This position is open to clergy and Christian Educators. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Missouri is a progressive community of faith. Springfield is the third largest city in the state and the gateway to the Ozark Mountains. For details see MIF #04153.AN0 or our website trinityspringfieldpcusa.org/careers. Send your résumé or PIF to [email protected] Trinity Presbyterian Church 1900 E. Barataria Springfield MO 65804 … [Read more...]
-
Outlook Reporting 3 hours ago
Moving Forward Implementation Commission tackles pressing issues, broader questions
LOUISVILLE – The Moving Forward Implementation Commission is considering making an interim report to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on the progress it’s making – possibly at Big Tent in August. Marco Grimaldo, who is co-moderator with Larryetta Ellis of the commission and a ruling elder from Washington, D.C., said the commission is thinking of exploring ways to communicate to the church “this is what moving forward means to us.” Larryetta Ellis, a pastor from West Virginia, serves as co-moderator with Marco Grimaldo of the commission. (All photos by Leslie Scanlon)… continue reading... -
Outpost Blog 15 hours ago
Preaching and politics
“There is no such thing as being non-political. Everything we say or do either affirms or critiques the status quo. Even to say nothing is to say something.” – Richard Rohr, in the introduction to “politics and religion” issue of Oneing: An Alternative Orthodoxy I attended a workshop on “preaching and politics” at the 2019 NEXT Church national gathering in Seattle. I attended the workshop because I have been uncomfortable preaching anything that smells political, fearing it might cause division within our politically diverse congregation. And yet, anxiety around the… continue reading... -
Outlook Reporting 15 hours ago
Will Stony Point Center become a mission arm of the Presbyterian Mission Agency? A look ahead at this week’s PMA board meeting
The leadership of the Presbyterian Mission Agency is proposing a new focus for Stony Point Center— moving from the current emphasis particularly on “radical hospitality” to a broader ministry offering programs and mission experiences that would align with the Matthew 25 focus of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. Meditation Space at Stony Point Center The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, meeting in Louisville March 27-29, will consider a recommendation (A.104 An Integrated Vision for PMA and Stony Point Center) from Diane Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, to hire… continue reading...
Parties in Stamford case had tried to expedite process in order to get a ruling on the merits of the case January 1, 1995 Uncategorized86 views The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission -- in sidestepping the question of exactly how deeply a session should be required to probe into the private life of a gay elder who has acknowledged being in a committed, life-long relationship but has declined to say whether he is sexually active -- has put the question off but has not put it to rest.- Ministering with the Earth January 1, 1998 Book Reviews67 views By Mary Elizabeth MooreChalice. 1998. 226 pp. Pb. $19.99. ISBN 0-8272-2323-4 Ministering with the Earth is a quiltwork, both the on-the-ground activity and Moore's book about so ministering. Moore, professor of theology and Christian education at Claremont School of Theology, is fond of the metaphor, suitably pastoral and feminist.
- Remembered Voice: Reclaiming the Legacy of 'Neo-Orthodoxy' January 1, 1998 Book Reviews62 views By Douglas John HallWJKP. 1998. 145 pp. Pb. $18. ISBN 0-664-25772-0 It was in this order. I first read Tillich's Dynamics of Faith. Riveting. Next came The Courage to Be. Gripping. Then I went back and read the first volume of the Systematic Theology. Things began to make sense. Next came Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality. Positive.
General Assembly approves per capita increase as last item of business in St. Louis June 23, 2018 Outlook Reporting1 comment ST. LOUIS – The 2018 General Assembly voted June 23 to increase the General Assembly per capita rate to $8.95 per member in 2019 and $8.95 per member in 2020.
That’s an increase of just over 15 percent from the 2018 per capita rate of $7.73 per member. The assembly voted 359-43 to approve that.
Some commissioners argued that the increase will harm the ministry of presbyteries if congregations don’t send the full per capita amount and mid councils try to make up the difference – sending the money to the national church at the expense of mid council ministry.
Others argued that this assembly had voted ...
Appointments to General Assembly Special Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, and Task Groups Continue March 19, 2019 Presbyterian News Service1 comment (OGA) The special committees reviewing the current per-capita based system of funding and reviewing national church financial sustainability have been combined into one, fifteen-member special committee by Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and Cindy Kohlmann, Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly (2018). The combined special committee allows the opportunity to facilitate efficiency and leverage the information needed by both groups while still providing necessary members and expertise for each discrete function.
The Special Committee on Per-Capita Based Funding and National Church Financial Sustainability ...
The story of God’s people: Tali Hairston speaks to Next Church March 11, 2019 Outlook Reporting1 comment SEATTLE – “The way the story is told matters,” W. Tali Hairston told the NEXT Church 2019 national gathering during its opening plenary March 11.
Meaning: who is given voice and who is not. Who is left out. Who controls the narrative.
A Seattle native, Hairston is senior advisor for community engagement for Seattle Presbytery. He spoke to this gathering about the elements of transformation and reconciliation – warning the crowd ...
Associate Pastor/ Director of Children and Youth Programming
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Westminster Presbyterian Church Minneapolis, Minnesota Seeking an Associate Pastor for Faith Formation Join a dynamic downtown Minneapolis congregation to nourish personal faith through study, prayer, and fellowship. MIF #03847.AI.0 westminstermpls.org … [Read more...]
Moving Forward Implementation Commission tackles pressing issues, broader questions
LOUISVILLE – The Moving Forward Implementation Commission is considering making an interim report to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on the progress it’s making – possibly at Big Tent in August. Marco Grimaldo, who is co-moderator with Larryetta Ellis of the commission and a ruling elder from Washington, D.C., said the commission is thinking of exploring ways to communicate to the church “this is what moving forward means to us.” The commission, meeting in Louisville March 25-26, is focusing both on specific tasks it’s trying to complete and also broader questions about what the General Assembly intended the commission to do. J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the PC(USA), met with the commission via conference call and urged the members to “hold us accountable” for what the Way Forward Commission instructed the PC(USA) to do, and also to recognize and communicate that “there is hope in this denomination.” The commission also spoke by video conference with Vilmarie … [Read more...]
Presbyterian delegates from New Zealand find pride, compassion at UN Commission
NEW YORK (PNS) — Doreen Alefaio was on the grounds of the United Nations checking messages on her phone when she realized what was happening back home in New Zealand. Tears started to flow as she saw reports of the attack on two mosques in Christchurch that we now know took the lives of 50 worshipers attending Friday prayers on March 15. A woman who is Muslim approached her and asked where she was from and took her hand when she said, “New Zealand.” “For the next few moments they held hands and cried together at the United Nations, worlds apart but united in grief for the events taking place,” Steph Redhead, Alefaio’s fellow New Zealand delegate to the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), wrote on her blog, reflecting on being more than 9,000 miles from home when senseless tragedy put her country in a rare global spotlight. Participants in the March 15 worship service at the UN Church Center, presented by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), prayed over members of … [Read more...]
Hundreds gather to mourn Robina Winbush
(OGA) COLUMBUS, OHIO – Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday to say goodbye to the Rev. Robina Winbush, who died March 12 at age 61. A procession of clergy, accompanied by African drumming, opened the funeral/worship service at Broad Street Presbyterian Church in her native Columbus, Ohio. Rev. Dr. Mark Ogunwale Lomax delivers the eulogy at the funeral. Photo provided. The service was officiated by the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, who also led the worshippers in hymns and prayer. Winbush, the director of Ecumenical Ministries with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of the General Assembly, died March 12 as she deplaned in New York. She had just returned from a 10-day visit to the Middle East with a church delegation. The Rev. Dr. Irvin Moxley delivered the opening prayer. “It is here in this holy space that we are able to lay our sorrows and confess our sin. We know God is good all the time,” … [Read more...]
After cyclone disaster, church organizations mobilize to help devastated Africans
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — When Cyclone Idai struck the Southeast Africa coast last week, it swept away everything in its path, including churches, schools and homes in the Mozambican port city of Beira and beyond. By Sunday, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the storm in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, already surpassing 700, continued to rise as churches, Christian relief organizations and agencies raced to aid the three countries most affected by the tropical storm. After causing extensive flooding as a tropical storm, the cyclone — traveling at a speed of up to 177 kilometers (106 miles) an hour — made landfall on the Mozambican coast on March 14 and continued inland. On Saturday, agencies reported that the number of deaths had reached nearly 750 and was expected to rise in the three countries. Last week, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said the number of deaths in his country could reach 1,000. Initial government estimates said nearly 1.8 million people were … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 2600
- Next Page »
Tweet With Us
Be A Facebook Fan
Our World in Photos
Pin With Us