LOUISVILLE – The special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Unions and Christian Marriage unanimously approved on September 17 a draft of its report to the 2010 General Assembly – minus any recommendations.
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, VA. — The murdered body of Mark Niederbrock, 50, pastor of Walker’s Presbyterian Church in Hixburg, Va., was found on September 18, along with three other bodies.
LOUISVILLE — Fans of Westminster John Knox Press’ “Feasting on the Word” series can now to take a bite out of the latest installment. The sixth volume was released Oct. 1.
Lewis S. Mudge, a scholar and theologian whose breadth of interests and expertise enriched virtually every corner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the global ecumenical movement, died in his sleep Sept. 11 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He would have turned 80 on Oct. 22.
A steep membership decline. A state of theological impasse. A dysfunctional debate over ordination. Congregations leaving the denomination, splintering our fragile unity. With these realities in mind, people ask me if the Presbyterian Church has a future.
Transylvania Presbytery’s preparation for the vote on “New Amendment B” offered seven regional gatherings that included ten-minute presentations by an advocate of each position.
Some decades ago philosopher Michael Polanyi said that in order to make a critique, one must stand on certain assumptions as the basis for that critique.
For all the talk of changing the church, improving the church, and shifting the paradigm of the church, most leaders and members do not want the church to be any different than it is right now. Most people are generally content with the status quo.
On Reformation Sunday this year (October 25) many of us will happily sing Luther’s famous hymn, “A Mighty Fortress.”
On a recent trip to Italy, I modestly posed as the prop for the famous “leaning” tower. From this perspective it has an obvious lean, but if I stood on the other side, I would be propping it up in the opposite direction.
At age 16, Paul McCartney wrote a love song about two lovers growing old together. Eight years later, as his own father turned 64, McCartney included “When I’m 64” in the list for “Sgt. Pepper,” the Beatles’ 1967 album.
(ENI) — A Swiss-based Zimbabwe human rights alliance has deplored attempts by Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, to abuse United Nations platforms for "political grandstanding and evading international restrictive measures."
Read more about it in a new blog from Jeffrey Myers on the OUTLOOK blog page.
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TAYBEH, West Bank (ENI) — There was barely a knackwurst sausage, Wiener schnitzel, sauerkraut, or accordion and tuba in sight.
(ENI) — Leipzig Protestant pastor Christian Führer has been honored for his autobiography that recounts how the weekly peace prayers in his parish led to the 1989 protests that contributed to the fall of communism in East Germany.
(ENI/RNS) — Leaders of two U.S. Lutheran denominations have pledged to continue working together on ministry projects despite deep disagreements over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's recent decision to permit non-celibate gay clergy.
Within a day or two of moving into the editor’s office of the Presbyterian Outlook in January, 2006, I realized what overwhelming..
Background Within a day or two of moving into the editor’s office of the Presbyterian Outlook in January, 2006, I realized what overwhelming..
I couldn’t say it better, so I share with you the commentary of our Church Wellness columnist, Tom Ehrich, as he addresses these troubled times …
It’s not uncommon for Presbyterian churches located in the same neck of the woods to interact little, if at all — to go about their life and worship fairly independently.
When the couple came to Jean Southard and asked if she would marry them, that was not, for her, a difficult decision.
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