Commencement ceremonies on May 21 for 29 high school seniors provided the occasion to launch a 100-year anniversary celebration of Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas.
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) For decades, the Mormon hierarchy has matched its conservative members’ views on such issues as abortion and same-sex marriage. But now comes an issue that puts them at odds: immigration.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) As independence for South Sudan approaches on July 9, churches there are coordinating efforts to bring lasting peace to a region exhausted by a long civil war.
HUNT, TEXAS The Board of Trustees of Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, has announced Richard H. “Dick” Powell Jr. as the new president and CEO of the conference center located in the Texas hill country.
CHICAGO The 2010 redesign of the Presbyterian Outlook received the Award of Merit at the 95th annual “Best of the Christian Press” competition sponsored by the Associated Church Press (ACP), the oldest religious press association in North America.
DETROIT – The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People has approved grants totaling $ 150,430 to 9 self-help projects in the United States.
LOUISVILLE (PNS) With violence flaring in Sudan as the July 9 independence of South Sudan nears, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders have called on all Presbyterians to pray for peace in the East African country.
The cleric's comments follow faith groups' interaction with the agency on June 7 and 8 during a preparatory meeting in Nairobi for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP- 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Durban, South Africa in November.
LOUISVILLE (Office of the General Assembly) Fulfilling part of its mandate from the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Middle East Monitoring Group (MEMG) has finished its work on a study guide for the Kairos Palestine document.
SKANEATELES, N.Y. More than 30 Christian educators prayed, discerned and reframed their ministry during an annual meeting of the Northeast Association of Christian Educators (NEACE), held here April 26-28.
CANTERBURY, England (ENI) Leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church have been urged to work more closely in the future in order to strengthen Christian unity.
GENEVA (ENI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council have approved plans for three-way talks that will include Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Mennonites.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (PNS) The Rev. Adel Malek didn’t necessarily intend to become a Presbyterian minister. An engineer by profession, he and his wife moved from Egypt to the United States in the late 1980s. Malek worked as an engineer until he retired last December.
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons has issued a call to prayer for Christians in Nepal, where proposed new laws could severely curtail religious freedom.
WASHINGTON (PNS) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders are urging Congressnot to pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) until labor and human rightsconditions..
NEW YORK – With funding from the Lilly Endowment, Union Theological Seminary in New York has launched a “New Media” Web site that explores how pastors and lay leaders can employ new technologies to strengthen their communities.
BANGALORE, India (ENI) Nearly two years after 10 Christians were killed and nearly 100 houses burned in the Punjabi town of Gojra, Pakistan, a special court has suspended the trial of suspects in the carnage after a key witness fled Pakistan.
LOUISVILLE (General Assembly Mission Council) Most Presbyterians worship in congregations that celebrate the Lord’s Supper once a month, and most like that frequency. One-third of ministers, however, would prefer weekly Lord’s Supper celebrations.
JERUSALEM (ENI) The security situation in Egypt has "deteriorated considerably" since former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11, leaving a security vacuum and Christians feeling "threatened more than ever," according to aid workers.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has awarded a $50,000 grant to an interfaith mission from New Jersey that is working to provide medical care and education in Haiti.
JERUSALEM (ENI) Israeli and Palestinian politicians condemned an arson attack on a West Bank mosque, but Palestinians also accused Israel of "turning a blind eye" to the attacks, which they suspected were carried out by Jewish settlers.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Big Tent conference will be held in Indianapolis after all, now that potential conflicts with proposed immigration legislation have been worked out.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has dropped its prohibition on ordaining sexually active gays and lesbians — prompting some to rejoice in a move towards equality and others to lament what they see as the denomination’s spiritual decline.
