A Presbyterian minister from New Jersey has sent a letter to her congregation and an announcement to her presbytery, telling them that she was married in October in a same-gender wedding in Massachusetts, where such marriages are legal.
The first candidate to stand for moderator of the 2010 General Assembly has stepped forward, as National Capital Presbytery voted unanimously on Nov. 17 to endorse Cynthia Bolbach, an elder from Arlington, Va.
More than 100 people from around the country and the world gathered Nov. 2-4 in San Clemente, Calif., for the New Church Development Team Training Conference to consider and act upon the theme, “Can I Get a Witness?”
“We absolutely need to think of church planting as the act of the whole church,” Tod Bolsinger, pastor of San Clemente Church, in San Clemente, Calif., told the New Church Development Team Training Conference, which met November 2-4 in his church.
LOUISVILLE — There are a lot of good, solid church-going folks for whom the social media words Twitter and Facebook are not exactly dancing words.
What events and trends of the past ten years stand out above the rest? The Outlook surveyed online readers for their input, resulting in this list:
PUP was a DUD. Just don’t tell anybody. And, don’t tell any fellow Presbyterians that many other highly anticipated – and dreaded – events in the past decade turned out to be duds, too.
I have been rereading a book by Clarence Jordan (author of the Cotton Patch translations of the New Testament) entitled The Sermon On the Mount ( Judson Press, Revised, 1952).
by Brian K. Blount. The New Testament Library. WJKP, 2009. Hb., 462 pp. $49.95.
During observances of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin, several good books, many articles, and numerous seminars have highlighted his work.
Many churchgoers are caught in a three-part dilemma:
“Crazy Heart” is a film that we feel like we’ve seen before, but the performances of the primary characters are significant enough to pay attention, anyway.
It’s an old story, but here it’s told so piecemeal that we almost don’t recognize it: rich executive Ernesto Martel (Jose Luis Gomez) falls in love with his beautiful administrative assistant, Lena (Penelope Cruz).
“Nine,” the movie version of the Broadway hit, sure has some big names attached to it.
A middle-aged English professor continues to grieve over the loss of his long-time partner.
“Sherlock Holmes” is just fun to watch.
Edinburgh, 23 December (ENI)--If Jesus lived in Lanark you could possibly meet him in the pubs around town, says Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) minister, the Rev. Bryan Kerr.
“The Messenger” is one of those films that stays with you. No super special effects. No fancy CGI. No dramatic battlefield scenes.
LOUISVILLE — Harold Kurtz, an Idaho farm kid who became the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s preeminent evangelist to peoples without the gospel around the world, died of brain cancer Dec. 18 in Portland, Ore., surrounded by his family. He was 85.
NEW YORK — Arabella Meadows-Rogers, 60, recently-retired executive presbyter of New York City Presbytery died Dec. 17 from the effects of pancreatic cancer.
“Avatar” is taking the CGI to a new level, and in IMAX 3-D, it’s an incredible movie-going experience, even if the plot does make you uncomfortable.
James Cameron, the director of “Titanic,” penned this one several years ago, waiting for the technology to catch up to his vision. The difficulty is that as technology developed, international politics changed as well.
Clint Eastwood has teamed with Morgan Freeman again, and once more, the result is movie magic.
Out there,
More than maple leaves
fall—
burnt red,
beneath graying skies,
winter’s dread.
(ENI) — Churches and faith-based organizations in Malawi are up in arms against a new measure passed by their parliament that they say gives President Bingu wa Mutharika dictatorial powers to decide when local government elections should be held.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (ENI) — There is no room at the inn at Bethlehem this Christmas as the city's hotels are fully booked, something Mayor Victor Batarseh attributes to the efforts of Christian churches abroad to bring pilgrims to the city.
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