Prescient Thoughts: Did Recent Overtures Predict Secret Trials Returning to Midway?
Remembering the recent past, proposed overtures may have predicted an unfolding future…...
TE David Hall Calls for Reforms to PCA Judicial Processes While Purging His Own Session
Two faces? Is the TE David Hall at Presbytery different from the TE David Hall at Midway?...
Where is the “Secret” Report from the Committee on Charges?
The report that resulted in charges against three Midway elders was taken back…...
Midway Session Charges Elders Scott, Barnett, and David & Suspends From Duties
The action took place during the Monday evening stated Session meeting of September 21, 2021…...
Presbytery Meeting Agenda Again Dominated by Judicial Actions Involving Midway
Judicial commissions, hearings, and judgements sourced from Midway seem to be becoming a permanent agenda item…...
Pride & Prejudice in the Pulpit? Comparing Recent Messages From 3 Midway-Affiliated Pastors
An instructive comparison…...
Former Midway Pastor Teaches About Sin in Church Government
Despite assurances otherwise, politics is alive and well in American Presbyterianism…...
Looking Back: Is Senior Pastor’s July, 2020 Sermon About “Pruning” Coming True in All the Wrong Ways?
Old sermons have modern meanings....
Freshman Elder With Less Than 6 Months of Experience Studies Charges Against REs Scott, Barnett, and David
The new committee formed to study charges is notable for its lack of teaching elders…...
Midway Pastor Discusses SJC Judgment Against Session in Sunday School
It has been 18 months since the decision was issued in 2019....
Midway Accepts Pastor Knox’s Resignation
The congregation held a meeting after the morning service to vote to dissolve its pastoral relationship per the BCO....
Midway Session Votes Down RE James Scott’s “Motion for Peace”
A plea to put aside divisiveness was rejected…...
Discrepancy Plagues Session Majority Response to Credible Report
A major inconsistency has been uncovered in the Session’s May resolution…...
RE Whitaker Circulates Motion to Strip Elders James Scott, Don Barnett, and Clay David From Their Duties of Sacred Office
Elder Bob Whitaker appeared to ask the Midway Session to consider stripping these respected elders of their duties without process…...
Teaching Elder Boldly Defends Congregational Rights, Speaks Against Midway-Authored Overture 31 at 48th PCA General Assembly
Pastor Jerid Krulish argued that Midway’s Overture 31 would allow Sessions to diminish congregational rights…...
Teaching Elder at Midway Denounces Arrogant Church Leaders and Calls Them to Model Repentance
In an Internet message on the eve of his departure from Midway, Pastor Knox warns against self-righteous church leaders who cannot repent…...
Teaching Elder Submits Resignation Amidst Ongoing Turmoil at Midway
Teaching Elder Knox served in the Associate Pastor role at Midway Presbyterian Church since August of 2020…...
Judicial Commission Produces Third Ruling Against Midway’s Session, Again Recommends Apologies
Multiple sections of the BCO were ruled to have been violated…...
Response to Dissent: A Zeal for Purity or Eradicating the Dissenter?
Should any session who receives a complaint become defensive and risk harming the personal relationships of those under its care?...
Public Response is Sometimes Necessary to Expose Error and Restore Peace
When is it appropriate to confront fellow Christians publicly? When purity is at stake…...
Flashback (1935) – Milwaukee Presbytery Ousts Pastor Who Won’t Stop Publicly “Criticizing the Boards”
The actions of the liberals who took over the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. during the Presbyterian Conflict (1930s) are similar to tactics being employed in...
Church Confessions in Tabletalk
The June 2021 issue of Tabletalk magazine contains helpful articles on the historical creeds and confessions of the church, and free copies were handed...
Make This Your General Rule of Thumb When Binding the Conscience of Others
Pastor Steven Kneale of Oldham Bethel Church in the United Kingdom recently shared his thoughts about the binding of consciences....
“Elders Are to Rule and Pastors Are to Preach”
Reverend Benjamin Glase recently authored an article in which he argues that “the church is weak, because she has failed to deal vigorously with...
Good Pastors Know That God Has Given Them Power for Serving the Church, Not Self
“The question is not whether pastors have power, but what kind, how much, and how they use it”...
Deacon Withdraws Complaint That Northwest Georgia Presbytery Refused to Hear
Thankfully, one man suggested to the group of men they should at least read it before voting to deny…...
Northwest Georgia Presbytery Apparently Violates PCA Constitution By Refusing to Hear Deacon’s Complaint
It is uncertain whether the NWGP will be held accountable for this action…...
Michael Kruger Authors Series on “Spiritual Abuse”
Michael J. Kruger, President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) Charlotte, North Carolina has...
Teaching Elder at Midway Warns Against “Abusive Pastors”
Teaching Elder Mic Knox recently warned against the “Abusive Pastor” on the on March 22, 2021 edition of his Spiritual Fitness Show....
Stated Session Meeting Minutes of March 15, 2021
A summary of the minutes is presented below. A full and complete copy can be requested from the Session stated clerk....
Midway Ruling Elders Called to Repent by Session Majority for Exercising Their Constitutional Rights Under BCO 40-5
“Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him” (Acts 7:54)....
Teaching Elder at Midway Calls for “Spiritual Abusers” to be Confronted and Called to Repent
Teaching Elder Mic Knox spoke on the topic of spiritual abuse on his Spiritual Fitness Show…...
What is a BCO “40-5 Matter”?
The Presbyterian form of church government provides a way for members to alert higher courts of important issues....
Thirteen Officers Submit Credible Report to PCA Stated Clerk Alleging Important Deficiencies and Grossly Unconstitutional Proceedings of the Northwest Georgia Presbytery
The troubling allegations originated with the controversial Midway church meeting of July 19, 2020 and the related events that followed....
Midway Deacon Elevates Third Complaint to Northwest Georgia Presbytery
The complaint is against a measure to censor officers and control public debate…...
After Unfavorable Ruling, Midway Session Insists Questionable Installation of Pastors “Cannot be Annulled”
In a letter dated January 22, 2021 and mailed to the members of Midway Presbyterian Church, the Session disclosed that there exist “honest differences”...
Midway Respondents Influence Court, Delaying Judgement
Midway respondents in the case of Stuart Michaelson vs. Session of Midway Presbyterian Church took actions at the Northwest Georgia Presbytery meeting on January...
After 5 Months of Study, Judicial Commission Rules Against Midway Session, Recommends Apologies
The judicial commission of the Northwest Georgia Presbytery assigned to the complaint of Stuart Michaelson vs. Session of Midway Presbyterian Church has distributed its...
Ruling Elder at Midway Appeals Conviction Citing 40 Unique Reasons
A copy of the written appeal is published below....