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A women’s Bible study group in Texas put this announcement in the bulletin: Women’s Bible study will be held Thursday morning at..
A women’s Bible study group in Texas put this announcement in the bulletin: Women’s Bible study will be held Thursday morning at..
MY MOM, A VERY SERIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL PERSON, called me a couple of weeks ago, laughing uncontrollably. Since this was completely out..
Gary and Marlene Van Brocklin are mission co-workers in Sri Lanka and regional liaisons in South Asia. They recently visited Bangladesh and..
What can you do with a pastor when he/ she stops being a pastor? This question is a paraphrase of Bing..
HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY 2015-2016 COME TO THE WATERS Lesson 9: Revelation 21 & 22 At the beginning of the Bible there is..
John R. Blue, 74, Jul. 10, Tulsa, Okla. William John Bovard, 90, Jul. 18, Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Philip C. Brown, 72, Jun...
“As long as we are wedded to ‘effectiveness’ we will take on smaller and smaller tasks, for they are the only ones with..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — British religious leaders are praising the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby for responding with “steadiness and honesty” to..
ST. LOUIS (PNS) More than 100 members of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team came from across the country and gathered in a St...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Calling for an overhaul in the way Catholics approach family issues, Pope Francis issued an apostolic exhortation that maintains core..
Guest commentary by Barbara Wheeler. (Click here to read a different perspective on this overture.) In 2011, a majority of presbyteries voted..
Acts 9:1-20; John 21:1-19 Easter 3C My husband chairs the board of a small, local nonprofit working in the area of affordable..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The weather has not been good for the people of Malawi as they continue to struggle with food security issues. El..
KANSAS CITY (RNS) A United Methodist pastor who recently came out as gay may be a step closer to a church trial, just weeks before..
April 4, 2016 Dear Members of Congress, I write today as the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church..
Guest commentary by Rachel Srubas I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and..
by Ronald D. Anderson Resources Publications, Eugene, Ore. 256 pages REVIEWED BY WILSON GUNN The field of “organization development” brings insight into..
(PNS) - Fourteen young women from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) shared their experiences after participating in the 60th Session of the..
(PNS) - The nation’s interfaith community used the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination to call on the next U.S...
Last month I went with a delegation from my presbytery to Lebanon, at the invitation of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria..
Special GA commentary by Steve Salyards Many of the overtures that presbyteries have sent to the Office of the General Assembly for..
‘Small number’ of layoffs, position restructuring and program elimination expected (PNS) - “Out of the deepest respect and appreciation for each of you and..
(RNS) Episcopal Church presiding bishop Michael Curry has fired two top executives for failing “to live up to the church’s standards of personal conduct..
by Adam S. McHugh IVP, Downer’s Grove, Ill. 224 pages This is a rich book of reflections by the author of “Introverts..
On January 19, 2016, a family of four arrived in Atlanta with one suitcase and the clothes on their backs. Amanuddin, the..