The editorial, “Peoria”, states that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) owns 54 shares of stock in Caterpillar, Inc., in light of correspondence made available to us from MRTI to Caterpillar’s legal counsel.
LOUISVILLE — Committee leadership is complete for the 18 Assembly Committees of the upcoming 219th General Assembly (2010) in Minneapolis, July 3-10.
NAIROBI (ENI) -- Church leaders in Kenya have said they are holding the government responsible for two explosions at a constitution prayer rally June 13 in Nairobi, in which seven people died and nearly 100 were injured.
A fourth candidate – Eric Nielsen, a pastor from Wisconsin – has been endorsed to stand for moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
As the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to feel the impact of declining membership and revenue, 49 employees at the denomination’s national headquarters have lost their jobs.
TPO: In your opinion, what is the most significant matter to come before this General Assembly, and how do you propose that the Assembly respond to it?
TPO: In your opinion, what is the most significant matter to come before this General Assembly, and how do you propose that the Assembly respond to it?
TPO: In your opinion, what is the most significant matter to come before this General Assembly, and how do you propose that the Assembly respond to it?
TPO: In your opinion, what is the most significant matter to come before this General Assembly, and how do you propose that..
On the evening of Saturday, July 3, candidates for Moderator of the 219th General Assembly in Minneapolis will be placed in nomination, will deliver five minute speeches, and then will respond to questions from the commissioners and advisory delegates.
In a changing world, is there space for the prophetic voice of the church to speak into the public square?
June 8: Online Webinar: Pre-GA Briefing on the Proposed New Form of Government Task Force
A Philadelphia pastor, James A. Belle, is the fifth candidate for moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
(ENI) — The Presbyterian church in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram has said it will "discipline" homosexuals by preventing them from taking part in important church rituals because their lifestyle choice is incompatible with Christianity.
Briefing New Form of Goverment from Pres-Outlook
(ENI/RNS) — For some 400 years, the small Reformed Church in America has relied on only three confessional statements of belief, all of them forged in the crucible of the Reformation.
Leading Methodist seminary to train rabbis, imams, too.The Claremont School of Theology, a leading seminary affiliated with the United Methodist Church will..
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Since Christianity began, there has never been a time when mission has not been taking place, and the same is true for ecumenism or the quest for unity, a key Vatican figure has said at a conference to mark the centenary of the first world mission conference in Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Christian missionaries from the global South find it hard to break into the "closed societies" of the North, Fidon R. Mwombeki told delegates attending the 2010 World Missionary Conference.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ENI/RNS) -- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the U.S. Episcopal (Anglican) Church has forcefully defended her church's embrace of gays and lesbians, and firmly rejected efforts to centralize power or police uniformity in the Anglican Communion.
JERUSALEM (ENI) -- Religion must take on a more positive role in peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, especially in light of the deteriorating situation there, faith leaders have said.
NICOSIA (ENI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, the first Roman pontiff to visit Cyprus, arrived June 4 on the Mediterranean island evangelized 2,000 years ago by the apostle Paul, and said that he wants to strengthen the position of Christians in the Middle East.
HONG KONG (ENI) -- Asian human rights advocacy groups say the recent stoning to death of an Indian couple after one of them was deemed to have
married someone from the lowest caste is a is a "grim reminder" of how strong the caste system still is in the world's second-most populous nation.
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Michael Jinkins will begin serving as the ninth president of Louisville Seminary, September 1, 2010. Dr. Jinkins said the future of the Seminary will require everyone's participation at the table. Photo by Michael Whitman[/caption]LOUISVILLE -- The Board of Trustees of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has called Michael Jinkins as its ninth President.
He will succeed Dean K. Thompson, who has served as president since 2004. Jinkins will begin his duties on September 1.
“Of the many diverse and qualified candidates we considered and engaged in prayerful conversation and discernment, Dr. Jinkins most envisioned our mission to educate men and women to participate in the redemptive ministry of Jesus Christ in the world,” said Trustee Conrad Sharps, of Birmingham, Ala., who served as the search committee chair. The committee was comprised of representatives from the Board of Trustees, faculty, administration, staff, alumni association, and student body.
Jinkins said he felt overwhelmed with emotion and thanked the Trustees and members of the campus community for entrusting him with the leadership of Louisville Seminary, adding that the future of the Seminary “will require everyone’s participation at the table.”
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- The events of 1989, when people in Eastern Europe took their faith on to the streets and challenged communist regimes, marked a turning point in seeing the Church as a global community of believers, a world mission conference in Edinburgh has heard.
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