PC(USA) faith leaders join Standing Rock solidarity gathering
CANNON BALL, N.D. (PNS) – More than 20 representatives from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joined a 500-person-strong gathering of interfaith clergy and lay..
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LOUISVILLE (PNS) – After a year of meetings, collaboration and recommendations, the White House Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships has released..
Mission Agency Board plans spring meeting in San Juan
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is pleased to announce that it has accepted an invitation from the Presbytery of..
Understanding the rise of the secular, including in Christian colleges
Guest commentary by Robert L. Montgomery About 50 years ago I began an exploration trip into the social sciences in order to..
November 6, 2016 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time
Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Ordinary 32C Proper 26 Just in time: On the Sunday before the election, the..
Calendar check – February 2017
FEB. 10-11 Rockville, Md. The Origin of Race featuring Willie Jennings, Paul Roberts, Denise Anderson. Saint Mark Presbyterian Church. pushpay.com/pay/theologyracismchristianityevent FEB. 13-16 Corbett,..
Clergy gather to add solidarity to Standing Rock water protectors
CANNON BALL, N.D. (PNS) – The Cannon Ball Gym was filled to capacity tonight with nearly 500 clergy representing 20 faith traditions..
A time of great reformation: J. Herbert Nelson preaches a vision for the PC(USA)
J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), preached Nov. 2 in a Reformation Season worship service in the chapel..
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by Chris Keating As a resident assistant at Missouri State University, Jay Collier knows his job includes unlocking doors, calming nerves..
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Kenda Creasy Dean and Christy Lang Hearlson, editors Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 320 pages Reviewed by Rachel Landers Vaagenes In this collection..
Lisa Larges ordained as a teaching elder in the PC(USA)
MINNEAPOLIS (PNS) – Amidst a trilling of trumpets, a shower of stoles, and a grateful congregation’s affirming applause—interposed with the shedding of..
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Polity Conference ends with call to wait for God’s vision
LOUISVILLE (PNS) “We live in a twisted world,” the Reverend Jan Edmiston, associate executive presbyter of the Presbytery of Chicago and Co-Moderator..
Lessons from Adele and David
The church could learn a lot from Adele, and not just how to write hauntingly passionate songs. Adele was recently asked to..
Black Lives Matter and college ministry
by Tracy Howe Wispelwey In 2012 I took a pilgrimage to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of protests over the shooting death..
The dance of learning, faith and service
by Gini Norris-Lane On a Monday night in November 2015, dancers were swirling around the area outside the main Schreiner University student..
Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson begins to share his vision at the Fall Polity conference
LOUISVILLE – A few months into his term, J. Herbert Nelson – the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s new stated clerk, elected last summer..
Mid council leaders explore antiracism work at Fall Polity conference
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Presbyterian Board of Pensions meets in Indianapolis
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Every August, a stream of first-year students from Lake Forest College walks across the street from their campus to our sanctuary...
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Presbytery moderators discuss voting on amendments, disaster response, purposeful meetings
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Mid council leaders hear rousing call to be transformed by Jesus
LOUISVILLE (PNS) “Jesus came to make things right by making them new,” the Reverend Denise Anderson, Co-Moderator of the 222nd General Assembly..
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