LOUISVILLE – This undoubtedly will be a difficult week for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with the General Assembly Council meeting in Louisville March 25-27 to consider budget cuts and layoffs for the church’s national staff.
Congratulations go to Wabash Presbytery. It has graciously dismissed three churches to the Midwest Presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
The board of directors of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City has named Katharine Rhodes Henderson, currently the seminary’s executive vice president, as its new president, effective July 1.
It’s getting started, but is already full of energy.
A blue-ribbon panel recommended on Feb. 19 that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lift its ban on partnered gay and lesbian clergy, but only after the church agrees in principle on gay relationships and respecting the consciences of those who dissent.
James Calvin Davis explores sports, theology, and culture, arguing that football can reveal divine beauty, virtue, and human creativity.
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Swiss reformer John Calvin, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches and the Protestant Church of Geneva launched the Calvin ’09 year.
While politicians argue whether “change” is coming to America, there’s no doubt real demographic change is happening right now.
Mark 11:1-11
This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion; it begins the final week of Jesus’ life.
“I visited this church,” said a leader attending a membership development workshop, “and I could get into the main door, but I couldn’t find the door into the sanctuary.”
According to the earliest manuscripts, this passage constitutes the end of the Gospel of Mark.
Mark 11:1-11
This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion;
John 12:20-33
The hour has come
The events described in this passage occur in the Gospel of John subsequent to the triumphal entry.
Was there a Weary Wednesday
On the bulletin board in the choir room at the Pasadena Church, there was a poster with a line drawing of someone in a choir robe and the caption: “The one who sings prays twice.”
In corners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) innovative church planters are creating worshipping communities far different from the cultures of typical aging PC(USA) congregations.
How about this as a starting place? More and more Americans are choosing “none” when asked to define their religious identity.
(ENI) The leaders of two global church organizations have called for international solidarity with 250 million Dalits, people of South Asia regarded as "untouchable" who face discrimination on the basis of their descent.
(ENI) Hungarian church leaders have warned their country faces violence and breakdown in the face of unemployment and dislocation brought by the current financial meltdown.
(ENI) — The head of the largest Protestant church in Madagascar is reported to have been freed after being detained on March 17 by unspecified military personnel following the resignation of President Marc Ravalomanana.
LOUISVILLE — A special committee considering what the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should say about marriage and civil unions has begun its work, with its members sharing some hopes and dreams for the church, and explaining why they agreed to take on this controversial subject.
Wearing green may be necessary beyond St. Patrick’s Day — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations are featuring a program of Scottish music, traditional to modern, during this month — “Highland Heartbeat.”
So, after three years of talking about the new Form of Government Task Force project, the Outlook has finally succumbed to the temptation to put fog on the cover. Our self-restraint grew faint. Ah, well...
Just two years ago, Jonah Salim was stuck in Egypt — a man without a country.
LOUISVILLE — (PNS) The membership of three General Assembly special committees has been released, named by Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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