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Living waters flowing from a living forest
Mission goes to camp. Camp goes to mission. Each statement sounds neither compelling nor poetic. But over the past 20 years, both..
‘Comparative Statistics 2012’ now available
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Research Services, an office of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, has recently released the 2012 edition of its annual publication, Comparative Statistics...
Living river: Learning laboratory
The short, saucy version is this: on November 20, 2012, an 81-year-old widow named Bette Wilson died in Birmingham, Ala. She had..
Conscientious commenting
I knew something fascinating was coming when my friend and co-author, Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, sent me an e-mail saying, “Gentiles do not..
United Methodists postpone Thomas Ogletree’s church trial
(RNS) The trial of a retired United Methodist pastor and former Yale Divinity School dean accused of breaking church law by performing..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board elects new chair, vice chair
LOUISVILLE (PNS) With no new nominations from the floor and a unanimous vote, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board elected its new chair..
February 17, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook's February 17, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
Film in review – “Gloria”
It’s not easy being an empty-nester divorcee when there’s no “significant other.” You can just go to work, then go home to..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approves recommendations for 1001
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Amid recommendations that the 221st General Assembly (2014) encourage and challenge mid-councils and congregations to get involved in the 1001 movement,..
God’s salad bowl: Where are you in the salad? Armstrong asks Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. CeCe Armstrong, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Lantana, Fla., opened the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meeting here..
Proposed revisions to Directory for Worship will move forward as study document, not constitutional amendment
LOUISVILLE – A proposed revision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Directory for Worship – 10 years in the making – will go..
Special committee recommends Belhar be added to Book of Confessions: Accompanying letter places confession in context for PC(USA)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Confession of Belhar has particular relevance to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which continues to struggle with its history of..
Stony Point to take another two months to explore future direction
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board will wait until April to figure out what will come next for Stony Point Conference..
Kathy Bostrom named winner of top writing prize
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Kathleen Bostrom, a prolific writer whose works have been translated into 17 languages around the world, has..
MRTI recommends divestment from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted Feb. 6 to send to the 2014 General Assembly a controversial recommendation that the..
PC(USA) Justice Committee recommends divestment in three companies
LOUISVILLE – The Justice Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted Feb. 6 to pass on to the 2014 General Assembly..
5 things I wish I’d learned in seminary
This month, we asked our bloggers to name a few things that they wish they had learned in seminary. Visit the Outlook Outpost..
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Special Offerings Advisory Task Force recommends changes to increase participation and denominational agility
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has approved the recommendations of the Special Offerings Advisory Task Force – which is proposing..
No increase in per capita recommended for 2015 and 2016
LOUISVILLE – There would be no increase in the per capita rate for the Presbyterian Church in 2015 and 2016. That’s the..
PMAB explores new direction for future of Stony Point
LOUISVILLE - It appears that a temporary détente of sorts may have been reached in the conflicted, ongoing debate over the future..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board endorses new initiatives to focus on education and mission
LOUISVILLE – The executive committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has endorsed two new churchwide initiatives for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)..
PPC Ends Distribution Partnership with Cokesbury to PC (USA) and Focuses on Online Marketplaces and WJK after Publication of Glory to God
The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation has started 2014 on a high note, coming off a year of record sales and moving in exciting..
What I wished I had learned in seminary…
This month, we asked our bloggers to name a few things that they wish they had learned in seminary. Visit the Outlook Outpost..
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