In the aftermath of tornadoes that swept through the Southeast last week, killing more than 340 people and leaving homes, businesses and lives devastated in Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere, Presbyterians are helping with prayer, concern and material relief.
When the emergency sirens stopped blaring in Alabama and the power of the storm was finally spent, the questions came quickly. Who’s been hurt or killed? What’s damaged? What’s left? Who needs our help?
We've done a good bit of relief work, including sending a 4 ton truck up north full of clothes, blankets, water, and food. We've also raised nearly $30,000 in funds which we are sending to National Christian Council in Japan, which is helping in the hardest hit areas.
As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, the General Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will hold its September 2012 meeting in Seoul, South Korea.
In a church riven by dissent, seminaries where students span the liberal-to-conservative spectrum should count as a plus, says José Irizarry, academic dean at Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico.
Ask 100 American residents what happened in 1812, and 98 will probably say, “the War of 1812.” But two of the 100 just might say, “A new Presbyterian seminary.” The two could well be speaking of different schools, however, for that year brought the launch of both Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey and Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Virginia.
We may never know why bad things happen to good people, but most white Americans reject the idea that natural disasters are divine punishment, a test of faith or some other sign from God, according to a new poll.
NEW YORK (ENI) Anti-Christian violence in Pakistan continued unabated as two Christians were shot and killed and two were wounded after Muslim youths allegedly attacked them outside a church building in Hyderabad on March 22.
TORONTO (ENI) Some church leaders in the United States are promoting a decades-old idea of Western and Orthodox Christians sharing a common Easter and celebrating the holy day on a fixed date every year.
(RNS) Young adults who regularly attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese when they reach middle age than their nonreligious peers, a new study shows.
(ENI) Zambian nurse Agnes Lisulo Mulemwa has been honored in Geneva for helping women in her rural community raise their standard of living, train to become leaders and support health care.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (ENI) Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's latest attack on Catholic bishops, in which he accused them of lying about the nation's dire social and economic situation, was a sign that the relationship between the two will continue to be difficult, observers said.
NEW YORK (ENI) In a spirit of repentance, the United Methodist Church is making good on a pledge to support a learning center at the site of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre of Native Americans, which was led by a Methodist minister.
WASHINGTON (ENI) Evangelist David Wilkerson, who wrote the popular book "The Cross and the Switchblade," founded New York's Times Square Church and an international ministry to gang members and drug addicts, died in a traffic accident on Wednesday, April 27, according to The Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) In the five and one-half years since it first organized, Grace Presbyterian Church in Dawsonville, Ga., has been through some big changes.
Grace and peace to all of you. I was baptized as an infant at First Presbyterian Church, Billings, Montana. I was taught faith, Scripture, the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and confirmed at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sulphur, Louisiana.
Almost immediately after the White Paper of the Presbyterian Fellowship appeared, intense reaction followed. Two phrases seemed to attract the most concern. The mention of bringing together a group of theologically “like-minded” people created a powerful reaction in a denomination that has learned to prize its theological pluralism. In another column we can ponder that idea. The other incendiary phrase was “deathly ill,” which was used to describe the prognosis of the PCUSA. Who said “deathly ill” and upon what basis? That prognosis came from me. Let me tell you why.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (PNS) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons joined a number of U.S. religious leaders April 19 for the second annual Holy Week prayer breakfast at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama.
His office on North Fifth Street is three stories above the sanctuary (always filled on Sundays), and life in Richmond (where he mostly grew up) is familiarly complex for the leader of Second Presbyterian Church. …
UPDATED APRIL 19, 2011 – The Presbytery of deChristo voted on Saturday to a 62-62 tie – which counts as a collective “no” vote – becoming the third presbytery to turn away from supporting elimination of the fidelity-chastity ordination requirement (in 2009 it voted 59-48 to overturn the policy).
TOKYO (ENI) A "cross of comfort" has been erected at a church site about one month after its building was washed away by the tsunami that followed the magnitude-9 earthquake on March 11, a Christian relief organization reported.
