Some people will argue that naturally, “bigger is better” — and before long, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will get to test-drive that theory for a high-speed week in California.
WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christians should be defined by their theology — and not their politics — to avoid becoming “useful idiots” of a political party, a group of leaders said May 7 in a new statement.
RICHMOND, VA. – Just like Jesus told Lazarus to rise from the dead and come out from the tomb, and just as he commanded the onlookers to tear away the cloths that marked Lazarus as dead, so too did the Rev. Brian K. Blount call upon the community of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education to rise from its deadness, unbind itself from its past, and move into what God intends it to be.
RICHMOND, VA – A new “order of the day” was marked and celebrated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) this week as Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education installed the Rev. Brian K. Blount as its president.
(PNS) After four years of service with the Mission Initiative: Joining Hearts & Hands (MIJHH), David York has stepped down as director effective April 18 as the campaign comes to a close.
LOUISVILLE — As rebuilding along the Mississippi Gulf Coast continues nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Presbytery of Mississippi on May 2 dedicated 22 new houses it built with help from a cadre of partners.
LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) in partnership with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Small Church and Community Ministry office, recently allocated $214,000 to 39 congregation-based community organizations (CBCOs) in urban and rural areas across the country.
(ENI)--The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, has rejected proposals for divestment measures that would have applied pressure on Israel for its occupation of Palestinian territories.
The 2008 General Assembly in June definitely will be asked to make a choice: take on the report of the Form of Government Task Force now, or put it off for two years, to give the church more time to sift through what the task force is recommending.
Fittingly, a debate on a proposal to change the denomination’s constitution was held in the nation’s capital on April 6 when National Church hosted a debate on the subject of the recommendations of the New Form of Government Task Force.
The General Assembly meeting that happens every other year is like Groundhog Day. Attendees start to feel like Bill Murray in the movie: You “wake up” to the exact same issues, and the exact same conflicts, at the exact same meeting we’ve had many times before.
The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) has ruled that Jane Adams Spahr, a California minister, did not violate the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by performing two “ecclesiastical” wedding ceremonies for lesbian couples.
(PNS) The General Assembly Council (GAC) announced April 4 that it has signed a leasing contract for approximately 30,000 square feet of first floor office space at the Presbyterian Center in downtown Louisville.
(RNS) Rebuilding a central California Episcopal diocese after a majority of believers there split with the national church will take time and a good cell-phone plan, the diocese’s newly chosen bishop said March 29.
As a former director of Stony Point Center, I was very interested in — and appreciative of — your recent article on “Stony Point: Iona on the Hudson.” Rick and Kitty Ufford-Chase have suggested an exciting possibility for the future of the center. I hope others will catch and support this vision.
While it’s not widely known in the United States, there is an emerging Presbyterian witness in Russia. I came to know it through James Kim, a Korean-American pastor [Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)] in the Dallas area. He knows this church because of its Korean origins.
“The G.A. ought to help us, not make our life more complicated!” “Why don’t [they] do something useful for a change, not make more rules!” “No wonder denominations are dying!”
A trophy trout lies patiently in his hole near the edge of the river. His gaze is fixed upstream where he watches a spinning mayfly. A neuron fires in his brain; he lunges toward his quarry.
Editor’s Note: This is the eleventh essay in a series dealing with theological topics of interest and importance to Presbyterians. The essays are a response to the General Assembly Task Force Report on the Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church, but also a considered effort to probe the Reformed heritage and find fresh theological language with which to move beyond the poles that divide us.
IRVING, TEXAS — Synod of the Sun, a regional governing body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has appointed an administrative commission to examine concerns regarding church property and presbytery leadership in South Louisiana Presbytery.
For the last few weeks I have enjoyed the daily reports of the agony of the California Supreme Court listening to testimony in cases around the issue of marriage between people of the same sex. (As a famous English professor once said at a commencement address not long ago, people have sex, nouns have gender.)
