In 2004, Southern Baptists voted to allow their insurance and retirement agency to work with other churches. The latest denomination to sign up is the Global Methodist Church, made up of former United Methodists.
The school in Mayesville, South Carolina, once had a prominent space in the community’s heart. A group of alumni are working hard to renew its mission.
From computer-generated ‘Star Words’ in the Presbytery of the Western Reserve to traditional coloring sheets for all ages, Presbyterians delight in celebrating the ancient festival day in new ways and spaces.
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman invites readers to transcend an ominous image.
"While the reflection questions and content could be tailored to suit a small group, this is a particularly rich choice for individual reading for Lent this year," writes Amy Pagliarella.
In this lesson, children will explore Psalm 111 and use it as a springboard and guide for recognizing God’s work in the world and the call to express thanks for all that God does.
The church exists because of Jesus Christ. All things exist because of Jesus Christ. It’s amazing, astounding and true, writes John Wurster.
We are not our own; we belong to Christ. We are gifted by the Spirit so that we may be the church in the world, writes Tara Bulger.
A free hymn with sheet music based on Mark 1:21-28 by Scott Barton.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Family Faith Every Day, a new initiative by Chalice Media Group that will help parents and caregivers of young children incorporate faith practices into everyday family life, has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
The “mountain of debt” was incurred by a Black church during presbytery-directed building transfer in the early 2000s.
R. Shea Watts reflects on modern iconographer Kelly Latimore’s “Christ in the Rubble” image. In Epiphany, where do we find God’s revelation in a world full of violence?
‘I hope that the church at large will experience New Life’s passion for community justice,’ church team leader says.
We asked you to write about small, beautiful moments in 250 words or less. Here are some of our favorite submissions.
The whole church is in decline, but more than 80% of Black Presbyterian churches are without installed pastors. Warren Lesane Jr., Shavon Starling-Louis, Stephen Scott and Teri McDowell Ott discuss vital Black leadership.
Rosalind Banbury's sixth reflection on the 2023-2024 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
And it is as limitless as the holy imagination that we vow to practice when we are ordained, writes Allison Unroe.
Luther E. Smith Jr. proclaims that Hope is Here! as he invites us to practice and pursue justice in our churches and communities.
The popular TikTok account is, in part, a response to the growth of ‘trendy’ fundamentalism on the platform.
If American Christians considered our complicity in the genocides of Jewish and Palestinian people, what would we realize about ourselves? SueAnn Shiah reflects.
What are small churches to do? Gregg Brekke explores the challenges facing shrinking congregations and how some pastors and presbyteries are addressing the issue.
In this lesson, children will dig into the complicated prophet Jonah.
We can hear the urgency in the lectionary texts for January 21, but how does that translate to us today? — Stephanie Sorge
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