Although almost all Presbyterians have health insurance, some have faced financial problems that have compromised their ability to seek or comply with medical treatment, according to data from the office of Research Services.
Indonesia has been urged to repeal its blasphemy laws and provide greater protection to religious minorities — including Christians and the Muslim Ahmadiyya sect — in order to safeguard its reputation as one of the world’s most progressive and tolerant Muslim-majority countries.
If she had listened to her parents, Sister Jenn Graus might never have professed vows last month to join the Congregation of St. Joseph.
The Rev. Bradley Longfield, dean of the University of Dubuque (Iowa) Theological Seminary, is a historian looking to the future of leadership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Trends in church membership in the United States remain stable, with churches that have grown in recent years showing continued growth and those with declining memberships experiencing continued drops, according to an annual publication that tracks church membership.
Carolyn McKinstry pointed to a doorway in the balcony of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and memories started rushing back — good ones.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), like many denominations, has two challenges: thousands of small churches in need of pastors and hundreds of new seminary graduates in need of a first call.
A new book from popular author Greg Garrett offers an “upgrade” to contemporary Christianity. In The Other Jesus: Rejecting a Religion of Fear for the God of Love (Westminster John Knox Press), Garrett comments on the decline in attendance at nearly every Christian denomination, attributing this decline to the negative connotations associated with the label “Christianity.”
The Belhar Confession, which is being considered as an amendment to The Book of Confessions of the PC(USA), is generating a vigorous and spirited discussion on the General Assembly Mission Council’s website. Underneath the fully downloadable version of the confession, which was adopted by the Dutch Mission Reformed Church in South Africa in 1986, are more than 100 posts that fill nearly 50 screens.
Students are coming from across the country to the University of Dubuque (Iowa) Theological Seminary.