Presbyterian committees gear up for General Assembly: COGA and PMAB to meet this week
Think of this as the month of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) meetings – a prelude in intensity to the 2018 General Assembly. It’s..
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Faith groups, nonprofits team up to help homeless around Super Bowl
(RNS) — As the Super Bowl nears and football fans head to Minneapolis, dozens of homeless people who usually spend the night..
Anything oppositional to love is oppositional to God, PC(USA) stated clerk J. Herbert Nelson tells church educators
LOUISVILLE – J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), took it back to the basics as he preached Feb...
Speaking to Christian educators, co-moderator highlights the church’s calling to work at the intersection of hospitality and poverty
LOUISVILLE – It’s a new way for Christian educators to learn about big topics. The 2018 Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) annual..
Special committee to study Christian education in the 21st century hosts conversation at APCE
LOUISVILLE – Christian education cannot be separated from lifelong faith formation. That’s the direction a special committee formed by the 2016 General..
California PC(USA) congregation helps launch four new worshiping communities
HAYWARD, Calif. — Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister Jake Medcalf refuses to believe the denomination should just go quietly into the night. “If..
5th Sunday after Epiphany — February 4, 2018
Mark 1:29-39 Ordinary 5B Four scenes, two settings. The two settings? Simon’s home and a deserted place. The four scenes? Healing of..
Learning, lament, looking ahead: Presbyterian educators dig deep in Louisville
LOUISVILLE — Hospitality to immigrants. Lament. Education. Appreciation. Those concepts permeated the second day of the 2018 Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE)..
Faith leaders mark 50th anniversary of Memphis sanitation workers’ deaths
(RNS) The names Echol Cole and Robert Walker are far less familiar than the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But it was..
Presbyterian Church leaders reflect on one-year anniversary of travel ban
(PNS) Leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are remembering an anniversary this week, but not one they are happy with. On January..
How Your Congregation Learns: The Learning Journey from Challenge to Achievement
Tim Shapiro Rowman & Littlefield, 187 pages Reviewed by Allen D. Timm How can a congregation get unstuck? When a congregation keeps..
Church educators delve deep into hospitality
LOUISVILLE – Deep and wide — that’s the theme of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) 2018 annual event, held Jan...
To keep churches safe, government gets involved
TAUNTON, Mass. (RNS) — Two months after the deadliest church shooting in American history, federal authorities are spearheading new efforts to help..
Retired Presbyterian Mission co-worker Robert Rasmussen dies at age 90
(PNS) The Rev. Robert I. “Bob” Rasmussen, a mission co-worker in Malawi from January 1986 until his retirement in August 1992, passed..
Religious leaders hail, hammer President Trump’s first State of the Union speech
(RNS) Reaction to President Trump’s first State of the Union was fast and furious from opponents and supporters of his definition of..
Leadership and power and prayer: A stated clerk envisions the calling of the church
Early in the morning of November 9, 2016, the day after the presidential election, my phone rang.It was our presbyter, Cindy Kohlmann...
Columbia Seminary Announces New Colloquy For Rural Churches And For Latino/a Clergy
Decatur, GA (COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY COMMUNICATIONS) — The Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) at Columbia Theological Seminary is accepting applications for the first..
New study of Millennials and GenZ points to a “massive religious realignment” in America
(RNS) PRRI and MTV recently released a study on the political and social views of more than 2,000 Americans ages 15 to..
New Jersey church seeks release for member picked up by federal authorities
(PNS) First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen, New Jersey is seeking the release of an Indonesian Christian member, picked up last week by..
Theological osmosis
“You are not going to pass that test by osmosis!” I have rarely used the term “osmosis” in its proper scientific form,..
Church leadership amid a cultural storm
Gary Charles’ perspective: Leaders reformed by God according to the Word of God Leadership theory is a popular topic on seminary campuses..
The Center for Innovation in Ministry Expands International Human Rights with the Global Faith & Justice Project
San Anselmo, Calif. (SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY COMMUNICATIONS) —The Center for Innovation in Ministry at San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) is pleased to announce..
A prayer for government leaders
PRESBYTERY OF SANTE FE — It is our Christian duty to pray for the leaders of our government -- those who serve in..
The Jack Rogers Papers: Sharing a “Holy and Joyful Life”
PHILADELPHIA (Presbyterian Historical Society) The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is pleased to have recently received the papers of Jack Rogers (1934–2016), an influential..
Super Bowl Sunday
The recent Super Bowl reminds me of a wonderful offering started by a church in South Carolina on the Sunday of the..
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