Love, justice and peace drive the work of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and also are the inspiration for four synods committed to the well-being of Mexican and U.S. Presbyterians along the southwest border.
ATLANTA ― Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary will celebrate its 145th Founders Day April 10-11 on its campus here. The theme of the event is “Integrating Faith and Education to Meet Current Social Needs.”
The opening convocation will be led by the Rev. Ron Peters, president of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), the consortium of Atlanta seminaries of which JCSTS is a part. The closing plenary lecture will be delivered by the Rev. Gary Charles, pastor of Atlanta’s Central Presbyterian Church.
Keynote speakers are Marsha Snulligan-Haney, ITC’s professor of missiology and religions of the world, speaking on “Deeper Shades …
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, announced on March 16 that he will step down from the post at the end of 2012 and has accepted the position of Master of Magdalene College at Cambridge University.
The number of mosques in America has jumped 74 percent since 2000, and the majority of them — 56 percent — espouse a less-than-literal approach to interpreting Islam’s holy texts.
When it comes to increasing stewardship, churches can either change the slogan or change the product, said the Rev. Clif Christopher, speaking March 13 at the Stewardship Kaleidoscope conference here.
With 98 percent of state precincts counted, Roy Moore held on to 51 percent of the vote in his bid to retake his former job as chief justice of Alabama’s state supreme court.
Some 300 church leaders from various parts of the world will be gathering in Manila from March 22-27 for a pre-assembly of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
One of the themes of this year’s Stewardship Kaleidoscope conference here is generosity. But it’s the flip side of that quality — gratification — that brings us true contentment, participants learned in worship.
Representatives of the churches and organizations of Christian Churches Together in the USA assembled in here Feb. 14-17 to respond to one question: How might the Holy Spirit use the witness of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and his letter from the Birmingham jail to help the church live the Gospel more fully and proclaim it more faithfully?
Peter Goodwin, the first doctor in Oregon to campaign publicly for the terminally ill to obtain medical help in ending their lives, died shortly after exercising the right he fought to secure. He was 83.