HAVANA (PNS) The National Council of Churches in the U.S. and the Council of Churches of Cuba have issued a joint statement calling for reconciliation between the two countries and committing themselves to “pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit that our churches may bear witness to God’s will for justice in economic life.”
At this time of year many people are preparing for the joyous celebration of Christmas.
Children are excited as they see the presents under the tree.
(Presbyterian News Service) Dagoberto Rodriguez, Cuba’s deputy minister of external affairsHAVANA – Cuba and the United States have so much in common that despite political differences it’s “overtime” to normalize relations between the two countries, a Cuban foreign ministry official told a group of 15 visiting U.S. religious leaders here Nov. 30.
This is an update written by the Special Committee on the Nature of the Church for the 21st Century, after its meeting in late November, and provided by the committee's moderator, Carol Howard Merritt. The committee will meet again in Louisville Feb. 1-3 and will report to the General Assembly in July.
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On Dec. 6, 2011, Jack Haberer presented a Webinar titled, “What’s to Become of Our Church? …Trajectories of Hope.” In it he..
“New Year’s Eve” is one of those ensemble movies that tell the story of the same time period in the lives of many different characters, some of whom will overlap in the end.
I’m going to miss Tom Gillespie. Now I’m going to resist getting sentimental, ‘cause sentimental wasn’t Tom’s style. I want to wax substantial, ‘cause that WAS Tom’s style.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (LPTS) is hoping to make student indebtedness for theological education a thing of the past.
A fourth candidate has been endorsed to stand for moderator of the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All four announced so far are teaching elders.
“Would you like to come upstairs and play in my room?” asked my 3-year old niece, for whom I was babysitting.
“Sure,” I said, and up we went. Within minutes we were on the floor together, playing with toys.
Of all the stars who have ever hung upon the eastern sky,
There is one remembered above all the rest … no others even try.
Thomas W. Gillespie, retired president of Princeton Theological Seminary and for decades a key figure in Presbyterian theological education, died Nov. 5 of complications from surgery at the University Medical Center in Princeton. He was 83.
In October, the public watched the debacle of poor police reaction to the “Occupy Oakland” protests.
Gus, we read your book and would like to try what it says in our church in Atlantic..” The personnel committee had read “Service is the Point” and wanted to try it out.
In thinking about our declining Presbyterian Church membership, one possible way to stem the tide is to establish new union churches with other denominations.
Okay, busy times, lean budget, constituents being made nervous by general economy and ugly politics. What can you do?
by Peter Bush
The Alban Institute. 138 pages
reviewed by MARY HARRIS TODD
“No, Lord! This shall never happen to you!” Peter cried when Jesus declared that the way to life led through death.
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HAVANA (Presbyterian News Service) The National Council of Churches in the U.S.A. (NCC) will continue to press for normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba, an end to the 53-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba and release of the “Cuban Five” held in U.S. prisons, NCC General Secretary Michael Kinnamon told a packed press conference here Dec. 2.
The Presbyterian Fellowship recently released “Draft Theology Proposals” prepared by a “Theology Task Force” in which I participated together with two friends and colleagues. My participation in the task force has led a number of people to infer that I am affiliated with the Fellowship and that I support the formation of a “New Reformed Body.”
Louisville, Ky. (Presbyterian News Service) Nearly a year after southern Sudanese citizens voted to split from northern Sudan and form a new country, the Sudan Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) met here to worship, share stories and discuss mission in the two countries.
DALLAS (Special to PNS) “It’s a messy ministry,” said one host church leader of his experience working with refugees and immigrant churches. “But God is glorified in our willingness to work out our problems together,” said Abraham Samuel (Arabic Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Monrovia, CA, San Gabriel Presbytery).
Samuel Shamba Warlick, who was accused of sexually abusing the children of Presbyterian missionaries in Africa in the 1980s, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
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