Indigenous El Salvadorans in the San Isidro Izalco community call the ojushte tree “manna from heaven.”
Recently, a group of Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) leaders – Executive Director Linda Valentine, World Mission Director Hunter Farrell and Funds Development Senior Director Terri Bate, among others – saw first-hand why.
Some might say that Presbyterian elder Nathan McCain was destined to become an expert gardener with a wide-ranging impact.
As McCain explains, “My father, who was born in 1901, went through an agricultural training program conducted by George Washington Carver.”
That’s the George Washington Carver, whose research and innovations in agriculture and other sciences gained worldwide fame.
At a moment when American churches and politicians are warring over gay rights and same-sex marriage, each side needs every soldier it can muster. Conservatives are about to learn that one of America’s leading evangelical ethicists is defecting to the opposition.
The National Hispanic/Latino Presbyterian Caucus (NHLPC) of the Presbyterian Church (USA), established in 1992, held its triannual business meeting here Oct. 23-24.
The need for enhanced cooperation between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the ACT Alliance ― a partner organization of the WCC, especially in addressing the threat of climate change and a human rights-based approach to development ― was stressed at the 2nd General Assembly of the ACT Alliance in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.
Stony Point Center, a national conference center for the Presbyterian Church in Rockland County, New York, put food justice and sustainable farming front and center at their first “Farm to Table Gala” fundraiser last week.
The poet Carl Sandburg was quoted as saying: “Anything that brings you to tears by way of drama does something to the deepest roots of our personality. All movies, good or bad, are educational.”
The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is part of a delegation of faith leaders currently in Cuba for visits with church representatives, Cuban government officials, and others.
“It’s critical that we as faith leaders bring attention to justice and humanitarian issues,” Parsons said. “Our call is to advocate for those who are hindered from speaking for themselves and to change policies that do harm.”
On an unseasonably hot Saturday in October more than 75 people from around Southern California gathered for a “Vision Day” to discover more about what it might mean to be involved in starting a “fresh expression of church.”
On Sunday, Nov. 2, on what is known as All Souls’ Day, Roman Catholics around the world prayed for loved ones who have died and for all those who have passed from this life to the next. They were joined by Jerry Walls.