Strong link found between worship attendance and religious giving

(RNS) — The more frequently a household attends worship services, the more likely its members donate to religious institutions, and give generously,..

Voices

The (minimum) wages of (capitalist) sin is death

If you spend any time in online forums like Reddit or enjoy reading The Atlantic articles, you’ve likely come across the phrase..

Book Reviews

The Dean’s Demise: Sexual Harassment in a Divinity School

Richard Fletcher Resource Publications, 202 pages Reviewed by Timothy Johnson “The Dean’s Demise” is a worthy first novel, written by a retired..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) partner asks for prayers on eve of Kenyan elections

On the eve of a contested second round of elections in Kenya, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partner the Rev. Peter Kaniah, Secretary General..

Outlook Reporting

PMA board’s transitional leadership structure takes shape

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has begun to put in place more details of the revised governance structure it approved at its..

Presbyterian News Service

Hands & Feet initiative launched in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (PNS) — The genesis of the Hands & Feet initiative came from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk, the Rev. Dr...

Voices

Open the aperture and read backwards: Primary (but often overlooked) sources of theology from the Reformations

Guest commentary by Timothy Slemmons Judging by so many observations of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, one must exercise some determination..

Editorials

Baptismal calling

For years Frederick Buechner’s quote about vocation both haunted and inspired me. You likely have heard it: “The place God calls you..

Outlook Reporting

Countdown to GA: Way Forward work groups take on heavy lifting

The Way Forward Commission is moving closer to proposing specific recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly – and in the process is..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations celebrates United Nations Day

Seventy-two years ago today, the newly-formed United Nations approved a charter that has been the foundation of its work ever since. Today..

Outlook Features

The Reformation @ 500: Crossing Jordan

Directly across Jordan Street (the address for the church I serve) sits the Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the Presbyterian churches I have..

Outlook Features

Anxious emotional fields — Family systems theory for church leaders

Psychiatrist Murray Bowen coined the term “emotional field” to describe powerful systemic forces – something akin to electromagnetic fields. We all know..

Insights columns

Bridging gaps, growing together

When an older person walks into a library and asks you how to use a computer having never touched one before, where..

In This Corner

In a church just outside Atlanta…

In a church just outside Atlanta, a bulletin typo read: “More choir members needed. Try sinning in the choir during the month..

Presbyterians in Action

Waynesburg University

A Presbyterian college, Waynesburg University in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, recently received a high honor from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Waynesburg..

He/She Said

Ajshay James

“I love Houston. It’s still my city. It’s a beautiful cornucopia of hope, of diversity, and I’m praying it’s going to be..

From the Archives

60 years ago — October 7, 1957

Leaders of the Presbyterian Church, USA, and the United Presbyterian Church produced a joint statement in support of Christians taking a courageous..

Presbyterian News Service

What Presbyterians Believe: ‘Thoughts and Prayers’

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The day after the Las Vegas shooting massacre, I posted on Facebook, “Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.”..

Outlook Features

Living covenantally and sustainably

As a geologist, I initially felt no need to connect science with faith; I neatly compartmentalized the two, thinking that science dealt..

Outlook Horizons Studies

Love of the strange (Horizons 4)

Horizons Bible Study 2017-2018 “Cloud of Witnesses: The Community of Christ in Hebrews” Lesson 4: In community with God’s messengers (Hebrews 13:1-6) “All..

Presbyterian News Service

Kang named 1001 New Worshiping Communities central region associate

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Rev. Shawn Kang has been named the central region associate for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (NWC) in the..

News from other sources

Reflections on ECO and PC(USA) mediation meeting

Reprinted with permission from the ECO website. This week, the Synod office has received some questions regarding the article The Presbyterian Outlook published..