If U.S. religious life changing, “best to embrace non-market thinking”
(ENI) — Analysts of religious life in the United States are asking if the nature of the country's religious identity is fundamentally changing.
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Turkey’s Christians welcome Obama’s defense of religious rights
(ENI) — Minority church leaders in Muslim-majority Turkey have welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's defense of religious rights during a visit to the country.
In praise of ideology
Amid the blur that is his first 100 days, one declaration of President Barack Obama ought to be troubling to all Christians.
Study: Mainline clergy growing even more liberal
(RNS) Over the last decade, mainline Protestant clergy have inched leftward, with more identifying as Democrats, supporting gay rights, and calling on the government to solve social problems, according to a recently released survey.
Hurricane Ike leaves people with lost or damaged homes, little help
Imagine having your home blasted by a wall of water – leaving behind muck, filth, damage, destruction.
Galveston pastor hears the flood stories, sees the need for clean-up, healing
David Green, the pastor of First Church in Galveston, Texas, never dreamed of living at the beach.
Presbyterians, Methodists join to continue rebuilding in southwest Louisiana
Just a day after the closing ceremony for one volunteer village in Louisiana, another across the state was dedicated.
Christmas trees helping rebuild dunes devastated by hurricane
Razoria County, Texas, just west of Galveston, has 21 miles of beaches along the Gulf Coast.
Princeton Seminary Spring Book Series
Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Center of Continuing Education and Hispanic Leadership Program is offering a “Meet the Author” book series featuring authors speaking on the topic “Meeting in the Middle: Faith in the Public Square.”
For spring breakers, no signs of Katrina fatigue
NEW ORLEANS — The staccato banging of dozens of hammers dispelled the morning quiet as college students, lawyers, and nurses from Massachusetts clambered about four new houses rapidly taking shape at the hands of Habitat for Humanity and St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Schreiner University students work to clean up after hurricane
Driving through the neighborhoods of Galveston, it was easy for members of the Schreiner University (Kerrville, Texas) Work Trip to be misled.
Crossing Presbyterian youth with Gulf Coast swamps
A South Dakota teen high-fived his new friend from Tennessee when she announced it was the best week of her summer.
Reformed use of Scripture
As a church we have begun to engage in one of those processes that makes us Presbyterian.
Football in heaven?
Editor’s note: This article responds to an earlier Outlook article, “Will there be football in heaven?” by James Calvin Davis, March 23, 2009, issue.
Listening, then responding
Editor’s note: This column shows the practical use of listening advice Tom Ehrich has explored in previous columns. For further background, see the Church Wellness Report columns in the September 29 and November 10, 2008, issues.
Mary Jane Patterson dies; led Washington Office for 13 years
Mary Jane Patterson, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) elder who served as a social worker and missionary to Africa before enlivening the corridors of power in the nation’s capital as director of the Presbyterian Washington Office for 13 years, died April 8 in Washington, D.C.
Listen to migrant workers’ cries, says Japanese Christian leader
TOKYO --(ENI) A Japanese Christian leader is urging churches to "listen to the cries" of temporary migrant workers many of whom are now without jobs as the world's second-biggest economy's unemployment rate soars during the global economic crisis.
Charles Allen Ferguson, 79, died April 2
Charles Allen “Chick” Ferguson, 79, Chief Executive Officer of Kerygma, Inc., for the past 20 years, died April 2. He resided in Pompano Beach, Fla., and Chautauqua, N.Y.
Brian Frick named Associate for Camps and Conference Centers
(PNS) Brian Frick of Parkville, Mo., is the new Associate for Camps and Conference Centers for the General Assembly Council.
Laura Bryan to head Office of Financial Aid for Studies
(PNS) Laura Bryan, who joined the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s stewardship education team in June 1996 and has most recently served as program assistant for student loans in the Office of Financial Aid for Studies (FAS), has been promoted to the position of associate in that office.
Ray Jones named coordinator of evangelism
(PNS) Ray Jones, the founding pastor of the 500-member Macland Church in Powder Springs, Ga., has been named coordinator of evangelism for the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Presbyterian Foundation cuts staff, reduces regional offices from 16 to 10
The Presbyterian Foundation has announced a reduction in staff to reduce payroll expenses and manage budgets during the global financial crisis.
Sacred elements
Two things I know about worship.
Church statistics slide downward; PC(USA) down 2.8 percent
The latest church membership statistics are in, and the trend is clear: declines for Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists, and across-the-board losses for mainline Protestant denominations.
Face-to-Face meets Facebook on Reyes-Chow travels in Asia
Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has returned from his first international trip as moderator, a weeklong visit to three Asian countries — the Philippines, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.