World Council launches 10th assembly: a picture of contrasts
SANTE FE, N.M. (PNS) In an Oct. 23-26 meeting here that was short on immediate decisions but long on implications for its..
Q. 86. Since we are redeemed from our sin and its wretched consequences by grace through Christ without any merit of our..
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A Presbyterian Outlook 90-minute webinar
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Tuesday, January 14 2014
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Christianity has gone global. Ancient spiritual practices are new again.
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Should the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) incorporate Stony Point Conference Center outside New York City as a separate legal entity? In a conversation..
A few big gray mammals sat by the campfire at last month’s meetings of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) The elephants..
As of October 1, I have served in my current congregation – “my first..
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly writes to share our enthusiasm for..
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA (WCC) The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) begins at the end of October and promises to be..
Webinar- It’s about time: Planning a life-giving sabbatical This webinar was recorded November 11, 2013. Having recently returned from his second sabbatical,..
Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas voted by margin of 89 percent on Oct. 27 to end its affiliation with the Presbyterian..
“Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of..
PRINCETON, N. J. (PNS) “Real religion has never ever imagined that it was possible to split up the twin sisters of beauty..
WASHINGTON (RNS) Collection plates are growing even lighter as Protestant church member giving reached new lows in 2011, and tithing probably will..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Matt Schramm, chair of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB), has appointed a three-member Evaluation Committee to review..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The General Assembly Special Committee on the Confession of Belhar has made available The Bible and Belhar, a new resource co-authored by Stephen..
In the last few months, I have begun to explore an approach to Christian engagement in American politics that is less faithful..
Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty by Donald Capps and Nathan Carlin Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 127..
NEW YORK (RNS) Studios and filmmakers are rediscovering a classic text as source material for upcoming mainstream films: the Bible. Nearly..
Most of us have heard the possibly apocryphal story of theologian Karl Barth answering a student’s question about the most important thing..
Heidi Husted Armstrong wrote me a letter and I don’t even know her. She wrote a letter to those “considering leaving”..
DETROIT (PNS) When they started out in the 1980s, they called themselves AEPS. Back in those days, almost every presbytery in the..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Some of the first new worshiping communities to receive Seed Grants ($7,500) have been awarded Investment Grants ($17,500) by the Presbyterian Mission..
(RNS) The United Methodist Church’s highest court gathers for its semiannual meeting in Baltimore on Wednesday, as the denomination confronts a growing..