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SEATTLE (PNS) Like a massive ocean liner on a vast sea, the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)’s Middle Governing Body Commission has begun the long slow turn from
gathering data from the church to formulating recommendations for the mission and
function of presbyteries and synods in a rapidly changing church and world.
Some evangelical Presbyterians from the Presbytery of Santa Barbara are proposing a plan of action in response to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s recent decision to change its ordination standards.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) A film about Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an 84-year-old
man who enrolled in primary school in 2003 so he could learn to read the Bible, has
inspired the creation of an educational charity for unprivileged children around the
world.
TOKYO (ENI) Japan's Christian Council has decided to establish an office to
coordinate relief operations in Japan and from abroad in response to the devastating
earthquake that struck in February, causing a tsunami and problems at nuclear power
plants.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Special to the Presbyterian News Service) Colombian and U.S. Presbyterians are calling on people in both countries to join a fast in protest of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Presbyterian elder and longtime Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leader Youngil Cho, 77, died May 22 in Raleigh, N.C. A funeral service was scheduled for May 28 at the Korean Presbyterian Church of DuRaleigh.
They did it again. I should have seen it coming when Barbie grabbed the remote control and switched to the Hallmark Channel.
LOUISVILLE, KY. (PNS) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons joined a number of U.S. religious leaders April 19 for the second annual Holy Week prayer breakfast at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama. Obama is the first president to host a prayer breakfast in the White House marking Easter and Holy Week.
LOUISVILLE, KY. (PNS) Acting on a recommendation from the 217th General Assembly (2006), two Presbyterian groups have signed a partnership agreement that will help their older adult ministries stay connected.
The Rev. Donald Shriver Jr., an ethicist and former president of Union Theological Seminary, was featured in a two-part PBS documentary called “Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate.” It aired on Palm Sunday and Easter.
Washington (ENI) A New York minister will fill the Obama administration's long-vacant position to oversee international religious freedom after the Senate voted to confirm the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook for the post.
Contraceptive use by Catholics and evangelicals is the norm, according to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues.
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
New York: Simon and Schuster. 688 pages.
reviewed by LOUIS B. WEEKS
Grace. The English noun, as we Christians use it, alludes first to the saving grace God provides in Jesus Christ — “Amazing Grace.”
After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken
by Kent Annan
InterVarsity Press. 137 pages.
reviewed by KIM MONTROLL
“‘Where were you?’ I ask the Haitian teacher I’ve known for years.
When you “go multichannel” — expanding beyond Sunday worship — a critical element of both strategy and execution will be consistency.
Carol Quillen, a vice-president of Rice University in Texas and a Presbyterian, has been named the new president of Davidson College in North Carolina.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (ENI) Hundreds of Zimbabweans from various Christian
denominations held prayers on May 25 for peace ahead of possible elections later
this year. "We hear threats and rumors of elections, and have seen tell-tale signs of
political violence raising its ugly head again,"
BORDEAUX, France (ENI) Leaders of Christian churches and other faiths called on
the world's most powerful governments to devise more effective joint solutions to
the "interconnected crises confronting humanity" at a May 23-24 summit, organized
by the New York-based Religions for Peace.
TOKYO (ENI) The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has requested its
partners worldwide to pray for them and petition the Seoul government to resume its
economic support to starving North Koreans.
Amid church leaders’ calls for advocacy
(Episcopal News Service) As Sudan's wanted President Omar al-Bashir insists he will not remove his troops from the disputed oil-producing Abyei region,
church and world leaders are insisting that advocacy for the war-torn south and for a lasting peace must continue.
It’s easy to see why this film was an Oscar nominee for best foreign film this year. It packs a real wallop. But it will probably suffer lack of exposure in the United States.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Special to Presbyterian News Service) “I’m still trying to figure it out — How does seminary and a master’s degree and teaching fit with roasting coffee and sourcing it and selling it?” wondered Benjamin Schellack. “I’m not sure I know the answer.”
A pastor recommends the precepts embodied in the rule of a Catholic monastic order as a promising guide for Protestant congregations in..
Two conservative groups of pastors within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have
announced an agreement to share the services of the Rev. Paul Detterman.
The fourth installment of this series recovers some of the swagger and fun of the earlier versions, perhaps because of the welcome addition of Penelope Cruz.
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