by Bethany Daily LOUISVILLE (PNS) About five years after its founding, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s small church residency program continues to grow —..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Renowned Presbyterian poet and pastor the Rev. J. Barrie Shepherd has penned a new Easter poem entitled “Easter Essentials.” A..
by David Gibson (RNS) In his strongest personal remarks yet on the clergy sex abuse scandal, Pope Francis on Friday (April 11)..
BEIRUT (PNS) [Author's name withheld for security reasons] It was Palm Sunday 2010 in the Christian quarter of Homs, Syria, where thousands..
by Jerry L. Van Marter LOUISVILLE (PNS) Bob Abrams and Charles Stanford remember when the annual gathering of Presbyterian Men (PM) attracted 5,000 people to..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) World Vision found itself testing the evangelical boundaries in March when it announced it would recognize employees’..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) American evangelicals have played a significant role in U.S. support for Israel; by some measures they are..
by David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. (RNS) Many women and men pursuing a religious vocation long have been..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. (Ex. 20:8) It would be a monumental understatement to call March a..
By Rick Jacobs NEW YORK (RNS) Some 2,000 years ago, a prospective Jew in ancient Israel asked Rabbi Hillel to teach him..
by David Gibson (RNS) Bye-bye, “Bishop Bling.” So long, “Pastor Perks.” The so-called “Francis effect” may be real, at least when it..
MINNEAPOLIS – The congregants sat during evening worship in the balcony, looking down over a river of blue fabric draped over the..
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Pope Francis stressed the importance of marriage between a man and a woman at his general audience..
MINNEAPOLIS – “No community of faith can be silent while people suffer.” J. Herbert Nelson II, who leads the Office of Public..
by Eva Stimson LOUISVILLE (PNS) Moderators and vice moderators have been selected to lead the fourteen committees that will handle the business..
MINNEAPOLIS – “We stand in the rubble of the mainline church” – that’s how Jim Kitchens, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister and..
by David Yonke DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS) For the first time in its long history, Thrivent Financial is not just for Lutherans. The..
by Toya Richards Jackson, OGA LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), joined..
by Timothy Cargal (PNS) In my previous post I addressed a number of changes that the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates..
Stephanie Fritts, Chair of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) Advisory Committee, is Director of the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency. Following is..
by Bethany Daily LOUISVILLE (PNS) What could have been a simple night at the movies turned into a ministry that has affected..
By Bob Smietana (RNS) Going to church these days can be a bit like eating at a fast food joint. It might..
by Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) The Rev. Sue Pinnington is on a five-week mission to compile a job description for a..
by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian leaders are appealing to President Uhuru Kenyatta not to sign into law a proposed new..
By Eric J. Lyman VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis met with President Obama for the first time on Thursday (March 27) in..
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