10 years ago — April 10, 2006
In 1944 editors E.T. Thompson and Aubrey Brown announced the change of the name of the magazine to the Presbyterian Outlook.
“We choose this name because it describes our purpose and hope – to give the Presbyterian outlook on evangelism, stewardship, missions, … education, worship, … the Church, the nation, … and the world; … on things past, … present and on the things which are still to come. … We shall endeavor, with God’s help, to present a helpful, constructive, Presbyterian, thoroughly Christian outlook on all matters which properly concern us — as Christians and as Presbyterians.”
The editors of the past challenged the assumptions of their day. When others looked “askance at ordaining women, they pressed us to see one another as equals. At a time when segregation was an accepted reality, they envisioned a church and community where such divisions would give way to the wide embrace of grace. … The Presbyterian outlook is one always to be questioned, challenged and amended.”
From the editorial “A new Outlook: Now all the more” by Jack Haberer
