The Japanese government has approved the restart of two nuclear power plant reactors in the central Fukui prefecture (state) as faith groups and individuals continue to oppose the move, citing the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis.
When her 91-year-old aunt passed away in 2010, Diane DiResta videotaped the eulogies to create a record of the moving words spoken. She wasn’t ready to talk about her aunt at the service, so she used an online tool for publishing audio to record her thoughts, then e-mailed the audio file to close family.
Es posible que los temas de la sexualidad humana y la iglesia, el matrimonio entre personas de un mismo sexo, la ordenación de homosexuales y los beneficios para parejas del mismo sexo, sean de los temas más debatidos a finales de este mes cuando la Asamblea General 220 de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EEUUA) se reúna en Pittsburgh.
The Office of the General Assembly has released the 2011 statistics of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The statistical materials include a comparative summary of the PC(USA) membership, a summary of receipts and expenditures from 2008-2011, and additional miscellaneous information.
The total membership of the PC(USA) at the end of 2011 was 1,952,287, compared to 2,016,091 in 2010, which is a decline of 63,804 members.
The Rev. Carlos Malave, who for the past 11 years has served as associate for ecumenical relations in the Office of the General Assembly, has accepted a call as executive director for Christian Churches Together (CCT).
Amendment 10-A — which removed a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Book of Order provision flatly prohibiting the ordination of sexually active unmarried Presbyterians as church officers — was ratified by a majority of presbyteries in 2011 after being approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010). In the first Assembly since then, seven presbyteries have submitted overtures proposing to essentially reverse that decision.
A group of six Russian grandmothers who won second place in Europe’s Eurovision Song Contest have pledged to use their prize money to build an Orthodox church in their tiny home village.
Mitt Romney has clinched the GOP presidential nomination, becoming the first Mormon selected by a major political party. But will his barrier-breaking faith be a boon or bane to his White House campaign? The answer to that question could presage the next president, and two studies published in May come to contradictory conclusions.
Our Christian friends continue to endure great suffering — along with all the Syrian people — under the escalating violence between the Assad regime and armed opposition groups. The international community seems unable to agree on ways to bring the violence to a halt or to find a path of engagement that can lead to a peaceable resolution of the conflict.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) is honoring presbyteries large and small across the country for their generous support of Presbyterian mission in 2011.