Historicity: Does it matter? Part 2
Editor’s note: Last fall the Outlook published a three-part series of op-ed essays by Erwin C. Barron that elevated the role of experience in Biblical interpretation.
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So much to do in spiritual development
A client recently completed a report on best practices in Spiritual Development. It made me tired just to read it.
Funeral July 11 for Evelyn Bonner, 69
LOUISVILLE - Evelyn Bonner, whose many years of commitment to minority education took her to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) racial ethnic schools from Mississippi to Alaska and earned her a Woman of Faith Award from the denomination, died July 4 in Marshall, Texas.
New generation of leaders prompting growth of Cuban church, general secretary says
LOUISVILLE — A new generation of Cuban church leaders, who were not even born at the time of Castro's revolution in 1959, are leading rapid growth in the Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Cuba (PRCC), the denomination's general secretary says.
Memorial service for Robert L. Short held July 8; Author of “The Gospel According to Peanuts”
Robert L. Short, 76, of Little Rock, Ark., Presbyterian minister and best-selling author, died July 6. A memorial service was held July 8 at First Church, Little Rock. Short had moved to Little Rock in 2001 to start a new church, “Christianity Without Doom and Gloom.”
Task force seeks to delineate news, public relations functions
What exactly does it mean for the Presbyterian News Service to have “editorial freedom?”
Icon on vacation
Question for church members everywhere: Where is your pastor going on vacation this summer?
Church food pantries fighting critical “summer hunger,” jobless needs
At some schools serving low-income neighborhoods, nearly every student is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Davidson and Centre College students win Outlook awards
Richmond Blake is the 2009 recipient of The Presbyterian Outlook Church-College Partnership Award in recognition of his essay on the assigned topic, “How my education at a PC(USA)-related college has prepared me for significant service and leadership.” Blake received a B.A. in political science from Davidson College in North Carolina last month.
Special committees busy; most make final reports at next year’s assembly
LOUISVILLE – (PNS) Summer 2009 is a busy one for members of various General Assembly special committees presently at work.
Historicity: Does it matter?
Editor’s note: Last fall the Outlook published a three-part series of op-ed essays by Erwin C. Barron that elevated the role of experience in Biblical interpretation.
“Glide, Mrs. Duffield, glide!”
“Mrs. Duffield!” was initially all I heard as my head broke the surface of the water. My children’s swim coach was shouting at me from poolside.
Pastor, take a hike!
Kenneth Cooper, the physician who coined the word “aerobics,” and one of the world’s leading experts on physical fitness, has often commented that of all the professionals he sees, pastors are in the worse physical shape.
Students building bridges at Princeton Seminary
The Bridge-makers’ Retreat, sponsored by Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), is a student initiative geared toward reconciliation at the seminary and beyond.
Hearing what Matters
Listening to members’ questions can take many forms, from surveys to a simple exercise we recommend in the Church Wellness Project: at Sunday services, pass out 3 x 5 cards and ask members what one question they would pose to God.
Foundation, GAMC near agreement on “environment of cooperation”
CHICAGO — Over the years, disagreements between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation and the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) have sometimes made the gulf between the two agencies seem far wider than the one-mile-across Ohio River that separates them.
Board of Pensions expands, simplifies Medical Plan
PHILADELPHIA — After completing a two-year review of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Medical Plan for church workers, the denominations Board of Pensions (BOP) has approved numerous “modifications” designed to make the plan simpler and more understandable.
Memorial service set for Bill Forbes
LOUISVILLE — A memorial service for William Ross Forbes, who was vice-president of church relations and corporate secretary for the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been scheduled for July 7 at Westfield (N.J.) Church.
Christian leader named Nigeria’s greatest living legend in sms poll
LAGOS — (ENI) Nigeria's foremost Pentecostal Church leader, Enouch Adeboye, has been named the country's greatest living legend based on a public poll by a secular broadcast and print media organization.
Presbyterians asked to send feedback to the special committee on civil union and Christian marriage
LOUISVILLE - What is the place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community?
Arrest culprits to restore calm in troubled India state, say Christians
BANGALORE, INDIA — (ENI) Christians in the troubled Kandhamal jungles of India's eastern Orissa state say strong action must be taken against Hindu extremists backing violence against them, in order to restore peace.
Catholic leaders urge G8 nations to protect the poor
TOKYO (ENI) —The presidents of the Roman Catholic bishops' conferences in the Group of Eight main industrial nations have urged their leaders to "protect poor persons and assist developing countries" at the forthcoming G8 Summit in Italy.
Significance of Belhar Confession topic of special committee’s first meeting
At the first meeting of the Special Committee to Consider Amending the Confessional Documents of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to Include the Belhar Confession in The Book of Confessions one thing was clear: there is more work to be done.
Bill Forbes, General Assembly mainstay, succumbs to pancreatic cancer
LOUISVILLE — William Ross Forbes, who served the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in a variety of capacities for 37 years — including leadership at every PC(USA) General Assembly during that time — died June 30 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. He was 62.
On losing a dear colleague and friend
Five years ago in November our beloved colleague William Ross Forbes was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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