Regarding ruling elders: Parliamentary procedure
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Online, cost-free teacher training course now available in three languages
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Presbyterian Mission Agency Executive Committee meets in Philadelphia
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Mission Yearbook transitions to new digital-only format
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New incentive loan offered to help churches reduce their carbon footprint
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Presbyterian pastors imprisoned in Sudan set free
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PC(USA) weighs evolving partnerships
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Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program Celebrates Twenty Years of Service
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) signs memorandum of understanding with Ghanaian women
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PC(USA) celebrates 130 years of Korean mission
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Sudanese pastors on trial for their faith could face death or life imprisonment
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Programs continue as Ghost Ranch recovers from flash flooding
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Presbyterian Writers Guild opens three-phase writing contest
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Theological conversations highlight need for training on cultural diversity, humility
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National Black Presbyterian Caucus responds to the signs of the times
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Regarding ruling elders: ruling elders building community
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PC(USA) African American clergywomen gather for first time in two decades
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Bree Newsome, Confederate flag remover, speaks with PNS
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Wild Goose Festival flies into North Carolina for fifth year
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Internal executives selected as temporary team to manage the Presbyterian Mission Agency
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Black Presbyterians and Presbyterian World Mission sign historic partnership covenant
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Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center suffers extensive damage from sudden, severe storm
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