Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Friday, March 21, 2014

A New Office of Ministry: A Proposal - Reformation21 Blog

A New Office of Ministry: A Proposal - Reformation21 Blog




A New Office of Ministry: A Proposal

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If you are a well known pastor and have been involved in a public scandal that has harmed the reputation of Christ's church (bullying elders, plagiarism, building a 16,000 ft mansion, etc) then you may want to employ the services of a public relations firm. True, there are a few pesky Reformed folks out there who believe that the biblical qualifications for pastors is normative. But they are relatively few in number.

Christian News Service (CNS) has posted a story on Lyall Mercer, Principal of Mercer PR which "assists churches and ministries with issues and reputation management." Mr. Mercer, who seems scandalized by the those scandalized by scandals which harm the church has been good enough to promote his company to anyone in the megavangelical world who may be planning on violating any of the biblical qualifications for overseers.

Of course, retaining the services of a public relations firm may cause some embarrassment for a pastor. So I propose the addition of a new office of ministry: Pastor of Public Relations Art. I've heard that Trueman is looking to be hired for that very position.

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