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A million for mission: A second $1 million gift will fund the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s domestic ministries

LOUISVILLE (PNS) As the year winds to a close, the Presbyterian Mission Agency has received its second $1 million anonymous gift in..

Membership define: Burgess urges church to recast membership as baptismal covenant

PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) With the idea of membership meaning less and less in American culture and its churches, the Rev. John Burgess..

Anchoring-Tethering: What Neal Presa thinks is coming and becoming in theological education

I welcome and thank Neal D. Presa, Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012-2014) as a guest blogger in an Advent series answering the..

Call and response ecclesiology: Joe Small says how we think about Christ is how we think about the church

PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) God’s Word sounds in the midst of a cacophony of other voices ― cultural, political and religious ― making..

Targeted by Assassins: Women, Children, Families of Honduras

21 year old student Lenin Bladimir Dubon; 61 year old Tolupan activist Maria Enriqueta Matute; 23 year old farmer Melvin Amaya; And,..

A tribute to Nelson Mandela: How a seemingly inevitable bloody revolution was avoided

For at least 60 years, the light of Nelson Mandela, the man known to his people as Madiba, has shined over the..

Nelson Mandela: dreamer of big dreams – South African leader remembered by Presbyterians as ‘icon of reconciliation’

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ― a modern-day Moses who led his people, his nation and the world out of the racist captivity of apartheid..

Wild Goose uprising: Worshiping community in heart of Appalachia offers bluegrass music, taste of the unexpected

  Worshipers are beginning to refer to Wild Goose as their “thin place” (where the veil between heaven and earth is very..

Office of the General Assembly Statement on Minister Housing Case in Wisconsin

LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Office of the General Assembly (OGA) has been receiving inquiries and questions regarding the November 21, 2013 decision of..

Presbyterian partner leading the World Council of Churches in Latin America

  LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Gloria Ulloa was recently named president of the World Council of Churches for Latin America and the Caribbean. She..

Relief work continues after typhoon in the Philippines

Nearly a month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated much of the central part of the Philippines, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) continues to work with its partners to..

No longer strangers

“He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came..

PC(USA) leaders ask Congress not to cut SNAP benefits

Dear Members of Congress: We write as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) concludes a week-long SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge in which we, the church’s national..

Coming full circle: Houston congregation builds community in new ways

LOUISVILLE – When the Rev. Lynn Hargrove came to Houston’s St. Giles Presbyterian Church in 2008 as a stated supply pastor, the..

Not a SNAP: Linda Valentine chronicles her week’s ‘Food Stamp Challenge’

LOUISVILLE – During the week of Nov. 17-23, more than 300 Presbyterians nationwide registered for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s SNAP Food Stamp Challenge...

SNAP to it: PC(USA)’s ‘Food Stamp Challenge’ participants reflect on experiences

  National staff participants in the SNAP Food Stamp Challenge talk about their experiences (clockwise from bottom left): Rebecca Barnes (back to..

Bright Hope for Tomorrow: A Visit to Heartland Presbytery (Kansas City, MO)

Last week I spent a day preaching and connecting with the folks at a Heartland Presbytery meeting in Kansas City, MO.  While I was..

Presbyterian leaders released following imprisonment in South Sudan

Members of the clergy in the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan, a partner church of World Mission, were released after nearly seven..

God blesses us and leads our lives: Young Adult New Immigrant Leadership Institutes expectations

  DALLAS - When Loc Dai Nguyen was growing up in Vietnam, his father was put in prison for being a Christian..

A presidential pew: Abraham Lincoln’s church home remembers his legacy

  “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have..

Nominees sought for best Presbyterian writer

The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) is accepting nominations for its 2014 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award. The award is given biennially in even-numbered years..

American Bible Society donates Bibles to remind Congress to protect the nation’s most vulnerable

NEW YORK CITY – Last month’s government shutdown and fiscal crisis may have ended, but Christian leaders remain united in their desire..

ACSWP continues work on reports to GA 221

GHOST RANCH, N.M. (PNS) As it continues to ready General Assembly-mandated reports to the 221st meeting of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s highest governing..

Moderator to convene conversations on ecclesiology and unity at Princeton Theological Seminary

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, ecumenical partners, responding to Philippines typhoon

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) and it’s ecumenical partners ― including the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, the Asia Disaster Response..