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GENEVA – Two ecumenical councils in South Sudan and Sudan have now been established. The decision comes after South Sudan’s independence from Sudan..
The International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS) will hold its third bi-annual conference—Religion, Democracy, and Equality—August 21-23, 2013 in Virginia...
(RNS) The dispute over dropping a beloved Christian song from a new Presbyterian hymnal has widened into a multi-denominational tussle, with Baptists..
(RNS) Egypt now teeters on the edge of an abyss. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who was in Cairo last week at President Obama’s..
LOUISVILLE – This weekend, Presbyterians and others interested in learning more about climate change and fossil fuels will gather in Knoxville, Tenn.,..
(RNS) What started as just another church assembly turned into a historic one for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as members elected the..
LOUISVILLE – In light of the continued political unrest and escalated violence in Egypt, Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly,..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The voices and perspectives of women of color have too often been devalued, excluded or silenced throughout the history of..
(RNS) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Wednesday (Aug. 14) elected the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton as the denomination’s first female..
RNS) A commission of religious leaders has called for clarity in churches’ ability to endorse candidates and issues from the pulpit without..
(RNS) Christian ethicist Jean Bethke Elshtain, a scholar who shaped national conversations on war and peace from her perch at the University..
Young people are disillusioned, disenchanted, and in some cases, downright disgusted with organized religion. So while they still want to follow Jesus,..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Led by glorious closing worship music provided by Charleston, S.C.-based St. James Presbyterian Church choir, Presbyterians concluded their Big Tent experience Aug...
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Community and relationships are positive outcomes in the growing online environment of the church, according to a group of..
(RNS) An effort to tweak President Obama’s health care reform bill to fill a gap for church health insurance plans could fail..
PHOENIX – The Yarnell (Ariz.) Community Presbyterian Church was founded in 1940, when the main road between Wickenburg and Flagstaff brought travelers and new residents..
LOUISVILLE - Four entities of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) responsible for publication of the new Presbyterian hymnal, “Glory to God,” have issued a statement in..
LOUISVILLE - Erin Dunigan asked participants in her photography workshops under the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Big Tent here to fill in the last word to..
NASHVILLE, TENN – Fans of a beloved contemporary Christian hymn won’t get any satisfaction in a new church hymnal. The committee..
MONTREAT - The Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock is on a mission to restore life in mainline denominations and for military veterans and civilians. ..
LOUISVILLE - Technology provides the only way John Vest can stay connected to all the youth in his ministry at Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian..
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Big Tent banquet speaker Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty became an unwitting metaphor Aug. 2 in Louisville. Competing with the din of..
LOUISVILLE - Eight Presbyterian children slipped out of the Big Tent Friday (Aug. 2) afternoon to visit homeless men and women at Wayside Christian Mission, a..
LOUISVILLE – The Rev. Jin S. Kim is not your typical Presbyterian pastor. His congregation is not your typical Presbyterian congregation. And his..
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