Painful legacies: Acknowledging the church’s role in atrocities at Indigenous boarding schools
The reckoning has already started in Canada, where the unmarked graves of hundreds of Indigenous children were discovered earlier this year —..
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“They wanted me to become a white man” — An Indigenous boarding school student’s story
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Church reimagined: Same location, new life
This is what often happens. Over the years, a Presbyterian congregation gets smaller and smaller, its remaining core of members get older..
Redemption & healing: Synod introduces program to share generational wealth
A new Restorative Action program, sponsored by the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, is asking congregations, organizations and individuals to donate a..
A Corp Board tackles big-picture issues, from budgets to pandemic concerns
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) budgets look good — at least for now. Plans for the $2.4 million renovation of the first floor..
Achievements behind, challenge ahead: Board talks PC(USA) building renovations and COVID-19 pandemic
In 2018, the General Assembly reconfigured the board that governs the corporate activities of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation — basically,..
The church in the world: Responding to crisis, planning for what’s next
As people of faith, how should churches and individuals respond to the searing news from around the world? Afghanistan. Haiti. COVID-19. Climate..
“Try to be as much like Jesus as we can” — Presbyterians discern a vision for the church
A church that centers those on the margins. A church that is willing to challenge structures of inequity — to not just..
More change ahead? Board discusses restructuring plan and vision process for denomination
In October, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board will be asked to vote on a restructuring plan for the Presbyterian Mission Agency —..
Presbyterian Foundation plans to seek court approval to free up donor-restricted funds
The Presbyterian Foundation is planning to file legal actions in secular court in Indiana and possibly Pennsylvania that could free up funding..
Presbyterian camp land in Oklahoma returned to Cherokee Nation
On paper, this might have seemed like a straightforward property transaction: On June 23, Cherokee Nation acquired about 200 acres in Sequoyah..
The ancestors are calling: Finally, acknowledging Blacks forgotten in historic church cemetery
When he was a boy, Leonard Jackson caught the school bus every day next to the old cemetery at First Presbyterian Church..
J. Herbert Nelson discusses future of General Assemblies, renovations to Presbyterian Center
The $2.4 million renovation planned for the Presbyterian Center in downtown Louisville offers the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) a chance to connect a..
Faithfulness: Churches love their neighbors and open their hearts during a pandemic year
The stories of churches serving in a pandemic year are full of faithfulness. Faithfulness not defined as unfettered success, but as..
Navigating in-person meetings: COGA seeks permission for hybrid meeting later this year
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) has voted to ask for an exception to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s..
Cicada City
While I know I should be awash in appreciation for the sheer scientific wonder of these winged creatures – living underground for..
The current landscape of gun violence: A Q&A with Deanna Hollas
In 2019, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ordained Deanna Hollas as the nation’s first gun prevention minister — she’s the gun violence prevention..
Groups approve $2.4 million in renovation costs for Presbyterian Center and “what to expect” for General Assembly commissioners
Although the event itself is still a year away, decisions about the configuration of the 2022 General Assembly continue to unfold —..
Dollars and imagination: Board considers renovation plan for Presbyterian Center
Will spending $2.4 million in renovations on the Presbyterian Center in downtown Louisville, in order to hold a hybrid General Assembly with..
Renovations to Presbyterian Center estimated at $2.4 million
It will cost an estimated $2.4 million to renovate the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s office building in downtown Louisville to get ready for..
Coordinating and cooperating: Church leaders discuss budgets and donor-restricted funds
The Coordinating Table – made up of 15 top Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders – met via Zoom May 13 and reached consensus..
Teri McDowell Ott announced as Outlook editor
The next editor and publisher of the Presbyterian Outlook will be Teri McDowell Ott, a Presbyterian minister and current dean of the chapel at Monmouth..
Amplifying marginalized voices: Presbyterian Mission Agency Board considers police reform, Shinnecock Nation advocacy through lens of Matthew 25
The Presbyterian Mission Agency is about to enter an intense new phase of its Vision Implementation Process — creating a new structural..
“What the church needs is not more members, but more Jesus” — Presbyterian Mission Agency Board discusses structure, mental health, poverty
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is deliberately shifting the way it does work — moving from focusing in its meetings mostly on..
Stories of poverty: Liz Theoharis leads discussion with Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
Who are the 140 million Americans living in poverty, or in spitting distance to it? What are their lives like? What policies..