Reflections on welcoming same-sex couples in church
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{ OUTLOOK FORUM } We have a problem. Special Offerings giving is down. In 11 years, giving has slumped 25 percent. In..
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Majority still opposes, but growing minority supports, same-sex marriage
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Outlook Forum Part 1: Divestment and Israel/Palestine: policy mountains or molehills?
{ OUTLOOK FORUM } For eight years now, we Presbyterians have engaged in heated discussions over the possibility of divesting or making..
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Report charts a course for the church through challenges of the 21st century
The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church in the 21st Century got clobbered by reality. As its report states: »..
Advisory panel raises constitutional concerns