There was a healthy turn out for all three of the Presbytery of New York City’s “Town Hall” meetings ― one each in Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx. New participants far and away outnumbered those attending for a second or third time.
A group of Latino evangelical churches in the United States have begun a voter registration drive intended to send a message to candidates that they ignore Latino interests at their peril.
According to a new study, the United States tops a massive global charity survey, rising from fifth place in 2010.
The Rev. Joel Adams graduated from seminary with what he knew were good ideas — he just didn’t know if they would work or not. When he was called to serve as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Olney, Ill., he had the opportunity to try them out.
“First Presbyterian was a traditional, small rural church — the previous pastor had been there for 32 years, and church was what you did on Sunday,” explained Adams of the congregation in southern Illinois. “Serving meant hanging greens at Christmas, fixing things at church, or helping at the men’s breakfast.”
The beginning of 2012 begins the age-old tradition of making, and then following (or promptly forgetting), our New Year’s resolutions. For the Presbytery of New York City, the body is endeavoring to follow its primary 2012 resolution made six months early: to be a kinder, gentler body.
For some, the fact that Mormon lawmakers waged the battle at all is troubling, and they point to it as evidence that if elected president, Mitt Romney may use his post to promote his faith and protect its interests.
Christians have the lowest growth rate among the Israeli population, according to an Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics report released on Jan. 6.
When Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church was chartered in 2008, it was ready for the next step in its growth — constructing a church building. The Chapel Hill, N.C., congregation turned to the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program (PILP) to help make that happen.
Churches in rural and remote parts of the United States have unique needs that often require distinctive strategies to yield appropriate ministries and missions. That’s why the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) synods of Alaska-Northwest and the Rocky Mountains applied for and received funds through the Heiserman Grant program, and why conversations and brainstorming continue to find ways to meet their churches’ needs.
Fresh from having survived one end-of-the-world prediction ― a two-stage affair covering 2011’s drop-dead dates of May 21 and Oct. 21 ― we now plunge into the countdown for End Times 2012.