Mavis Gary is a pathetic character, and yet, somehow, we care about her. She’s self-centered, delusional, amoral, depressed, addictive and self-destructive, but she wants so desperately for the world to be as she wants it to be, rather than how it is, that we almost wish it with her.
Louisville
Twenty-four leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ― many of whom met in Orlando during a gathering which launched a new Reformed body ― have written a letter urging reconciliation between the denomination and the dissident group.
Yes, there has been some serious discussion of “union presbyteries” in these past months. However, may I respectfully say to Rev. McAtee that “these are not your daddy’s union presbyteries”. They are not envisioned to address the same issues that created the first such presbyteries, nor will they necessarily take the same form.
ORLANDO, Fla. – While the Fellowship of Presbyterians has launched a new denomination, called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (or ECO for short), some folks still have questions about exactly how things will work.
LAHORE, Pakistan
If the road to recovery begins with confessing your sins, then the future of Pakistan should brighten.
There we were, Mark, Barbara and I, our arms stuck out a second-story window, trying to tie knots in ropes to secure a newly printed AIDS awareness banner to our church building so people passing by could see it.
The Presbyterian Foundation Group (which includes the Presbyterian Foundation, New Covenant Trust Company, NA and New Covenant Funds), which provides financial support to church-related institutions and causes, plans to retain two outside investment firms to help manage its assets and will cut positions on its staff to effectuate the changes.
With Living Waters for the World’s vacation bible school (VBS) curriculum, “Clean Water for All God’s Children!,” attendees will not go on safari or to the rain forest or on a sea cruise or have a space adventure. What they will do is learn about the miracle of clean water. And have the opportunity to provide clean water for some of God’s children.
Where should announcements about church and community be placed in a Presbyterian (Reformed) service of worship? This question needs to be asked since, although they provide essential information about the mission of the church, they may also seriously disrupt the flow of the worship of God by injecting the trivial into contemplation of the eternal.
New York (ENInews) Clare J. Chapman, deputy general secretary
and general counsel of the National Council of Churches (NCC), on 20 January was named interim general secretary by the council's governing board.
(ENInews) Conservative U.S. Presbyterians launched a new denomination on Jan. 19, saying the Presbyterian Church (USA) is too
consumed by internal conflicts and bureaucracy to nurture healthy congregations.
Baguio City, Philippines (ENInews) Amid a governance crisis that threatens to divide the Philippines, several churches say they are marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by setting aside doctrinal differences, praying and working for change.
Special to Presbyterian News Service
OLNEY, Ill. – The Rev. Joel Adams graduated from seminary with what he knew were good ideas — he just didn’t know if they would work or not. When he was called to serve as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Olney, Ill., he had the opportunity to try them out.
Agef Gendy, president of Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, preached Jan. 19 at the Fellowship of Presbyterians' Covenanting Conference in Orlando, Fla. The following report from The Layman, describing the current climate and the experiences of Christians in Egypt, is from presentations Gendy made Jan. 17 and 18 at the Reformed Theological Seminary campus in Orlando. Click here to read full story
ORLANDO, Fla. – Two members of a writing team that produced a theology document that's part of the constitution of the new denomination created by the Fellowship of Presbyterians said Jan. 19 that they expect changes to be made in their handiwork in the years to come.
ORLANDO, Fla. – All through the day on Jan. 19, John Ortberg and others at the Fellowship of Presbyterians Covenanting Conference cast a vision.
It was of a bold church unafraid to take risks; one that makes disciples; one that takes the best of Presbyterian history and tradition and points it in new directions.
ORLANDO – Instead of just requiring congregations to submit annual statistical reports, the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians would ask for annual narrative reports, as Presbyterian congregations routinely did in the years before 1925.
ORLANDO – The Fellowship of Presbyterians has given a name to its new Reformed body. The new denomination will be known as the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.
John Ortberg, a well-known author and the pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, kicked off the second day of the Fellowship’s Covenanting Conference Jan. 19 by preaching at morning worship. As that ended, the Fellowship distributed revised copies of its theology and polity documents – the cornerstones of the new denomination’s constitution.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Most of the young evangelical church leaders attending a Fellowship of Presbyterians event this week are from congregations that either plan to stay in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or are still deciding whether to leave.
At the Fellowship of Presbyterians gathering this this week in Orlando, Fla., it's unlikely that participants will vote on the spot to create a new denomination, or that a huge number of congregations will decide to leave the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) en masse.
“Iron Lady” is the story of the doddering years of Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Great Britain.
OK, so it’s corny. I still liked it. For the believer, especially, it features some astounding aspects seldom seen in modern cinema:
The battle for Bosnia was the bloodiest combat since World War II, but it did not raise our national awareness like, say, the Gulf War.
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