Dr. Phil Ryken’s portrait needs to be removed from Tenth Presbyterian. Here’s why: Dr. Ryken’s sordid legacy at Tenth: While Youth Minister Carroll Wynne was patting young women’s bottoms (a criminal offense against underage girls), Director of Music Paul S. Jones was beating young men’s bare buttocks to a bloody
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Tenth Presbyterian’s “confession” is nothing but badly done church theater and cheap grace
Tenth Presbyterian (PCA), located in Philadelphia, Pa., recently held a congregational meeting to discuss the GRACE report about abuse at the church and for leadership to “confess” to its role in abuse at the church. As this publication had predicted, the meeting turned out to be nothing but badly done
Continue readingWheaton College president Phil Ryken urged to resign over his role in abuse at Tenth Presbyterian
The father of one of the girls allegedly sexually assaulted by youth minister Carroll Wynne during Phil Ryken’s time as Senior Pastor of Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) in Philadelphia has come forward to urge Ryken to resign as president of Wheaton College. Anglican Watch joins in calling for Ryken’s immediate resignation. In a
Continue readingTime for Tenth Presbyterian to close its doors
We’re reluctant to recommend that any church close. That’s the case, particularly when a specific church holds beliefs or comes from a faith tradition different from our own. That’s because it’s far too easy to conflate differences with corruption. That said, there comes a time when all we can do
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