Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary (JCSTS) is now doing business as the Justice Center for Sacred Theological Studies (JCSTS).
Stated Clerk and Executive Director offers thanks for the life and witness of the pope.
A slate of conservative, transitional and progressive candidates to replace Francis.
Grace Presbytery has received a grant of $1.25 million dollars from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Renewed Grace: Transforming Worship Practices with Neurodivergent Children.
Outlook Editor/Publisher Teri McDowell Ott sat down with Stated Clerk Jihyun Oh to discuss public statements, program cuts, and leadership decisions.
Francis leaves behind him a church still divided, but radically transformed.
In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased.
Repairers of the Breach and supporters want to preserve safety net for children and other vulnerable members of society.
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation President and Publisher David Dobson will retire this spring. Current Vice President and Editorial Director Rev. Dr. Bridgett Green will serve as Interim President and Publisher during a national search.
The PC(USA) and more than two dozen other faith groups are suing to overturn the recission of a policy that protects immigrants.
The Rev. Dr. Maisha I. Handy is the first African American president in the seminary’s 195-year history.
PC(USA) partner in Sarajevo reveals need for global advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights.
Interim Unified Agency leaders share insight into new strategy.
Mission partners criticize the elimination of mission co-workers as abrupt, colonial and damaging to international relationships.
Owen Gibbs’ story exemplifies the significance of Amendment 24-A and the church's commitment to LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
Presbyterian churches, including St. Andrew's in Austin and Lake View in Chicago, are stepping up efforts to provide support to vulnerable migrants amid heightened immigration enforcement.
Graham defended the Trump administration's review of USAID funding as an important step in reining in federal waste and fraud.
Southeastern Presbyterian camps are recovering, rebuilding and welcoming new seasons of ministry, writes Colleen Earp.
Commissioners also receive an update on the transformation of World Mission.
Scott Paeth explores the Serenity Prayer's origins and its deep connection to Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism, exploring faith, courage and justice.
Since he was inaugurated in January, President Donald Trump has faced virtually constant pushback from faith groups, including in the courts.
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
Among the signers of the ‘Ash Wednesday Ecumenical Declaration’ is the Rev. Jihyun Oh of the PC(USA).
‘The U.S. is a spiritual place, a religious place, where we’ve seen signs of religious stabilization in the midst of longer-term decline,’ said Gregory Smith, a senior associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
Ordination examination questions continue to create debate.
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