LOUISVILLE — The Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced a staff reduction. Three staff members accepted voluntary separation packages, another three positions were eliminated, and two new positions were created, to be filled in 2010.
People sometimes speak of the General Assembly as the Presbyterian family reunion, as if everyone there grew up in the same general neck of the woods – or at least knows most of the branches of the clan.
During its second broadcast, the new “God Complex” radio show, a brand-new, bicoastal Internet radio venture featuring General Assembly moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow and blogger Carol Howard Merritt, took on the question of whether small churches can continue to afford an educated clergy.
“Son, I need to talk to you.” When Dad said these seldom-welcome words to his boomer son, I knew what was coming: either correction I did not want, or advice I did not think I needed.
(ABP) — Over the last 10 years I have written two books and countless articles in which I suggested and hoped that the culture war between cultural conservatives and cultural liberals would — and should — end.
NAIROBI — (ENI) Christian and Muslims leaders in Kenya have praised U.S. President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world as motivating and conciliatory, though some Islamic scholars have urged him to back his words with action.
(ENI/RNS)--President Barack Obama urged Islamic nations to recognize the importance of religious freedom and democratic values in his Cairo speech on June 4, but he failed to take a hard line on repressive laws, according to the chairwoman of a religious freedom watchdog panel, Religion News Service reports.
San Anselmo, Calif. – Dr. Elizabeth Liebert will become the first Roman Catholic sister named as dean of a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminary this summer when she takes over the position at San Francisco Theological Seminary.
(ENI) A group of economists and church representatives from the Caribbean says the economic crisis has provoked increased levels of crime and violence in the region and has led to the destruction of social safety nets.
(ENI-RNS) — Two prominent Hispanic Christian organizations are divided on whether Latinos should participate in the 2010 U.S. census, while U.S. Catholic bishops say it’s in everyone’s “best interest to be counted.”
Will the seminaries survive? Given a dependence upon free will offerings and endowment income, seminaries all around the world are struggling to keep their doors open amid the recent economic downturn.
A memorial service was held April 25 at Immanuel Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in Hartford, Conn., for the Rev. Carl S. Dudley, a renowned innovator in connecting churches with their communities.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Sightings Web site of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Used by permission.
Toxic forms of religion are killing us — sometimes literally, sometimes spiritually. It’s time to look into our own hearts. Are we part of the problem?
(RNS) The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that clergy may not officiate at same-sex unions, even in states where such marriages are legal, and gave the final approval for the George W. Bush Library to be built at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
NAIROBI — (ENI) Christian leaders in East Africa are calling for a unified international approach to the Somali sea pirate menace, while warning continued payment of ransom is a security risk.
