A set of principles developed by persons from the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church was sent recently to the presbyteries in hopes that some of the barriers that have divided us may be removed, or at least, modified in the spirit of Christian cooperation.
(ABP) — Dear Jesus, Everyone seems to be talking about the poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
We all have the right to clutch at straws.
Religion in America used to be a landslide for Protestants. No more. Recent surveys show that we Protestants are no more than 50 percent of the population.
After seven months of consulting with a large Presbyterian congregation in North Carolina, I finally got a chance to worship with them on Mothers Day.
ATLANTA — What do young people want from the Presbyterian church? And — for the young and energetic, the skeptical and the faithful and the passionate — what do Presbyterian churches have to offer?
(ENI) —The appointment of a Roman Catholic nun as dean of San Francisco Theological Seminary illustrates the truth of the saying "to be Reformed is to be ecumenical", says the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
(NCC) Faith leaders have applauded Congress for its action approving landmark legislation authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.
GENEVA — (ENI) The16th-century teaching of John Calvin can inspire a "reformation of values" in the face of the economic and ecological crises that confront the world, a Swiss politician has said at a ceremony to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformer's birth.
Doom, Netherlands — (ENI) The head of the World Council of Churches has warned of a backlash in Europe against migrants and refugees, after gains by anti-immigration parties in elections to the European Union parliament.
DECATUR, GA.—Stephen A. Hayner has been unanimously elected the ninth president of Columbia Theological Seminary by the board of trustees. [caption id="attachment_20641" align="alignright" width="150"]
Stephen A. Hayner [/caption]Following a nationwide search for a successor to Laura S. Mendenhall, who served Columbia since 2000, the board turned to its own Peachtree Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth to lead the school. His appointment is effective July 1, 2009.
ATLANTA — Is it possible for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to experience a Pentecost-like renewal?
The moving truck was nearly full, the family pick-up truck was gassed and ready to roll in the morning, and the seminary was just three days away from announcing her successor.
Linda Valentine, Evelyn Hwang, and Gradye Parsons standing togetherATLANTA - A buoyant gathering of grateful well-wishers packed the Peachtree Suite at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here to celebrate the retirement of Evelyn Hwang after her more than 48 years of service on the national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) both in New York City and Louisville.
ATLANTA -- Glen McDonald challenged 42 workshop participants at the first ever Big Tent event here to become sacrificial in moving their congregations from "maintenance mode to missional mode."
ATLANTA – In some ways, these tumultuous days feel like a perfect storm for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
ATLANTA – Young adults in their 20s and 30s see the world through different lenses than do many older folks – and churches trying to answer the questions “Why don’t they stay with us?” and “Why do they give so little?” would do well to pay attention.
ATLANTA – “As the Blues Brothers said, we’re on a mission from God,” said the Rev. Robert Chestnut, in a workshop entitled “Growing the Church Deep and Wide: Spiritual Practices of Multicultural Outreach” here at the 2009 National Multicultural Conference, part of the first ever Big Tent event of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) June 12.
ATLANTA — “The office of elder is not just some job in the church.
ATLANTA — “How we treat people should never be up for discussion.
ATLANTA, June 12 -- When someone asks a Christian “ `Why do you believe in all that God stuff?’ they’re not looking for an intellectual answer,” said James Mead, associate pastor of Chapel Hill Church in Gig Harbor, Wash.
ATLANTA, June 12 – Eric Hoey knows that Presbyterian evangelism isn’t working; he has every intention of reversing that.
ATLANTA — Cláudio Carvalhaes’ parents met at a small independent Presbyterian church in Sao Paulo, Brazil, married, and then raised their four children in the heart of that same church.
How big a tent does the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) need?[caption id="attachment_20625" align="alignright" width="360"]
Anna Carter Florence tells participants at the opening worship service of the Big Tent Conference in Atlanta Thursday night (June 11) how “big” the church’s tent should be. She is an associate professor of preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga. OUTLOOK photo by Erin Dunigan.[/caption]
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