Outlook Features

Those other matters coming before the GA

Some Presbyterians pay no attention at all to General Assembly — “What’s that,” they ask — while others drill all the way..

In a world of hurt: Justice issues coming to GA

While the “big news” at this year’s General Assembly is likely to concern marriage issues, the ongoing struggle in the Middle East..

Outlook forum on special offerings: A bold goal: $20 million by 2020

{ OUTLOOK FORUM } We have a problem. Special Offerings giving is down. In 11 years, giving has slumped 25 percent. In..

Long-simmering divestment issue may come to a boil at 220th GA

Among mainline churches, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has led the way in considering divestment as a means of defusing hostility and violence..

Report charts a course for the church through challenges of the 21st century

The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church in the 21st Century got clobbered by reality. As its report states: »..

A look at the (no longer new) Form of Government

Executive presbyters question the future of the PC(USA)