MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— An overview of changes in Christian churches today, and recommendations about changes to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) form of government highlighted the Form of Government Revision committee meeting here today (July 3), a full day in advance of the convening of the 219th General Assembly.
Robert Austell, pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Charlotte, N.C., has set up a Web site called GA HELP — that he’s calling an “unofficial, one-stop help site” for the assembly.
The University of Dubuque has announced it will “step away from the table” on plans to enter a partnership agreement with Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, according to Dubuque President Jeffrey F. Bullock.
(ENI)- — The head of the Sudan Council of Churches has called for the urgent resolution of the conflict in Darfur after two German aid workers became the latest victims of abduction in the region.
OSH (ENI) -- The worst conflict in Kyrgyzstan since a revolution in April, may currently be confined to an area around the southern city of Osh, but the international ACT Alliance, an emergency aid and development agency, has warned that the fighting could spread.
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- The international director of the 2010 World Missionary Conference, South African-born Daryl Balia, says he has been suspended from his job, two days before the start of the gathering here to commemorate a conference of the same name held 100 years ago.
LOUISVILLE — The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is recommending that the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) be held in Portland, Ore.
Randy Harris, pastor of Highland Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., and book editor for The Presbyterian Outlook since April 2005, concludes his service as book editor with this issue of the magazine.