Moderator calls for urgent action, reform
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De La Rosa announced as new interim executive director of Presbyterian Mission Agency
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Heath Rada issues a “call to the church”
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Presbyterian Mission Agency Board to meet this week: Leadership, finances, racism up for discussion
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More Light Presbyterians National Conference: Stories and questions
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Bible Content Exam pass rates plummet
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will give its next Bible Content Examination to seminary students on February 5, 2016 – and, despite low..
The refugee crisis: Numbers, stories and how to help
Seeing the images of refugee children dying, families crowded into train stations and herded into communities of desolation by the sides of..
Temporary leadership of Presbyterian Mission Agency extended
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Gradye Parsons announces will not seek another term, talks about what’s next
Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – the denomination’s top ecclesiastical officer – has announced that he won’t..
A recalibrated Big Tent
KNOXVILLE – “Be yourself” — find your own sense of authentic Christian identity, Paul Roberts, the president of Johnson C. Smith Theological..
PMA finance and audit committees hear reports, plan for board meeting
The finance and audit committees of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board met by conference call Aug. 14, in part to hear year-to-date..
Survey explores diversity within new PC(USA) worshipping communities
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Philip Lotspeich elected as general presbyter by Presbytery of Transylvania
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Immigration advocacy in the local church
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Two international partners break relations with PC(USA)
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Collaborative peacemaking: Suggestions for congregations
When University of Kentucky students took to the streets last spring after their basketball team lost in the Final Four – lighting..
Big Tent honors, celebrates African Presbyterians in leadership
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4 questions to consider in grassroots advocacy
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Public Witness only has a small staff, so when it advocates on international public policy issues,..
4 things Scott Weimer and North Avenue Presbyterian Church have learned about stopping child sex trafficking
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Big Tent 2015 starts this week
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