Tribute to Dean Thomas Currie
by Mike Sears - Thomas Currie retired from serving as dean of the Charlotte campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary Campus. A former..
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Columbia Seminary board meets to discuss interim executive leadership
Decatur, GA—A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was convened last week at Columbia Theological Seminary to make decisions in light..
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A number of years ago I had the privilege of conducting a workshop at a company in Oklahoma. The company dealt with..
Bradley Longfield
“Yes. Presbyterianism still influences culture every Sunday in little colonies across the country where people gather to pray and to hear the..
Deceased (from August 4, 2014 issue)
Mary Jean Bartholomew, 88, Feb. 16, 2013, Madison, Wis. John H. Boyle, 87, June 8, 2013, Chicago John Francisco Jr., 79, Oct...
Retirements (from the August 4, 2014 issue)
Vincent Steven Alig, from member-at-large, Foothills Presbytery, Walhalla, S.C. Baron L. Ashfield, from pastor, Fewsmith Memorial Church, Belleville, N.J. Elizabeth Ann Beckhusen,..
August 18: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of thePresbyterian Outlook’s August 18, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..
Holy forbearance: Faithful witness in times of disagreement
by James Calvin Davis Conflict is not all there is to being church, but more and more I fear it is what..
A pox on the Presbyterian Outlook?
by Frank Allen, commissioner to the 221st General Assembly I attended the 220th General Assembly in Pittsburgh and was overwhelmed by the..
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 696 pages REVIEWED BY SKIP FERGUSON “Marxist!” “Socialist!” “Communist!” Since the publication..
Unbar the door! (50 years ago)
50 years ago — June 29, 1964 The issue of race rocked our nation and the church. “Let each one of us..
Archbishop Bashar Warda
“It’s chaotic, really chaotic. People are not just worried and afraid, but they are really depressed about what will be the future, if..
Deceased (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Dick F. Harberts, 93, Apr. 21, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Retirements (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Paul Duncan, from member-at-large, Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery Dan Rabovsky, from executive director, Meals on Wheels, Tulsa, Okla.
Transitions (from July 21, 2014 issue)
David (DC) Adams, from associate pastor, Newnan Church, Newnan, Ga., to pastor, First Church, Harrison Ark. Heong Seok Cho, from pastor, Atlanta..
Ordinations (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Bobbie Wrenn Banks, to contract call pastor, First Breman Church, Breman, Ga., by Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Aaron Frank, to pastor, Hope..
Anniversaries (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Central Church, Nevada, Iowa, 150 years Dexter Church, Dexter, N.Y., 175 years First Church of Kensington, Philadelphia, 200 years
Transitions (from the August 4, 2014 issue)
Donald P. Hammond, from associate director for enrollment, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, Calif., to interim pastor, The Presbyterian Church, Needham,..
August 4, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s August 4, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
July 21, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s July 21,, 2014, issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and..
Churches to continue their “pilgrimage of justice and peace” in the world
GENEVA (World Council of Churches) Inspired by the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace,” the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches..
Calendar Check – August 2014
Aug 4-7 Montreat, N.C. Military Chaplains Conference featuring Angela Dienhar Hancock, Mark W. Smith. Montreat Conference Center. montreat.org Aug 7-10 Montreat, N.C...
Heath Rada, Gradye Parsons and Linda Valentine
“In this season of both happiness and sadness over the assembly’s decisions, we call on you to remember the overflowing grace and..
40 years ago….
40 years ago — July 8, 1974 The Presbyterian Outlook reported both General Assembly meetings that were being held in Louisville, Kentucky,..