Seventh-day Adventists opted for a middle-way approach on the divisive issue of women’s ordination on Tuesday (Oct. 14), kicking the question to next year’s worldwide meeting without taking a firm stance either for or against women’s ordination.
A new online survey supported by the World Council of Churches (WCC) aims to promote the study of issues such as the environment, climate change and food security as part of the training of future pastors, priests and other Christian leaders.
One of the main goals the Reverend Christopher Ferguson has as the new general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is strengthening the common witness of the communion in order to be a greater force for global change.
“It’s the transformation of the church for the transformation of the world,” he said. “The changes that need to be brought, none of us alone can muster the power for those actions. We must consciously seek God’s accompaniment, but we also need each other.”
[한국어] [Español] Veteran Office of the General Assembly (OGA) staffer Loyda Puig Aja has announced her resignation as director of Ecclesial Ministry and Associate Stated Clerk. She has served the office for almost 23 years.
Anywhere you go in Ghana these days you’re certain to find services of healing and deliverance given a prominent place in the church. I’m not sure I can explain them adequately, but let’s say that people experiencing suffering — whether it be from sickness, poverty, family problems, infertility, or limitations in school and work — come to these special worship services to be delivered from their troubles.
Jeff McCrory admits it is a bit difficult to explain what exactly is happening in the small corner of Long Beach in which he finds himself. But that doesn’t dampen his enthusiasm for how God is at work in this new thing that is coming into being.
As climate change devastates communities in Kenya, church leaders are helping to address the crisis locally while also calling on industrialized nations to own up to their responsibilities for spewing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
As the Rev. Allan Boesak rose to give his powerful testimony of his life under the apartheid regime in South Africa and the genesis of the Belhar Confession there, a hushed reverence fell on Montreat Conference Center’s Convocation Hall.
Por favor, oremos para pedir paz, justicia y calma en medio de una tensa situación política en Madagascar.
Marc Ravalomanana regreso a esta nación insular en la mañana del lunes, 13 de Octubre. Ravalomanana fue elegido presidente de este país en el 2001, una vez más en el 2006 y fue depuesto por un golpe militar en marzo del 2009 y ha pasado los últimos cinco años y medio en el exilio.
Una multitud se congregó frente a la casa del ex presidente para darle la bienvenida y para escucharle dar una conferencia de prensa a las 11 am hora …
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family whose baby was killed and those whose loved ones were injured when a man slammed his vehicle into pedestrians at a light railway stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday. We mourn over this senseless loss of life and the injuries sustained, and condemn the violent act that also led to the death of the perpetrator. We pray for God’s hand of comfort on all who are grieving, and that the Spirit of peace will fall fresh on the land.
The Reverend Gradye Parsons
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church …