Dermody chosen GAMC mission deputy director
Roger Dermody, pastor of Bel Air Church in Los Angeles, Calif., has accepted the post of deputy executive director for mission of the General Assembly Mission Council, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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U.S. church groups affirm law on gays’ hospital visits
(ENI) The U.S. National Council of Churches and a Roman Catholic health association agree that a directive by President Barack Obama granting same-sex partners the legal right to visit their loved ones in the hospital is an affirmation of people’s human rights.
Conference explores U.S.-Mexico issues
PHOENIX (PNS) The April 15-17 “Crossing Borders, Encountering God” conference — co-sponsored by the Synods of the Sun and Southwest of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Presbyteries of Noroeste and Israel of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico — brought together close to 200 participants to consider border relations between the two countries and churches.
NCAA bans eye black messages
(RNS) The National Collegiate Athletic Association has banned the use of eye black with messages — a practice prominently used by former University of Florida star quarterback Tim Tebow to display Bible verses.
Buddhists, Christians work together to help quake victims
KATMANDU (ENI) Buddhist monks and Christian organizations are working with thousands of official rescue workers in China’s northwestern Qinghai province to rescue people missing still after a series of earthquakes killed almost 800 people.
PRE GA: OVERTURES TO THE 219TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Continued from MAY 17 (p. 7)
Ovt 087 » Pby of San Fernando: Amend G-3.0103 and G-3.0111 of the New Form of Government to require committees of representation.
Four more years? 20 minutes with Linda Valentine
interview by Jack Haberer, OUTLOOK editor
Linda Valentine has been re-elected by the General Assembly Mission Council (subject to confirmation by the 219th General Assembly) to serve a second four-year term as executive director – the chief of staff to most of the denomination’s national and international staff. Editor Jack Haberer sat down with Linda Valentine to talk about her first term and to look ahead.
Pre-GA: Commission with a blank check?
Perhaps the most stunning piece of business coming to the 219th General Assembly is Recommendation 42 proposing to create a commission (the..
Pre-GA: Retranslation of Heidelberg Catechism proposed to GA
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is being asked to authorize the retranslation of the entire Heidelberg Catechism to try and fix the translation of five specific questions — and more.
Pre-GA: Will they know we are Christians? A plea to G. A. commissioners
I remember a story my mother often told me. As a late teenager, she read in 1 John 4:7 that God is love, and concluded that God was nowhere to be found in the church in which she was raised.
Pre-GA: “Stewards of God’s Mysteries.” A Tribute to Syngman Rhee
Editor’s note: The Presbyterian Outlook will confer the E.T. Thompson Award for lifetime achievement in service to our Lord, the church and world to Syngman Rhee at its General Assembly luncheon banquet on July 3. Louisville Seminary President Dean Thompson prepared this tribute.
Lament for the Gulf
the silence in the coastal communities
is almost deafening,
Multichannel church: Going off-site is critical
Perhaps the most difficult principle for the Multichannel Church to implement is moving some activities and ministries off site, out into neighborhoods and homes.
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David W.A. Taylor memorial service held May 27
The Reverend David W.A. Taylor died on May 23, 2010, in Cary, N. C. He was an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), active in ecumenical and international relationships among churches.
Poverty runs deeper than earthquake in Haiti, says Reyes-Chow
Haiti’s poverty and problems run far deeper than the damage done by the recent earthquake, said General Assembly Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow after his recent visit to the island nation.
Japan churches appeal to U.S. on Okinawa base relocation
TOKYO (ENI) -- Japan's Christian Council has urged U.S. churches to gain awareness, pray, and appeal to their government about the impact of a U.S. military base relocation in Okinawa, an archipelago south of Japan's main islands.
International director of World Mission Conference ‘suspended’
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- The international director of the 2010 World Missionary Conference, South African-born Daryl Balia, says he has been suspended from his job, two days before the start of the gathering here to commemorate a conference of the same name held 100 years ago.
World church leaders call for protection of Malagasy journalists
NAIROBI (ENI)--The president and the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches have condemned political actions in Madagascar that they warn are curtailing freedom of expression and threaten the welfare of Malagasy citizens.
Films in review: “MacGruber,” “Shrek Forever After,” “Sex And The City 2”
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Film in review: “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”
This movie is “Lawrence of Arabia” meets “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, or, if you prefer, Ishmael takes Abraham’s blessing from Isaac, but it looks more like Aladdin with a magic knife instead of a magic carpet.
Christian peace week, European flotilla pull focus to Holy Land
(ENI) -- The urgent need for a settlement to the impasse between Israelis and Palestinian is being highlighted by the World Council of Churches World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel.
Church of Scotland celebrates 450th anniversary
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Scotland should look forward to the world being a
better place and the Church united when it celebrates the 500th anniversary
of the Scottish Reformation in 50 years time, the new moderator of the
(Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, John Christie has said.
New president named for Erskine College
DUE WEST, S.C. — Dr. David A. Norman was chosen the 15th president of Erskine College and Seminary May 21 by unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees.
Farmer emphasizes respect, healing, stewardship of land at conference
Sustainable farming and caring for the earth are spiritual practices, said farmer Joel Salatin, a self-described Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, and lunatic.