Presbyterian to Do?
The following article was originally published as part of a series on the Place for Truth blog at reformation21.org. The Presbyterian church in which I was converted over 20 years ago began in the United Presbyterian Church in North America (UPCNA) in the early 1950s, became a UPCUSA congregation when the UPCNA merged with the Presbyterian […]
Antioch’s Ministry Pipeline within Calvary Presbytery
We are excited about advancing Christ’s Kingdom at Antioch! One of the kingdom-advancing functions of Calvary Presbytery as a regional expression of the church (see this article) is the examination, encouragement, and discipling of prospective ministers. Today at the 160th Stated Meeting of Calvary Presbytery, three of Antioch’s members were presented to the Presbytery for consideration. […]
