Well, we’ve done it. A congregational task force I chaired for seven months has unleashed a 51-page report full of 150 or..
Late adopters are gradually shifting from calling their preachers “Minister of Word and Sacrament” to “Teaching Elder,” as guided by that shift in language in the recently revised Book of Order section of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s constitution. But before the ink dries, we really ought to reclaim another label: pastor.
I LEARNED THE HARD WAY: If you don’t go after the weeds by early April, you will have literally millions of weeds..
Regarding the Israeli divestment issue, I urge the following reflection: In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army,..
If I had a nickel for every time a fellow Presbyterian has said, “God is calling me to such and such …
Camp and conference centers in the PC(USA) continue to play a vital and expanding role in the denomination. They provide and support Christian education, disciple-making, young adult leadership, congregational support, retreats of all varieties, evangelism and outreach.
W ith dollars being hard to come by and congregations and presbyteries feeling the pinch, many Presbyterian camps and conference centers are in a season of re-evaluation. Some have closed, and some are reconfiguring to diversify and firm up their financial base.
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he book was published 10 years ago. The traveling show — presenting full-day seminars on the subject by the authors Bill Easum and Dave Travis — circled the country around that time, too. And a big impact was made, if only by putting the title in front of the church: “Beyond the Box.”
You know about the front door, the one painted red. But you have three other doors as well. If you work all four doors, your church will grow and thrive.
Let’s take these doors one by one:
Don’t jump to conclusions. The Fellowship of Presbyterians has launched a new denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO), signaling yet another structural divide in the mainline Presbyterian Church family (see pp. 12-16). But it remains to be seen whether this will produce a split or just a splinter. That depends on us. All of us.
Genesis 37 begins the tragic and redemptive story of the children of Israel. In a few brief paragraphs, a vivid picture is painted of a family rife with conflict.
I motored my way from my home in Annandale, Va. out to the congregation I’d soon be serving part-time in Poolesville, Md. I had an 11 a.m. meeting scheduled with the clerk of session of the wee kirk there, to sign my first contract and talk about how things at Poolesville Presbyterian work.
It is not news that the Emergent Church Movement has been shaking up American Christians who identify themselves as evangelical.
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