With many churches worshipping remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, church leaders have come up with some creative approaches for distributing Star Words..
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly has set the dates for committee meetings at the 2022 General Assembly of..
How shall the denomination move forward with hard conversations about possible merger of top agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and about..
Pretty much every Wednesday, James T. Burns calls his friends at Second Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth, Ohio, from jail. They’re the ones..
The 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be in Louisville, Kentucky – not Columbus, Ohio, as originally planned –..
What does it mean to have a common vision for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? And what’s the process for creating a single,..
Pastors all over the country are sharing ideas – and a certain amount of anxiety – about how to celebrate Advent and..
So what’s it like when the fight for racial justice hits close to home — when protests erupt down the street over..
Are there ways that the discomforts of the pandemic – the ways that congregations and mid-councils are being forced to learn new..
So what does it mean for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to be a Matthew 25 church? Why are congregations, presbyteries and synods..
People filed more 90,000 claims of sexual abuse against the Boy Scouts of America before a court-imposed Nov. 16 deadline in the..
In an online conversation Nov. 5, mid council leaders spoke of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic and racism are presenting to Presbyterian..
They were supposed to stay for two nights. Now, because of COVID-19, it’s been more than 200. Last spring, on March 17,..
With the COVID-19 pandemic undermining the finances of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), denominational leaders are starting to look not only at the..
During a series of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) meetings that have taken place in recent weeks, some questions have surfaced over and over...
The entanglement of white Christians and white supremacy – both historically and in the current political environment – “still lives in the..
Stress, uncertainty, creativity and hope. Some six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Presbyterian congregations are facing economic uncertainty and questions about whether..
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board on Oct. 9 approved budget documents that outline the reductions the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) will make..
On the very first morning of the very first meeting of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board that diversity and equity consultant Marian..
The Presbyterian Mission Agency is attempting to avoid layoffs or curtailing programs for now as it grapples with significant COVID-19-related budget cuts..
After police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home in Louisville, what would it take for white Presbyterians to join..
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly is considering a question both practical and theological: How should the General..
What changes does the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) need to make to be the kind of denomination that can respond in real time..
One of the challenges for seminaries: how to prepare people for ministry that deals with contextual change. That was part of the..
Leaders of the Presbyterian Mission Agency are trying to look ahead to what the vision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should be..
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