Christian educators gather at the waters for education and inspiration
GALVESTON, TEXAS (Outlook) – Focused on the theme “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters” (drawn from Isaiah 55), the 2019..
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Christian educators gather at the water for soul-nourishment
GALVESTON, TEXAS (Outlook) — “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters!” After reading these words from Isaiah 55, Anne Wilson, co-chair of..
Ministry updates, motions, and engagement make for a full day for the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
(PNS) More than 126,000 miles traveled in the last two-and-a-half years. During the second day of meetings for the Committee on the..
Asia and the Pacific consultation celebrates the success of partnership and looks to the future
(PNS) During Presbyterian World Mission’s recent global partner consultation for Asia and the Pacific in Thailand, more than 50 representatives came together..
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JERUSALEM (RNS) — When pieces of ancient pottery and never-before-seen scroll fragments began making their way to the antiquities black market a..
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Committee on the Office of the General Assembly opens first meeting of the year in Houston
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Two years after Trump’s travel ban, faith-based refugee groups struggle
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Highland Presbyterian Church — Maryville, Tennessee Highland Presbyterian, which was founded by Maryville College students 65 years ago, is a small church with..
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Association of Presbyterian Church Educators meets this week in Galveston
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‘Do the work your soul must have’: Honoring Katie Geneva Cannon
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