Of chicken coops and yurts: seeking new models for the church
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – What is the most common type of job at which young adults are working? Retail – including, for many, Sunday morning shifts.
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Fellowship hires operations chief
The Fellowship of Presbyterians has named a chief operating officer, Brenda Smith.
Pope to make second trip to Africa
Vatican City (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI began his second papal trip to Africa on Nov. 18, visiting the West African country of Benin for three days, where he was expeced to address economic justice, peace-building and interfaith dialogue.
Hardwick named to GAMC theology post
Louisville, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) Charles B. Hardwick of Bloomington, Ill., has been named director of theology, worship and education for the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC).
Conference center names new VP for development
MONTREAT, N.C. (Conference Center news staff) Lynn Tuggle Gilliland has been named Montreat Conference Center’s new vice president for development. Gilliland will begin February 13, and until April 30 she will work jointly on development with the current development officer, Bill Straughan, who is preparing to retire.
Moderators’ Conference: Seeking firm footing in a time of shifting sands
LOUISVILLE – Doing ministry in a time of “shifting sands” – when pretty much everything is changing – has become the reality of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A).
Nominating committee begins accepting applications for GA stated clerk
The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Stated Clerk Nomination Committee (SCNC), elected by the 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis, is accepting applications for the four-year term (2012-2016) of the General Assembly stated clerk, the top ecclesiastical position in the denomination.
Solidarity, peace, rights are focal points of PC(USA) visit to Madagascar
Pastors and staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 4 million-member denomination, the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM), have testified to the violence and intimidation that they have suffered over the past two years at the hands of Madagascar’s regime.
Reformed reconciliation: Presbyterians are called to stay together
Durham, N.C. (Presbyterian News Service) With changed ordination standards and the adoption of a new Form of Government, 2011 has brought much change to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — a fact that some bemoan and some celebrate.
Weighing the inheritance: Idolatry is still a threat
Durham, N.C. (Presbyterian News Service) Closing worship for the Covenant Network of Presbyterians gathering here included the singing of “The Canticle of the Free.”
MEMO to students
MEMO to elders and educators: Don’t keep this magazine! Please give it to a high school student.
Finding the right college
No college is right for everyone. But
anyone planning to go to college can,
with a little research, find schools
that are a good match for his or her
interests, abilities and personality.
Panel strives to breathe new life into flagging campus ministries
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has
struggled in recent years to figure out
how to support collegiate ministries.
MGB commission leery of presbyteries freed from lines on a map
INDIANAPOLIS
The General Assembly Middle Governing Bodies
Commission has voted not to recommend changing
the constitution of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) to allow non-geographic presbyteries.
Scott Anderson is ordained anew – this time as an openly gay man
MADISON, Wis.
Scott Anderson became the first openly gay man
ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) at an Oct. 8 service in Madison, Wis.
Distributive Church Education
After many years as a place where people gathered to learn, my seminary has added what it calls “distributive learning” to its toolkit.
73 percent
At the beginning of a recent college class in biblical studies, the professor conducted an informal poll.
A Sense of Being Called
A Sense of Being Called
by Richard Stoll Armstrong
Wipf and Stock Publishers. 192 pages.
reviewed by MELANIE HAMMOND CLARK
I was in the ninth grade, in the last few weeks of communicants/confirmation class,
and the new senior pastor of our 2,700-member congregation came to get to know
us and to let us know him.
A Spiritual Life: Perspectives from Poets, Prophets, and Preachers
by Allan Hugh Cole Jr., ed.
Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. 249 pages.
reviewed by KENNETH E. KOVACS
This is a sumptuous banquet offering rich food for our souls.
The Pastoral Wisdom of Dr. Tom Gillespie
I’ll never forget the day Dr. Tom Gillespie, then president of Princeton Theological Seminary, restored my academic pursuit and pastoral training such..
Reformed reconciliation, Presbyterians are called to stay together
Durham, N.C. (Presbyterian News Service) With changed ordination standards and the adoption of a new Form of Government, 2011 has brought much change to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — a fact that some bemoan and some celebrate.
Thomas Gillespie passes
We have just received word that Thomas Gillespie, president of Princeton Theological Seminary from 1983 till 2004, passed away last night. He..
Year D: Why not?
“One shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” ‘Tis a truism for the ages. But does that dictum actually say, “every” word? If so, then how might the humble teaching elder possibly serve one’s spiritually hungry table guests every word of the Lord?
Church faces disaffection of international partners
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to feel the international rumblings from its controversial decision earlier this year to allow the ordination of sexually active gays and lesbians.
Ordination exams going digital
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Ordination exams for would-be teaching elders (ministers) are going digital. Candidates will soon be allowed to take the exams online on a flexible schedule and receiving the results in a few days.