At a recent national orientation gathering for The Company of New Pastors, seminary students from six Presbyterian seminaries, Austin, Columbia, Dubuque, Pittsburgh, Princeton and Union, along with Fuller Seminary, were encouraged to faithfully follow Jesus in their vocation of pastoral ministry.
Charles Wiley, associate director of Theology Worship and Education, encouraged the gathering of 75 students and their faculty mentors to “learn how to follow Jesus together,” and as pastors “to help others follow Jesus together.” Wiley said, “We believe if you practice the spiritual disciplines of daily prayer and scripture reading in community, with mentors, doing theological reflection together, they will sustain you for a lifetime of ministry.”
The Church of England might not be best known for its entrepreneurialism, but that hasn’t stopped a fresh wind of the Spirit from blowing through its ranks.
“The earth can feed all who live on this planet. The problem is we are consciously, actively choosing not to feed one another,” says the Rev. Randall Bush of East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.
Bush traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to preach as the winner of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance’s (EAA) Food for Life sermon competition.
As Egypt approaches the anniversary of the protest movement that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak, the country still finds itself torn by sectarian violence.
How does a modern filmmaker with qualms about religion make a movie about the power of an ancient Christian pilgrimage?
That’s the dilemma that actor/director Emilio Estevez faced when making “The Way,” a new film that opened Oct. 7 starring his own father, actor Martin Sheen.
About the logo designs for the 220th General Assembly (2012)….
A standard logo image and two alternate use images have been designed for the 220th General Assembly (2012) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The theme for the assembly is “Walking, running, soaring into hope.”
“We don’t plant churches. We don’t plant worship services. We plant ourselves.” So says the Rev. Jim Milley, associate pastor for outreach and equipping at La Cañada Presbyterian Church and founder of Bridges, an organization that seeks to do just that.
“The story of Christianity as a worldwide faith is being written before our eyes,” declared Dana Robert of Boston University’s School of Theology as she addressed a group of world church leaders at the Global Christian Forum (GCF) here on the fundamental realignment of Christian faith around the globe.
As the lead guitarist of the world’s biggest rock band and a prolific song writer, the Beatles’ George Harrison has secured his place in pop culture history. But his greatest legacy may be the way his decades-long spiritual quest shaped the ways the West looks at God, gurus and life.
The Scottish government has begun a 14-week public consultation, running from Sept. 2 to Dec. 9, on the question of legalizing marriage for gay couples, encouraging individuals and groups such as religious organizations to take part.