(RNS) Will the United Methodist Church soon have to drop the “United” part of its name? A group of 80 pastors is suggesting that..
Compiled by Jerry Van Marter Sixty-eight overtures from presbyteries and synods have qualified for consideration by the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the..
by David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) Social media can bring out the worst in people, and even Pope Francis’ enormously popular Twitter..
by Sarah Paulsen, 2013-2014 Young Adult Volunteer in Northern Ireland On May 13th over 60 people, who have all in some way,..
Ecclesio.com posed questions to the candidates standing for Moderator and Vice Moderator of the 221st General Assembly. You can find their responses..
by Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the nation’s leading — and official — champions of religious freedom implored the Obama..
by Lauren Markoe (RNS) Jewish soldiers and sailors will read from a new prayer book this Memorial Day, one that aims to..
With the seemingly contentious 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approaching, the faculty of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary has issued a..
Presbyterians have a long history of ministry and mission with the people of Sudan and South Sudan. We have worked, rejoiced, prayed,..
The Stated Clerk sent this letter to all Presbyteries: May 19, 2014 Grace and peace to you in the name of our..
Leaders of 14 of the 16 synods in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are speaking out against a recommendation from the Mid Councils..
NAHALIN VILLAGE, WEST BANK – Tent of Nations, a family-run farm on the outskirts of Bethlehem, seeks to “build bridges between people”..
William J. Carl III, president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, will retire in mid-2015, after a decade of service, the seminary has announced...
by Emily Enders Odom GRAHAM, N.C. (PNS) Returning to Salem Presbytery, the home of his first call, the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson had..
by Jerry Van Marter LOUISVILLE (PNS) A group of U.S. religious leaders ― including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons ―..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) Two pastors have left on a Reformed evangelical group after a pastor from the Maryland megachurch they founded..
by Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) “I know what you did last Sunday,” claims the title of a new survey. You skipped church. And then nearly..
by Fredrick Nzwili (RNS) Sudanese Christians have condemned the sentencing of a Christian woman to death by hanging after she married a..
by Jerry L. Van Marter LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. John D. Sharick, who over a career in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) spanning..
This article was reprinted with the author's permission. It originally appeared on his blog. As we hit the one-month mark before the 221st..
by Kim Painter, USA Today (RNS) A measles outbreak tied to a group of Amish missionaries in Ohio has reached 68 cases,..
The Outreach Foundation – a validated mission support group that’s in covenant partnership with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – has reported passing..
ADDIS ABABA (WCC) Church leaders who were part of the negotiations between South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek..
by Lauren Markoe (RNS) The first ever global study of anti-Semitic attitudes shows that more than a quarter of the world’s population (26 percent)..
by Evan Simko-Bednarski and Harry Stevens BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) With the last round of peace talks between the Israeli government and..
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