Co-moderator and his Alabama church emphasize importance of voting
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Two 2020 Katie Cannon Scholarship award recipients named
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Episcopal Church continue open dialogue
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Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ online conference material is now available
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Worldwide Worship Kit now available for World Communion Sunday
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Stated Clerk issues Call to Action on behalf of Indigenous people
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Columbia Seminary produces timeline looking at the seminary’s links to slavery and racism
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Five churches complete mission to clear millions in medical debt for more than 1,000 households in Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary president announces retirement
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Oregon presbytery working through the smoke to respond to wildfires
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