Mothers, children, families need our prayers and support in a violent time Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterian World Mission are compelled to help more than..
(RNS) The Rev. Frank Schaefer said Monday (Dec. 16) he would refuse to surrender his clergy credentials voluntarily and continue to perform..
In 2008, 25-year-old seminarian Kathy Wolf Reed was the youngest person to become an elected member of the Committee on Theological Education..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Synod of Alaska-Northwest has voted unanimously to merge the Presbyteries of Alaska and North Puget Sound (NPSP). The merger..
The 2012 General Assembly came stunningly close to taking a bold and controversial step – rejecting by just a 52-48 percent margin..
ROME (RNS) Pope Francis was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday (Dec. 11), adding yet another high-profile accolade to..
(RNS) The crowd hushed, the lights dimmed and the National Cathedral’s bourdon bell chimed for three minutes — each minute to commemorate..
Members of Salem and New Hope presbyteries gathered on Moral Monday. From left to right: Alice Geils Nord, Bernie Nord, Bob Brizendine..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced that it is adding six new service sites..
Christians today should not live in the fantasy that they know more about the faith than those who came before them –..
This post originally appreared on Juicy Ecumenism, a blog from the Institute on Religion and Democracy. It is reposted here with permission...
Knowing that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is about to confront once again the question of whether Presbyterian ministers should perform same-gender marriages..
SPOKANE, WASH (PNS) Whitworth University has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund a new comprehensive church engagement..
(RNS) Midway through the dash from Thanksgiving Day to Gift-giving Day, it’s time for the annual quandary: “How much of Christ can we..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) As the year winds to a close, the Presbyterian Mission Agency has received its second $1 million anonymous gift in..
PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) With the idea of membership meaning less and less in American culture and its churches, the Rev. John Burgess..
I welcome and thank Neal D. Presa, Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012-2014) as a guest blogger in an Advent series answering the..
PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) God’s Word sounds in the midst of a cacophony of other voices ― cultural, political and religious ― making..
(RNS) It’s one thing to say kind words about gay people and atheists while admonishing those who would bury them in stones. It’s one thing to..
21 year old student Lenin Bladimir Dubon; 61 year old Tolupan activist Maria Enriqueta Matute; 23 year old farmer Melvin Amaya; And,..
For at least 60 years, the light of Nelson Mandela, the man known to his people as Madiba, has shined over the..
(RNS) Nelson Mandela, the former South African president who died Thursday (Dec. 5), had a deep connection with religious institutions. Mandela was..
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ― a modern-day Moses who led his people, his nation and the world out of the racist captivity of apartheid..
Worshipers are beginning to refer to Wild Goose as their “thin place” (where the veil between heaven and earth is very..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Office of the General Assembly (OGA) has been receiving inquiries and questions regarding the November 21, 2013 decision of..
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