by ocaptain | Jul 1, 2012 | Features
Dr. Alan J Avera: Executive Director of Outreach North America RP Magazine editor Delores McDonald and I were talking recently about some of the good things happening in the ARP Church that most people never see. We either get so focused on our lo- cal church context...
by ocaptain | Jul 1, 2012 | Features
DUE WEST, SC — Members of the Erskine College Class of 2012 were recognized May 12 at the school’s 167th commencement under the towers of the Erskine Building. (photo 1 of college grads) Commencement speaker Peter Keith Greer, president and CEO of HOPE International,...
by ocaptain | Jul 1, 2012 | Features
by Dr. E. Brent Turner Often, statistics hit us in the face – especially when given in several different sources. This statistic concerns me: Between 65 and 70 percent of high school graduates from church congregations leave the church when they leave for...
by ocaptain | Jul 1, 2012 | Features
By Frank Van Dalen: Executive Director of World Witness North American missionaries are expensive. Although the salaries of married World Witness missionaries are around $35,000 per year (a very reasonable expense), other costs (insurance, retirement, schooling,...
by ocaptain | Jul 1, 2012 | Features
We enjoy hosting numerous fam- ily reunions each year, with most having ties to Bonclarken through their family’s ARP connections. However, we recently hosted a reunion for a family that had even deeper ties to this wonderful place. Arthur and Madelaine Guerard were...
by ocaptain | May 1, 2012 | Features
The following is from a devotional offered at the ARPWM Executive Committee Meeting in August 2011, presented by Tracey Smith. Tracey is a member of First Gastonia ARP Church and treasurer of ARP Women’s Ministries. By Tracey Smith “Why women’s ministries?” Are...