Human trafficking survivors offered full scholarship at Christian university
(RNS) Point Loma Nazarene University wants to offer human trafficking survivors who want to earn a college degree a full-ride scholarship. PLNU, a..
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The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their Secret World War
by Stephen Kinzer Times Books, New York. 416 pages REVIEWED BY MICHAEL PARKER In the 1950s, when Americans were genuinely frightened that..
Tent of Nations: Cultivating hope against incredible odds in Palestinian territory
BETHLEHEM (PNS) Imagine coming to work only to find that the tools and services you use to perform your daily tasks have..
Houston withdraws pastors’ subpoenas
(RNS) The mayor of Houston on Wednesday withdrew the subpoenas of sermons from five pastors who opposed an ordinance banning discrimination against..
Negotiations with Boko Haram a farce, says Catholic priest
NAIROBI, Kenya ( RNS) While the Nigerian government negotiates with the Islamic militant group Boko Haram for the release of 200 abducted..
Accompanied
“Why does our country want you here but your country doesn’t want us there?” This was the innocent question that Panchito, my..
BOP’s Spencer charts ‘optimistic’ course
Using language far more theological than his predecessors, new Board of Pensions President Frank Spencer urged the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s pension and..
Presbyterian Faith That Lives Today (bookmark)
Donald K. McKim Geneva Press, Louisville, Ky. 124 pages No one has done a better job of describing the Presbyterian tradition for..
PC(USA), Taiwanese Presbyterians agree on renewed mission and ministry together
HSIN-CHU AND TAIPEI, TAIWAN (PNS) Due to a series of personnel changes and organizational adjustment, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) had not been..
An eerie calm: Iraqi Christians anxiously ponder their future
ALQOSH, Iraq (RNS) Basima al-Safar retouches a picture of Jesus on an easel outside her house overlooking the flat Nineveh plains, 30 miles..
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Eckerd College offer doctor of ministry degree
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Eckerd College are partnering to offer the Doctor of Ministry Parish Focus degree in St. Petersburg, Fla. It..
Conflict in “ordinary” churches
Guest commentary from Leanna Fuller Two weeks ago, well-known pastor Mark Driscoll resigned from Mars Hill Church, a Seattle-based mega-church. Whether or..
Local mission to babies (and their parents)
ARE THERE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD BABIES, or perhaps your own grandchildren, whom you wish had more connection to church? That the parents of..
Looking radically outward
I figure 1957 was the high-water mark of mainline Protestantism in the U.S. Although mainline churches kept growing until 1965, it..
Calendar Check – November 2014
Nov. 2-5 Richmond, Va. Celebrating 100 years of the Assembly’s Training School for Lay Workers and the Presbyterian School of Christian Education. Union Presbyterian Seminary. atspscecentennial.org Nov...
John Chalmers
“Recovery and healing [are] a soul searching matter and, for me, that is deeply spiritual — so no quick fix. Instead, it..
Tough places to be these days
Tough places to be these days: Mission co-worker Nadia Ayoub is working with Roma children in the Ukraine. Steve and Cinda Gorman..
A third grade girl…
A third grade girl in a Sunday school class in Oregon interrupted the teacher’s Bible story to ask a question. “If Jesus..
From my study window (50 years ago — October 26, 1964)
“‘I don’t want to be obligated to anyone. If you receive favors from people, that puts you in their debt.” Reflecting theologically,..
Deceased (from the Oct. 27, 2014 issue)
Donna Louise Alora, 71, March 10, Boise, Idaho Joseph Lee Barr, 84, March 28, Liberty, Kan. Elmon H. Brown, 80, Jan. 11,..
Honorably retired (from the Oct. 27, 2014 issue)
George B. Antonakos, from associate pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, Baltimore Donald M. Bolls, from pastor, Aspinwall Presbyterian Church, Aspinwall, Pa. Alvin Bridges,..
Transitions (from the Oct. 27, 2014 issue)
Jack Cabaness, from pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster, Colo., to pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Katonah, N.Y. Susan Friedl, to interim pastor, Calvary..
Anniversaries (from the Oct. 27, 2014 issue)
First Presbyterian Church, Effingham, Ill., 150 years Highland Presbyterian Church, Street, Md., 125 years
Frank Schaefer wins final reinstatement with Methodists
(RNS) Seven years after officiating at the wedding of his gay son, the Rev. Frank Schaefer has been reinstated as a clergyman..
Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program (PILP) Names Jim Rissler President
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program (PILP) board of directors has named James G. “Jim” Rissler as its next President & Chief..
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