Members of the Moving Forward Implementation Special Committee have voiced some concern about whether leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be..
The Presbyterian Mission Agency is about to enter an intense new phase of its Vision Implementation Process — creating a new structural..
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is deliberately shifting the way it does work — moving from focusing in its meetings mostly on..
Who are the 140 million Americans living in poverty, or in spitting distance to it? What are their lives like? What policies..
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). lost 56,689 members in 2020, a pandemic year. That’s a membership loss of 4.3% in 2020 — from..
Although things could change – from the start, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a crash-course in switching directions – for now the..
As the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is trying to pencil in more details on the blueprint for..
The Presbyterian Outlook received top honors in several categories at the Associated Church Press 2020 "Best of the Church Press" award ceremony on..
At a high level, they know what they want to achieve: designing a General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) with space..
When it comes to responding to racism, Presbyterians love to talk and study. They proclaim the need for boldness and change —..
The Coordinating Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is recommending that the board hire a consultant to do training at the..
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) considered a “first read” on a series of documents that would shape..
For the second weary year, churches are preparing to celebrate Holy Week – the holiest week in the Christian calendar – at..
The Coordinating Table – a group of 15 denominational leaders given the task of developing a unified budget for the Presbyterian Church..
What if churches today were more like 12-step programs? What if they were truly places of authenticity, raw honesty and inclusion, committed..
The past few years have been marked by multiple griefs, Christine Hong acknowledged in her keynote address to the Next Church 2021..
“What broke you over this last year?” Spoken word artist Glenn McCray of Chop Suey Roots asked that question during opening worship..
The Coordinating Table has begun to try to refine its vision and process, meaning: What are the steps it will take to..
The decision has been made: the 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be a hybrid gathering, with in-person committee..
The Presbyterian Foundation is considering making a change in the spending formula it uses to provide mission funding to the Presbyterian Mission..
For new worshipping communities in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – communities that by definition are experimental and often built around relationships –..
In this year of ministry during the COVID-19 pandemic – as churches have scrambled to move programming online and Christian educators have..
When the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and congregations can be together again in person without restrictions, what will be different? What should change..
For many churches, Ash Wednesday in 2020 may have been one of the last worship experiences the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t alter,..
Now it’s time for Bible study — to dig a little deeper into what it looks like for churches to be Matthew..
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