Pope meets with Jewish representatives in Berlin
Berlin (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with Germany's Jewish community on the first day of his four-day state visit to his homeland was marked by both good will and honest criticism.
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Religious dialogue helped release of U.S. hikers in Iran
Washington (ENI) The release of U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iranian prison on Sept. 21 "affirms the importance of the role of religious dialogue and its end product in this case, public diplomacy, as we seek ways to define common ground between our two countries," said Episcopal Diocese of Washington Bishop John Chane, who returned from a weeklong visit to Iran on Sept. 19.
Forgotten, but not gone: Three years later, Hurricane Ike recovery efforts short
STATESVILLE, N.C. (PNS) Six years after Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding New Orleans after the country’s costliest storm continues.
GAMC members brainstorm sweeping ideas — aware of the gap between ideas and action
LOUISVILLE – Heres’s some of what the General Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) wants to be known for:
What’s (not) in a name? GAMC must ditch the word ‘council’
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.
Some international partnerships imperiled by new ordination policy, GAMC told
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.
Synod court upholds presbytery in Larges case
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.
Pope will reach out to German Protestants on state visit
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.
Clinton’s anti-child-marriage initiative finds relevance in 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.
Panel aims to help GA make its meetings a better blend of worship and business
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.
A Presbyterian pastor
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Study sees link between education and views of heaven
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.
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Take the blinders off your ministry
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Pastors and church leaders as ‘co-workers’
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Luke: The Gospel of Amazement
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.
Breathing Patterns: A Teacher’s Reflections on Calling, Equipping, and Sending
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.
Uriarte to coordinate mission work in Asia and the Pacific
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.
PC(USA) ordination exam moving to digital model
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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Cross-cultural mission group announces its closure
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.
PPC announces new hymnal title, colors, prices
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) The new Presbyterian hymnal, to be published in the fall of 2013, has a title.
Presbyterians’ interfaith engagement rate has grown since 9/11
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.
…Always being reformed
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.
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