LOUISVILLE, KY. (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. Obama is the first president to host a prayer breakfast in the White House marking Easter and Holy Week.
LOUISVILLE, KY. (PNS) Acting on a recommendation from the 217th General Assembly (2006), two Presbyterian groups have signed a partnership agreement that will help their older adult ministries stay connected.
The Rev. Donald Shriver Jr., an ethicist and former president of Union Theological Seminary, was featured in a two-part PBS documentary called “Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate.” It aired on Palm Sunday and Easter.
Washington (ENI) A New York minister will fill the Obama administration's long-vacant position to oversee international religious freedom after the Senate voted to confirm the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook for the post.
Contraceptive use by Catholics and evangelicals is the norm, according to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues.
Carol Quillen, a vice-president of Rice University in Texas and a Presbyterian, has been named the new president of Davidson College in North Carolina.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (ENI) Hundreds of Zimbabweans from various Christian denominations held prayers on May 25 for peace ahead of possible elections later this year. "We hear threats and rumors of elections, and have seen tell-tale signs of political violence raising its ugly head again,"
BORDEAUX, France (ENI) Leaders of Christian churches and other faiths called on the world's most powerful governments to devise more effective joint solutions to the "interconnected crises confronting humanity" at a May 23-24 summit, organized by the New York-based Religions for Peace.
TOKYO (ENI) The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has requested its partners worldwide to pray for them and petition the Seoul government to resume its economic support to starving North Koreans.
(Episcopal News Service) As Sudan's wanted President Omar al-Bashir insists he will not remove his troops from the disputed oil-producing Abyei region, church and world leaders are insisting that advocacy for the war-torn south and for a lasting peace must continue.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Special to Presbyterian News Service) “I’m still trying to figure it out — How does seminary and a master’s degree and teaching fit with roasting coffee and sourcing it and selling it?” wondered Benjamin Schellack. “I’m not sure I know the answer.”
Two conservative groups of pastors within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have announced an agreement to share the services of the Rev. Paul Detterman.
I am disappointed that the 25 moderators of previous General Assemblies who wrote a letter posted on the Outlook's website have not been speaking out in regard to the theological problems and deficiencies in controversial amendments, particularly Amendment 10-A;
KINGSTON, Jamaica (ENI) Some 1,000 worldwide faith leaders and peace practitioners are exploring the concept of "just peace" and recent advances in peacemaking practices at a weeklong International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Kingston.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) After 18 months under an interim president, San Francisco Theological Seminary has named the Rev. James L. McDonald as its 11th president.
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.
WARSAW, Poland (ENI) Interfaith initiatives should focus on the practical, non-political task of building grassroots relationships, according to participants at a religious symposium which ended May 15 in Poland.
JERUSALEM (ENI) Lebanese religious leaders have warned against growing internal divisions in their country and urged national leaders to work towards unity and tolerance, following a joint Christian-Muslim meeting convened May 12 in Bkirki by newly appointed Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai.
Geneva (ENI) The largest global grouping of Reformed churches has approved a strategic plan for 2011- 2017 that focuses on youth leadership development, increased collaboration with regional church groups and a call to make visible the connection between Reformed theology and justice concerns.
UPDATED MAY 17, 2011 – Now that Amendment 10-A has accumulated a majority of affirmative votes to assure adoption, attention focuses upon the ratification votes for the New Form of Government (nFOG) and the Belhar Confession.Both hold a lead at present, but the final outcomes are too close to call.
