2011- Big Tent: Speaking up: Peruvian children push for environmental rights
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Two of the scheduled speakers for World Mission
Matters’ Friday (July 1) plenary at Big Tent here were missing.
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2011- Big Tent: ‘God will make a way’
Morse says church should be cross-cultural
Indianapolis (PNS) “Jesus was cross-cultural. In Christ, we should be too.”
2011- Big Tent: ‘But They’re Not Christians!’ Evangelism opportunities abound, Hoey tells Big Tent
Indianapolis (PNS) On July 1, the Big Tent opened its flaps to a wide range of conversations, including a discussion of evangelism and church growth in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
2011- Big Tent: ‘A new texture of relationship’ World Mission Matters addressing three issues in mission
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) This is a time of remarkable mission work, but it’s
also a time of rapid decentralization, said the Rev. Hunter Farrell, speaking
at a World Mission Matters lunch as part of Big Tent here.
2011- BIG TENT: ‘We all belong to one God’. Multicultural ministry celebrated at Big Tent
Indianapolis (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s National Multicultural Church Conference celebrated a decade of denominational multicultural ministry on July 1 during the conference’s first plenary session at the denomination’s Big Tent event.
2011- Big Tent: Relationships and listening, Enright offers tips for fund-raising
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Fund-raising can be reduced to “two simple
words, relationships and listening,” Bill Enright told the Presbyterian
Communicators Network at its gathering July at the Big Tent here.
2011- BIG TENT: Embrace danger, Parsons tells elders
Indianapolis (PNS) God expects just one thing of the PC(USA)’s 100,000 elders: to change the world.
2011- BIG TENT: Everything but the paycheck. Being an elder is a ‘perpetual calling’
Indianapolis (PNS) Being an elder isn’t a task or a project. It’s “a perpetual calling that becomes our identity.”
2011- Big Tent: Respectful dialogue: Initiative seeks to improve communication
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Taking off from the Big Tent theme, “Grow
Christ’s Church Deep and Wide,” the Peacemaking Conference was called
on to consider its theme, “Growing Christ’s Peace.”
2011- Big Tent: Seeking ways to welcome all peoples: Panel discusses models of ministry
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Diverse models of multicultural ministry were
showcased during a panel discussion at the National Multicultural Church
Conference July 1 at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Big Tent event.
Film in revuew: “Buck”
“Buck” is a documentary about Buck Brannaman, the real “Horse
Whisperer,” endorsed by Robert Redford himself. Buck is a sixtysomething
cowboy who has been hanging around corrals and barns all his life, who
does indeed have a remarkable way with horses.
Film in review: “Larry Crowne”
“Larry Crowne” is a movie that “Can’t Miss.” First, it’s Tom Hanks, who’s
practically incapable of making a bad movie. He’s this generation’s Jimmy
Stewart, the Everyman whom everybody roots for and has affection for, and
we love him so much that we’ll even allow him his occasional moments
where he’s less than glamorous. Somehow that only adds to his universal
appeal.
Film in review: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
This is one of those “niche” films that will appeal to a specific target
audience (mostly younger males), but have a very limited draw with other
segments of the moviegoing market (like grandmothers).
2011- Big Tent: Seminary president invokes Calvin as model for how to ‘stay awake’ in fast-moving times
INDIANAPOLIS – The task of Christians today, living in a time of wild change, may be “not to force that history forward. Our task is to stay awake.”
2011- Big Tent: Breaking the ‘cradle to prison pipeline’
INDIANAPOLIS – African-American Presbyterians must help create a “mass movement” to overcome what Marian Wright Edelman calls the “cradle to prison pipeline” that has decimated black communities in America, a leading educator told the National Black Presbyterian Caucus (NBPC) today (June 30) at its 41st annual convention here.
2011- Big Tent: Everybody into the pool! New database seeks to expand diversity of pc(usa) job candidates
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Ten seconds after a visitor registers online with the Diversity Leadership Network at the Big Tent, Monica Cabell’s smart phone beeps.
We are Presbyterians: Online video series showcases voices from across PC(USA)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (PNS) Two months ago, the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), invited Presbyterians to record a short video expressing their hopes and dreams for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
2011- Big Tent: Having what it takes: God commands service, provides resources, Asian-American Presbyterians told
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) Faced with feeding a large crowd with just a few loaves and fishes, the disciples hear these words from Jesus: “You give them something to eat.”
2011- Name that new Church & Society journal at Big Tent: New Internet publication to reflect justice, Jesus
Indianapolis (PNS) Zenophilia, which means “love of stranger,” is on the board. So is Agora, a Greek word suggesting being in the marketplace of ideas.
Pathways Conference helps young Presbyterians find leadership skills
Indianapolis (PNS) What are the words that you believe describe the characteristics and qualities of leaders?
2011- Where’s the love? Big Tent worshipers called to live, not talk, the great commission
Indianapolis (PNS) The second Big Tent event ― with more than 1,700 Presbyterians in attendance ― kicked off this afternoon (June 30) with a stirring worship service. The event continues through July 2.
Community owned and operated Older than its town, Craig, Alaska, church has deep roots
CRAIG, Alaska (PNS) When people in this remote southeast Alaska town (population 1,100) ask Aaron Isaacs how long he’s been a Democrat, he invariably replies, “As long as I’ve been a Presbyterian,” meaning as long as he can remember.
Churches fear financial ruin in Liechtenstein
Warsaw, Poland (ENI) Churches in one of the world's smallest countries could face financial disaster under government plans to withdraw state subsidies under new legislation, according to a Protestant leader.
Stated clerk speaks out against Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Parsons urges Obama to address human rights abuses before proceeding
The Fallout of Amendment 10-A: Time for a New Approach
On Tuesday, May 10, a vote in the presbytery of the Twin Cities area
tipped the balance in a 30-year debate about ordination standards in the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), presumably allowing gays and lesbians to
become pastors, elders and deacons in gay-affirming congregations.
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