Internal team chosen to manage the Presbyterian Mission Agency
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) Coordinating Committee (formerly the Executive Committee) today appointed three members of PMA leadership to temporarily manage..
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Stony Point to receive year-by-year funding from Presbyterian Mission Agency
CINCINNATI – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted April 26 to provide at least a year’s funding to Stony Point Center for..
Dispute over Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation appears to be headed to the 2018 General Assembly
CINCINNATI – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted April 26 to send a set of comments to the 2018 General Assembly regarding..
Emblem of Faith Untouched: A Short Life of Thomas Cranmer
Leslie Williams Eerdmans, 208 pages In the summer of 1529, theology professor Thomas Cranmer decided to escape the plague and passed..
Seeking a way together: Groups process disagreements on PC(USA), A Corporation recommendations
CINCINNATI – The frustration from both sides bubbled to the surface April 25 when representatives from the Way Forward Commission and All..
Sweating the details: PMA board chair reports on clarity, costs and national structure
CINCINNATI – Conflict, disagreement, back and forth. And faithfulness. Some key Presbyterian leaders gave their interpretations April 25 of the ongoing debates..
A PMA budget without layoffs, Stony Point: Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s spring meeting kicks off in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, meeting in Cincinnati April 25-27, will consider a proposed mission budget for the Presbyterian Mission..
Most Americans believe, but not always in the God of the Bible
(RNS) — A new Pew Research survey finds that one-third of Americans — both those who say they believe in God and those..
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to provide support after Montana floods
Flooding covers streets. (Photo by George Armstrong/FEMA) PNS - Melting snow has caused serious flooding problems in Montana. Last week, Governor Steve..
Mission Agency receives clean audit for 2017
LOUISVILLE – The 2017 financial statements for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation, have received a “clean opinion” from their independent auditors,..
Vision before structure: Presbyterian Mission Agency Board scrutinizes recommendations from other groups
CINCINNATI – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is considering asking the 2018 General Assembly to take the next two years to vet..
PC(USA), A Corporation: Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask
Confused, confused, confused. So many say they are confused by the octopus-like discussions involving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) corporate structure. (Others just..
Prayers requested for brothers and sisters in Nicaragua
“Tree of Life” (Árbol de la Vida) being burned during the protests in Nicaragua, April 21, 2018. Photo by Jan Martínez Ahrens..
Music with a mission
What is the relationship between music and mission? I believe they are closely related. God has given humanity the wondrous ability to..
Sailing the waters of discernment
The desired end of most any discernment process is a clear choice; a decision made. Our goal is for the decision to..
Way Forward Commission revises proposal regarding PC(USA)’s A Corporation
The Way Forward Commission voted April 23 to revise what it will ask the 2018 General Assembly to do regarding the makeup..
Speech, singing, movement and instruments
I teach music in church and school settings. In my work at school, I began to use the Orff Schulwerk (school work)..
Come, they told me
The little drummer boy is a fictitious visitor to the newborn Jesus. His only gift: the beat of his drum. But the..
Brittney Cooper
“The Bible isn’t any old regular text. It is a text endued with thousands of years of political, social and cultural power...
Presbyterian churches in Texas
Presbyterian churches all over Texas jumped in to help when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Beaumont and the Gulf Coast. They sent hygiene..
During worship …
During worship at a Presbyterian church in Tennessee, a small boy pulled at his dad’s sleeve and asked, “Why are all those..
Hitler dooms the church (80 years ago)
80 years ago — April 6, 1938 “The annexation of Austria aggravates the church problem for Hitler. When he came to power..
PC(USA) 2018 Book of Common Worship now available
LOUISVILLE — Five years in the making, the 2018 Book of Common Worship (BCW) for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be in the..
Letter to a young pastor
The first time I put on a clerical robe I felt as if I was wearing a costume. It was a classic..
Presbyterians to commemorate Earth Day on Sunday
Members of Maryland Presbyterian Church in Towson, Maryland, take part in the 2017 People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. Photo provided by..
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