Church growth now into the future will be more about adapting and meeting local needs than policy and process, according to presenters at the “Moving Back into our Neighborhoods” conference held recently near San Diego, Calif.
As reports on the Big Tent event appeared in The Presbyterian Outlook and other sources, I like much of what happened there and regret that I wasn’t there.
Margaret Flory, often called one of Presbyterians’ foremost mission and ecumenical leaders, has died at age 95. Arrangements for a memorial service are incomplete.
Many churches will observe the International Day of Climate Action on Sunday, October 24. In preparation for that observance, the organization 350.org..
Many churches will observe the International Day of Climate Action on Sunday, October 24. In preparation for that observance, the organization 350.org and Tustin Church in Tustin, Calif., have prepared a litany in three versions for leaders, for making a bulletin insert, and --. Below are the texts for each version, used by permission.
Sept. 30, 2009 Well, after encountering Archbishop Abuna Elias Chacour in little Richmond International Airport on Friday morning, and getting from him..
Editor’s note: This essay won the 2009 Outlook Church-College partnership Award open to graduating seniors invited to write on the topic, “How my education at a PC(USA)-related college has equipped me for significant service and leadership.” The winner received a $1,000 prize. Information on the 2010 contest is available on page 10.
Editor’s note: This essay was first runner-up in the 2009 Outlook Church-College partnership Award competition open to graduating seniors invited to write on the topic, “How my education at a PC(USA)-related college has equipped me for significant service and leadership.” The writer received a $200 award. Information on the 2010 contest is available on page 10.
In many ways, this is the best of times for church-related higher education. Many of the core values that have historically defined us and kept us out of the mainstream are now, well, mainstream.
Each year as students head off to school, I think about the days I spent listening to other students tell me about what fed their faith during those years.
Ministries involving “today’s youth” are explored to some extent by each ecclesiastical generation. Our denomination is currently involved in such a dialogue as part of a greater challenge.
Many Presbyterian-related colleges and universities face questions about how to strike a balance between their relationship with the Church and their desire to attract a wide variety of students, faculty members, donors, and trustees.
I made an unusual symbolic commitment as a teenager: I would not get my drivers license until I turned 21 years old. I had several reasons for taking this unusual step.
While nothing is yet certain, conversations are underway about a possible partnership of sorts through which the University of Dubuque could provide a gateway to survival for Sheldon Jackson College in Alaska.
MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) — Delegates to the national assembly of America’s largest Lutheran denomination voted by a wide margin Aug. 21 to open the door allowing clergy in committed same-sex relationships to serve openly.
Thirteen copies of Mozart’s Requiem, $200; 13 airline tickets across 14 times zones and four hemispheres in a collapsing economy, $52,000; the chance for a very small Presbyterian church choir from South Carolina to sing one of the most glorious, theologically brilliant pieces of music ever written to the glory of God in the Sydney Opera House — priceless.
