Opinion – Lesson from Willow Creek: Every leader needs accountability
(RNS) — Church leaders do not need standing ovations. That was my first thought as I read in March about how congregants..
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Tap and pray: Churches using card readers for donations
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Christian churches across the world are now using portable card readers or apps to take donations as..
Serving the world at a truck stop
Andrew slid up to the table to speak to the chaplain at the Travel Center of America (TA) in Columbia, New Jersey...
Willow Creek investigates Hybels as pastor quits over new allegations
CHICAGO (RNS) — Willow Creek Community Church announced it will commission an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against founding pastor Bill..
Houses of worship mobilize for back-to-school time
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) — On a recent weekend, Pamela Jennings brought her 7-year-old granddaughter, Amara, and 4-year-old grandson, Trend, to People’s Church,..
Native American women gather for listening circle at 2018 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Native American women came together in Louisville on Aug. 2 for a pre-gathering event prior to the kickoff of..
Closing worship speaker encourages Presbyterian Women gathering to leave a legacy
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – “The beauty of Presbyterian Women is that many of us are here because of the faith and hard work..
Presbyterian Women march draws attention to “The Ninth Street Divide”
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Over 200 people gathered at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville to join the 2018 National Gathering of..
Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order
(RNS) — With silvering hair, dark makeup and liturgically inspired tattoos, Nadia Bolz-Weber stood late on a Sunday afternoon in early July..
Arizona clergy call activists to support migrants on border
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona clergy are calling activists to gather this weekend at the state’s border with Mexico and leave large jugs..
Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Duke Divinity School’s first woman dean, Elaine Heath, has stepped down after a brief and rocky two-year tenure marked..
Finding God at the beach
As a pastor, much of my time is spent trying to get in touch with God. I think often of the concept..
What are you doing here?
The lone person without a nametag in the crowded elevator looked around and asked with exasperation, “What are you doing here?” He..
Nuclear disarmament — renewing hope, against all odds
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — August 6 and 9, 1945, are the days that the United States Air Force dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima..
PC(USA) Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries has a new name
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries (RE&WM) of the Presbyterian Mission Agency has a new name. The ministry area is now..
Board of Pensions wins 2018 Best Places to Work honor
PHILADELPHIA (Board of Pensions press release) — The Board of Pensions has earned a spot on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s list of..
United Methodists debate, lobby and worry in advance of LGBT decision
(RNS) — At a recent gathering of United Methodists, organizers sold purple T-shirts quoting the Methodist founder John Wesley’s instruction: “Do Not..
Church-based psychological help “hotline” thrives in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (OGA) When the psychological help “hotline” was started at Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada de la Habana (First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana in..
Per capita: A presbytery leader’s perspective
Guest commentary by G. Wilson Gunn Jr. Editor’s note: In the weeks following the 223rd General Assembly, on Fridays we will publish commentary..
11th Sunday after Pentecost — August 5, 2018
Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 Ordinary 11B; Proper 13 Question-and-answer time with Jesus in John’s Gospel makes you want to go, “Wait, what?”..
Commitment to the rules of the game
The way our General Assembly guides the church can be tedious, cumbersome and annoying. But in some ways it’s a laudable theological..
Strengthening our missional witness
Some of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s bright minds and missional hearts joined the Great Cloud of Witnesses this year, including Hedy Lodwick,..
California presbyteries keep tabs on raging wildfires
(PNS) The wildfires raging in parts of California are being described by some state officials as among the most destructive in the state’s..
Pope Francis changes catechism to declare death penalty ‘inadmissible’
(RNS) — Pope Francis has ordered a change to the catechism of the Catholic Church, altering existing language to read “the death..
Hey small churches!
Every year our neighborhood holds a massive Fourth of July celebration — it’s got a theme, at least three days of events..
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