The Chicago-based evangelical Moody Bible Institute has dropped its ban on alcohol and tobacco consumption by its 600-some faculty and staff, including for those who work in its radio and publishing arms.
Myra Rosalias, Elder
On July 6th, while attending the Talmaks (TALL-MUKS) camp meeting of the Nez Perce Presbyterian churches, in north-central Idaho, I conducted a “town hall meeting” to listen to the joys and concerns of this Presbyterian Native community. That evening I would also preach and baptize a child, my great-nephew and the following day, Sunday, preside over the sacrament of The Lord’s Supper.
It had been just over one-month since I began working as the Associate for Native American Congregational Support (NACS).
Family relaxes at their camp …
A global survey on theological education urges churches to put emphasis on Christian leadership formation, collaboration in theological education, support for scholarship programs and development of capacity-building for theology students.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is deeply saddened by the devastation that has occurred in Colorado, but finds hope in the renewing and restoring work of God. Please join us in prayer for the people of Colorado, and all of God’s creation there.
Lord, we lift our eyes to the mountains
and pray for your help as the floods rage.
Speak peace to your creation:
bring order out of this chaos
and put the rivers back in their place.
Be with those who pass through the waters:
call them by name, and let them know
that their redeemer is near.
Shelter …
For Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker in Indonesia for ten years, interfaith relations is hands-on engagement framed around hospitality and reconciliation.
Her context is a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, a place where she navigates through waters sometimes filled with Muslim-Christian hostility. “I have seen how religion plays a part… in violent action,” said Adeney-Risakotta, who was born in the chain of more than 13,000 islands.
The Rev. Chris Tuttle, pastor and head of staff of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham, N.C., is the featured speaker Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally syndicated ecumenical radio program also accessible online at Day1.org.
What started with a McDonald’s hamburger and a cup of coffee from Starbucks has turned into a full-fledged street ministry.
A three-day World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation has featured diverse perspectives from Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe on the politicization of religion and how this phenomenon contributes to discrimination and persecution of religious minorities around the world.
Six years ago, the people of First Congregational Church of Rowley, Mass., were convinced they’d lost their treasure. A 17th-century minister’s 664-page diary, and its rare detailed account of community life in early America, had been missing for nearly two decades.
Voices from three religious traditions—Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim—set the stage for dialogue Friday during a consultation on interfaith relations aimed at guiding the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
“Differences really do matter,” said Simran Jeet Singh, executive director of the Sikh Spirit Foundation and a scholar and social activist. The Sikh tradition appreciates difference, “while recognizing its oneness.”