What would an “atheist Lent” look like? A group of young nonbelievers are finding out, observing the Christian practice minus its religious context.
Arch B. Taylor, Jr. and Joan Wyrick Ellison share a strong love of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its mission outreach. They hope that others will join them in support of their denomination’s international mission efforts. That’s why these lifelong Presbyterians and longtime friends agreed to match all contributions given to support Presbyterian mission personnel through April 15, up to $50,000
Are we allowing God to transform us through our brokenness? Or are we just addicted to church?
Can we imagine our communities getting along without us, the church?
Those and other hard questions, as posed by the Irish speaker and writer Peter Rollins and Henry Drummond, a 19th-century pastor and theologian, are among the issues clergy and lay leaders in the Presbtery of East Iowa (PEIA) wrestled with recently during the first of three sessions with Rev. Nikki Collins MacMillan.
MINNEAPOLIS — Knitting groups around the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area come together for fellowship, understanding and love of neighbor.
South America, a continent known to many Americans largely for roiling politics, economic turmoil and good beaches, now finds itself in possession of the global image trifecta: a World Cup (in 2014), a Summer Olympics (2016) and a new pope (Francis).
Longer services. More substance abuse counseling. And a greater emphasis on the environment.
Add to the mix a presence on Facebook and Twitter.
What you get are some of the traits more likely to be found in fast-growing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations in 2011, compared to the practices associated with fast-growing churches in the denomination in 2002.
To strengthen the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Christian mission and witness, it is essential to evolve creative ways of implementing a new statement on mission issued last year by the world’s largest ecumenical body in the lives of churches.
Church-state expert Melissa Rogers will be the new director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Longtime friends and colleagues of the 14 former staff members of the Office of the General Assembly (OGA)—retiring or leaving as a result of the OGA’s recently-announced restructuring—gathered on March 19 to share laughter, tears, and prayers of thanksgiving for their faithful service to the church.
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA)—at its March 18–20 meeting— hosted a festive luncheon in the cafeteria of the Presbyterian Center, at which each former employee present for the occasion was honored with a gift and words of tribute from PC(USA) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons.
Some love it. Some hate it. Some prefer to try and ignore it. What cannot be denied is that the biennial General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is essential to the life and polity of the denomination.