The board of directors of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education has announced that it will change the school’s name to Union Presbyterian Seminary in the near future.
The impact of the narrow defeat of Amendment B, which would have altered the ordination standards of the church, has been discussed at length in these pages in recent weeks.
One casualty of the General Assembly Mission Council’s recent budget reduction was the Office of Collegiate Ministries.
Some may think of the summers between Presbyterian General Assemblies – the off years – as a quiet, sultry, relaxing time. Best not to say that out loud.
The dust has settled on another effort to remove G-6.0106b from the Church’s constitution.
Well, it’s all over but for the sighing. Some walked away thinking they were winners, and some hung their heads feeling like losers.
For the past six years the Presbytery of Baltimore has been exploring a simple question, “How do we want to live together so that we can focus on and advance the ministry to which God is calling us?” Many far beyond the boundaries of our presbytery are exploring this question.
Surrounded as we are by oxymoronic phrases, a prize should go to those who coined “gracious separation.” Some discerned that it meant, “You be gracious, so that we can separate.” Others noted an irony in the phrase implying that those separating were not gracious.
“Dad, tell your colleagues not to mess up the church too much before my generation has a chance to lead.” So exhorted my 19-year-old daughter(YAD at GA in San Jose) as I headed out last week to a synod general/executive presbyter forum. I told her I would try …
Editor’s Note: This is the author’s third essay addressing why the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) needs a major revision of the current/1983 PC(USA) Form of Government.
The issue of human trafficking worldwide is of growing concern and Presbyterians are taking action to address it.
Fifteen appointed members and two national staff members met last March in Louisville to begin consideration of the overture that originated from the Presbytery of Newark on “correcting translation problems of the Heidelberg Catechism.”
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Sometime this summer, four things need to happen:
A few years ago Michael Dodd, an attorney and friend, invited me to speak at a seminar he leads in the International..
We all know the formula to a romantic comedy before we ever enter the theater: boy meets girl, they have a rocky relationship with many bumps along the way, but eventually find love.
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Prescott Harrison Williams, 84, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Languages and Archaeology at Austin (Texas) Presbyterian Theological Seminary, died on June 18.
JERUSALEM — (ENI) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has told Christian leaders in Jerusalem he sees "new hope" for the peace process in the Middle East.
LOUISVILLE – (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is participating in a faith-inspired mobilization for health care reform in an Interfaith Week of Prayer for Health Care for All, June 19-26.
LOUISVILLE - The Mission Development Resources Committee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has awarded Mission Program Grants totaling $820,000 to 19 congregations and church-related projects across the United States.
ATLANTA - "I take seriously the fact that elders are commissioned to teach the Bible," said Elder Freda Gardner, commenting on the Bible study she led recently at the National Elders Conference, part of the first-ever Big Tent event.
LOUISVILLE - Ten-thousand is the word limit for reports to a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly.
LOUISVILLE — Membership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) fell by 69,381 in 2008, the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) has announced in its annual statistical report, continuing a trend that began in the mid-1960s.
ATLANTA — A unique “human” history of a Louisville, Ky., congregation earned its co-authors the Presbyterian Writers Guild’s Angell Award for best first book by a Presbyterian author in 2008.
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