Like Jacob’s monument at Bethel recorded in Gen. 28, the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy (MPC) is a monument to God’s faithfulness in this difficult if not hostile place, the Rev. Matthew Laferty told a near-overflow crowd at a worship service here Oct. 14 marking MPC’s 50th anniversary.
The assumption that the current financial and economic crisis is unnecessary and that Europe must now learn from some of the emerging and developing countries were among the key points shared by British economist Richard Jolly at a global conference on the principles for a new economic system which took place here last week.
New Jersey lawyer Abed Awad has been involved with more than 100 cases that involved some component of Shariah, or Islamic law, and knows firsthand how complicated things can get.
Eight new church developments—all in different presbyteries—will receive Mission Program Grants. The New Church Grant recipients are incredibly diverse.
“Don’t be afraid. What is the worst thing that can happen?” It was just this approach that has resulted in membership growth for the First Presbyterian Church in Casa Grande, Arizona. Last year alone, the church added 62 members.
Stephanie Nelson, family life director, shared the varied approaches they took to meet the diverse needs of the congregation. “We try new things,” she says, “weird, different things—and then let God do his thing.”
The Reverend Neal D. Presa, Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has announced the membership of three General Assembly special committees.
Presa selected the members for one General Assembly task force and two special committees on the authorization of the 220th General Assembly (2012).
In a strongly worded letter to Presbyterian World Mission Director Hunter Farrell, the moderator of a conservative offshoot of the Presbyterian Church in Colombia has reaffirmed that church’s partnership with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) despite its rejection of the PC(USA)’s current ordination standard allowing for the ordination of sexually active unmarried persons, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered church members.
The Rev. Scott Black Johnston, pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City is the featured preacher Nov. 4 and 11 on “Day 1,” the nationally syndicated ecumenical radio program also accessible online at Day1.org.
Respected news outlets unwittingly sent a lie around the world on Sept.12: a Jew backed by 100 Jewish donors made a film insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
The First Presbyterian Church of Dallas Foundation sees growing God’s reign as the cornerstone of its mission.
“What better way to accomplish this than investing in young people?” asks Ellen Masterson, the foundation’s president. “That’s why the foundation makes grants to enable mission trips and other ministry opportunities for youth and young adults, not only in our congregation, but also for the denomination,” she explains. Last year’s grants included funds for a 2012 mission trip to Northern Ireland by the congregation’s youth and a $20,000 contribution to the international component of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program.