Mohammed Labadi had a lot at stake when the DeKalb City Council voted May 29 on a request from the Islamic Society of Northern Illinois University to build a two-story mosque.
Presbyterian World Mission announced that Gregory Allen-Pickett has joined that ministry area of the Presbyterian Mission Agency to serve as General Manager. Allen-Pickett will be responsible for implementing World Mission’s strategic direction and empowering Louisville-based staff and mission personnel to connect global partners with Presbyterians in the United States.
At a meeting of the Japan Mission, an agreement in principle was reached to reaffirm the purpose of the Japan Mission in strategic alliance with Presbyterian World Mission and Yodogawa Christian Hospital of Osaka, Japan, to serve as a mission society that will contribute to the mission of Jesus Christ in Asia and beyond.
Emotions ran high as Presbyterian Pan American School marked its commencement and the changing of the guard in the president’s office on May 17-19, all climaxing the 100th anniversary celebrations of the school.
Atheists and others who don’t adhere to a religion often say they can be good without God. Now, three new studies appear to back them up.
The Anglican Church of Canada in May entered a new round of dialogue with the United Church of Canada, aiming to explore ways in which the two churches can work together for more effective ministry and mission.
The Southern Baptist Convention began in 1845 in support of slaveholders and is now poised to elect its first African-American president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr., in June.
The Geneva-based World Student Christian Federation’s (WSCF) executive committee, meeting in Berlin May 20-27, approved a “bold advocacy, prayer, theological reflection, and communications agenda for 2012-2014,” according to a communique released by the WSCF.
Two new church developments and one presbytery will receive Mission Program Grants from the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area of the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC).
The story of Presbyterians’ involvement in God’s mission to the world is a long and beautiful one that can be understood in three chapters.