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No longer strangers

“He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came..

PC(USA) leaders ask Congress not to cut SNAP benefits

Dear Members of Congress: We write as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) concludes a week-long SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge in which we, the church’s national..

Coming full circle: Houston congregation builds community in new ways

LOUISVILLE – When the Rev. Lynn Hargrove came to Houston’s St. Giles Presbyterian Church in 2008 as a stated supply pastor, the..

Not a SNAP: Linda Valentine chronicles her week’s ‘Food Stamp Challenge’

LOUISVILLE – During the week of Nov. 17-23, more than 300 Presbyterians nationwide registered for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s SNAP Food Stamp Challenge...

SNAP to it: PC(USA)’s ‘Food Stamp Challenge’ participants reflect on experiences

  National staff participants in the SNAP Food Stamp Challenge talk about their experiences (clockwise from bottom left): Rebecca Barnes (back to..

Bright Hope for Tomorrow: A Visit to Heartland Presbytery (Kansas City, MO)

Last week I spent a day preaching and connecting with the folks at a Heartland Presbytery meeting in Kansas City, MO.  While I was..

Presbyterian leaders released following imprisonment in South Sudan

Members of the clergy in the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan, a partner church of World Mission, were released after nearly seven..

God blesses us and leads our lives: Young Adult New Immigrant Leadership Institutes expectations

  DALLAS - When Loc Dai Nguyen was growing up in Vietnam, his father was put in prison for being a Christian..

A presidential pew: Abraham Lincoln’s church home remembers his legacy

  “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have..

Nominees sought for best Presbyterian writer

The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) is accepting nominations for its 2014 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award. The award is given biennially in even-numbered years..

American Bible Society donates Bibles to remind Congress to protect the nation’s most vulnerable

NEW YORK CITY – Last month’s government shutdown and fiscal crisis may have ended, but Christian leaders remain united in their desire..

ACSWP continues work on reports to GA 221

GHOST RANCH, N.M. (PNS) As it continues to ready General Assembly-mandated reports to the 221st meeting of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s highest governing..

Moderator to convene conversations on ecclesiology and unity at Princeton Theological Seminary

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, ecumenical partners, responding to Philippines typhoon

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) and it’s ecumenical partners ― including the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, the Asia Disaster Response..

Call to Prayer for the Philippines

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) deeply grieves the devastation and loss in the Republic of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan..

Let the future shape the present

Eleven international peacemakers from around the world visited congregations, presbyteries and colleges of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) from Sept. 27-Oct. 21. They..

A million for mission: An anonymous donor gives $1 million to Presbyterian World Mission

 LOUISVILLE (PNS) An anonymous donor has given $1 million to the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advance its international mission work.“I am overjoyed..

Together Towards Life

Sisters and brothers in Christ from all over the world are praying together, studying the Bible together and discussing how to follow..

GA special committee examining ministry preparation process releases interim report

  The General Assembly special committee tasked with examining the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s process for preparing ministers, including ordination exams, has released..

Renewal in the Church: Affirmations and Challenges

One of the most stimulating parts of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches for me has been the ecumenical conversations on renewal—a word which..

Board of Pensions looks to future, approves 2014 business plan

SANTE FE, N.M. (PNS) In an Oct. 23-26 meeting here that was short on immediate decisions but long on implications for its..

COGA issues letter on General Assembly gathering and Detroit

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:   The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly writes to share our enthusiasm for..

Where truth and beauty reunite: Princeton Theological Seminary inaugurates 7th president

PRINCETON, N. J. (PNS) “Real religion has never ever imagined that it was possible to split up the twin sisters of beauty..

Rocky Stony Point: Evaluation Committee nominated to review incorporation proposal, special PMAB meeting called

LOUISVILLE (PNS)  The Rev. Matt Schramm, chair of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB), has appointed a three-member Evaluation Committee to review..

The Bible and Belhar

LOUISVILLE (PNS)  The General Assembly Special Committee on the Confession of Belhar has made available The Bible and Belhar, a new resource co-authored by Stephen..