We are living in the “age of the unthinkable,” declared Australian keynote speaker Alan Hirsch to 1,200 American Presbyterians who also bear..
by Laird Stuart For a number of years I taught a course at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on parish administration and leadership. At..
by Shane Berg, Donald M. Vorp, John Andrew Newgren and Gregory Murray Libraries, since their inception, have focused their efforts on two..
When the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary pulled out of the Interdenominational Theological Center this past June 30th, disapproval..
by Nancy Benson-Nicol Since 1986, when the Theological Education Fund (TEF) was established by the 198th General Assembly, we in the ministries..
JACK HABERER: Jim, your credentials are impressive: a teaching elder in the PC(USA); current professor of church history and dean at Vanderbilt..
“Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King Jr. was only a..
The number one goal at summer camp for my teenage son, Garrison, was to skipper a Lightning, a 19-foot-long fully rigged sailing..
PASADENA, CALIF – “I was 18 years old when God called me to America,” explained Sam Theophylus, born in Hyderabad, India. “I didn’t know what it..
Most American churches have sought to diversify their membership in recent decades so that that the 21st century faith community would better..
In 2010, the General Assembly approved an authoritative interpretation (AI) that included the following statements: “Neither the General Assembly nor the GAPJC..
What’s next for mid councils in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? That’s still to be determined, as the decisions the 2014 General Assembly..
by Jacob Bolton I was learning about compost. I’d never composted before, but a member of the church I serve informed me..
by Rick Morris Early in the morning last December I awoke to a call from my classmate Kiko. A fox had gotten..
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION From the opening chapters of Genesis to the end of Revelation, the Bible teaches that God is the creator and..
by Rick Nutt What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for Presbyterians? Did we learn any lessons that help us address..
It’s difficult news to comprehend: ISIS militants in Iraq forcing Yazidis (an Iraqi religious minority) and Christians to flee their homes, whole..
The news was not what anyone wanted to hear: despite aggressive treatment, the pancreatic cancer has spread in the body of Steve..
The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief By George M. Marsden Basic Books, New York...
by Mike Sears - Thomas Currie retired from serving as dean of the Charlotte campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary Campus. A former..
by Cathy Surgenor Presbytery meetings! Who needs them? Who looks forward to them? Surprisingly, many commissioners to the Hudson River Presbytery meetings..
With the decisions of the 2014 General Assembly still reverberating through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), both those pleased with the decisions and..
A number of years ago I had the privilege of conducting a workshop at a company in Oklahoma. The company dealt with..
by James Calvin Davis Conflict is not all there is to being church, but more and more I fear it is what..
by Frank Allen, commissioner to the 221st General Assembly I attended the 220th General Assembly in Pittsburgh and was overwhelmed by the..
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