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..
In a nation that’s deeply divided – rich and poor, red and blue, with fissures of race and religion and so much..
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly is continuing its work of shaping the 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian..
J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), says, “We have to rethink church in the 21st century in order..
Before top leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) get to work trying to develop a unified budget for the denomination – with..
“We are a country almost literally at war.” J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.SA.), and Jimmie Hawkins, director..
So what does it mean to be a Matthew 25 church – one that lives into Jesus’ teaching from Matthew’s Gospel to..
Presbyterian minister Lance Loveall knew what to expect when he heard the news: that some from his church would be elated and..
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..
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