(RNS) — According to mental health professionals, when human beings encounter a threat we respond in one of three ways: fight, flight..
Honoring the lives of Ahmaud Arbery, Brionna Taylor, and George Floyd, the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee and the Advocacy Committee for Women’s..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, recent attacks and ridicule of people of Asian descent during the..
LOUISVILLE – Worship in new worshiping communities (NWCs) continues to be nontraditional. This includes making meals central to the worship experience; avoiding..
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has released its 2019 statistical report — showing a continuing decline in the number of Presbyterian congregations, ministers..
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church has rescheduled its General Conference for Aug. 29-Sept. 7, 2021, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in..
Minneapolis, MN (Press release) – Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung, CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches, issued this statement: The Scriptures..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) After three site visits, 17 focus groups, and several agency and entity-wide surveys, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has completed a Diversity,..
LOUISVILLE — In its latest grant cycle, the Mission Development Resources Committee (MDRC) recently approved 11 Mission Program Grants to new worshiping..
JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana (PNS) — “What a strange Pentecost this will be.” That’s a consistent refrain I’m hearing from my colleagues in churches..
A minister from Arkansas, Marie Mainard O’Connell, has announced that she will stand for co-moderator of the 2020 General Assembly with Arthur..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) The COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc across the world and the impact could last for years. However, despite its swift spread,..
RNS) — The coronavirus pandemic hit pastor Kato Hart’s Detroit storefront church hard. Finances dwindled to almost nothing. Rent and utility bills..
WASHINGTON (Press release) — The National Council of Churches USA is urging churches to exercise extreme caution when deciding whether or not..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Recognizing the limited time available at the 224th General Assembly (2020) next month, the Committee on the Office of the General..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — These ideas are offered for congregations as they navigate the return to public worship and seek to bridge online..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — For the Presbyterian Mission Agency, 2019 will go down as the year the Matthew 25 invitation was extended and..
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness on Capitol Hill wants people to contact their senators to tell..
(RNS) — Ahead of Memorial Day, which honors the nation’s wartime dead, a coalition of activists from across the country will hold..
NEW YORK (AP) — Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in..
New budgets reflecting the deep dent that COVID-19 is making on the finances of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are now going to..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) As churches and pastors have discovered in the past two months, social distancing doesn’t mean putting ministry on hold. The work..
Because of significant revenue declines related to the COVID-19 pandemic, revised budgets for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for 2021 and 2022 call..
Farm Church in Durham, North Carolina, is all about getting fresh produce to those who are hungry. “It’s a congregation that meets..
(RNS) — They are words the Rev. John Witvliet, an expert on Christian worship, never thought he would hear himself say. “Based..
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