Outlook Features

What changes are in store for theological education?

Big picture, small picture

Officers of the Lord

Elders as sailors in the sailboat church

Presbyterian DNA?

The new clerk

An assembly defined chiefly by what it decided not to do

What will be the fallout from the 2012 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? This seemed to be an assembly that..

Don’t leave on our account

I am 29 years old. Frequently, I have heard voices on both sides of the current debates in the PC(USA) refer to..

Church-college partnership award goes to Whitworth University grad

Reclaiming the Gospel for the NEXT leaders

(An article based on a speech delivered at the second NEXT Conference, held Feb. 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas.) There..

The teenage brain: implications for parents and caregivers

Parents, ministers and other caregivers who love teenagers can sometimes wonder if Johnny or Janie have a brain in their heads. Reasonable..

Author says theology should play a deeper role in youth ministry

What role does theology play in youth ministry? What kinds of theological and existential questions do teenagers want to explore? And how..

Those other matters coming before the GA

Some Presbyterians pay no attention at all to General Assembly — “What’s that,” they ask — while others drill all the way..

In a world of hurt: Justice issues coming to GA

While the “big news” at this year’s General Assembly is likely to concern marriage issues, the ongoing struggle in the Middle East..

Outlook forum on special offerings: A bold goal: $20 million by 2020

{ OUTLOOK FORUM } We have a problem. Special Offerings giving is down. In 11 years, giving has slumped 25 percent. In..

Long-simmering divestment issue may come to a boil at 220th GA

Among mainline churches, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has led the way in considering divestment as a means of defusing hostility and violence..

Report charts a course for the church through challenges of the 21st century

The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church in the 21st Century got clobbered by reality. As its report states: »..

A look at the (no longer new) Form of Government

Executive presbyters question the future of the PC(USA)