LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The General Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is considering changing its name – something it needs to do to comply with the denomination’s new Form of Government, which reserves the use of the word “council” for actual governing bodies.
LOUISVILLE – 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.
The Presbytery of San Francisco did not commit any doctrinal errors when it voted to allow the ordination of Lisa Larges, and it does not need to conduct another examination of her, the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Pacific has ruled.
Berlin (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI, on his first state visit to his native country, arrives in Berlin on Sept. 22 in what many see as a unique opportunity for increased understanding between Catholic and Protestant churches.
Nairobi, Kenya (ENI) As a new international initiative seeks to stop child marriages, church-based centers in southern Kenya are an example of faith organizations providing a haven for girls and educating communities about the issue.
LOUISVILLE – A special committee is poised to recommend restructuring General Assembly meetings in ways intended to allow the assembly to blend worship more fully into its work and to focus more energy on fewer items of business.
Most letters to the editor arrive in response to a particular article. The following one came without prompt from Walter Smith of Lynchburg, Va.
The old wisdom: The more educated you are, the less likely you will be religious. But a new study says that, rather than driving people away from God, education gives them a more liberal attitude about who’s going to heaven.
Ever gone to a presbytery meeting and wondered before you got out of the car who you might encounter? Here is a cheat sheet that will help prepare you to identify who is attending by checking the kinds of cars in the parking lot.
The Multichannel Church has a rare opportunity to see reality — unconstrained by stereotypes and simplistic marketing categories.
What is the ideal relationship between pastors and the elders, deacons, and trustees and other lay leaders of their congregations?
by Michael Card
InterVarsity Press. 272 pages. Includes CD.
reviewed by ANDREW NAGEL
I once joked that I would not pay attention to the political opinions of musicians, nor would I listen to the musical opinions of politicians.
by Robert P. Hoch
Wipf & Stock. 159 pages.
reviewed by MARGARET ELLIS HAYWAR
George M. Marsden writes, “The Reformation began at a university with a scholar’s insight.” Rob Hoch, assistant professor of homiletics and worship at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, is an insightful scholar who seeks to reform the relationship between church and seminary.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) The Rev. Mienda Uriarte will begin duties this month as coordinator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s mission work in Asia and the Pacific.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Office of the General Assembly) Picture it: A candidate for ordination as a teaching elder (minister of the Word and Sacrament) taking all of the standard ordination exams online on a flexible schedule and receiving the results in a matter of days.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) The Association of Presbyterians for Cross-Cultural Mission (APCCM) ― founded in 1984 to give Presbyterian mission workers a larger voice in post-reunion conversations about global mission in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ― has ceased operations, effective Sept. 1.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) The new Presbyterian hymnal, to be published in the fall of 2013, has a title.
LOUISVILLE (General Assembly Mission Council) In the decade since the September 11 attacks exposed fissures in America’s patchwork of religions, the number of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations involved in activities with other faiths has increased. One-quarter of congregations, up from 16 percent, are now involved.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Office of the General Assembly) Last month I attended the Fellowship of Presbyterians gathering in Minneapolis. I think it’s fair to say that the organizers of the event are driven by concerns over the effect of the new ordination standard in the Book of Order – G-2.0101b – as well as by how the church in general can proclaim the gospel both effectively and with integrity in the 21st century. With nearly 2,000 in attendance, obviously the issues and concerns raised by the organizers struck a chord in many.
Warsaw, Poland (ENI) Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession, according to church sources.
The organizers of the NEXT Church group – Presbyterians who are involved in conversations about the future of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – have written an open letter to the church, in the wake of the Fellowship of Presbyterians recent gathering in Minneapolis on Aug. 25-26.
What crazy person would accept the call to be president of a Presbyterian seminary in this present, precarious environment?
John Stott, an English evangelical who helped introduce the world to the global scope of the Christian movement and is considered one of the most influential evangelicals of his generation, died July 27 in Lingfield, Surrey, England.
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