The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) has announced a new Peace Communities Partnership initiative in which it seeks to encourage and support “diverse intentional peace communities” across the country.
In an audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit stressed the significance of Christian unity. He also expressed appreciation for Pope Francis’s call to pray for peace in Syria and his call for churches to remember the poor, encouraging Christians to work for economic justice.
Syria and Lebanon are a long way from the United States. It can be easy to feel removed from the violence there affecting nearly 10 million people, among them, 3 million Syrian refugees who have fled to neighboring countries.
But to remain silent and immobile as people of faith is to allow violence to continue. That is why the taking part in the upcoming Syria-Lebanon Network meeting is so important – whether you’ve been involved missionally in the region before or not.
America's vaunted Protestant work ethic is getting a makeover: Now it might be more of an atheist work ethic.
Last November, I heard one widow after the other share about her ordeal. I was back in the Congo for the first time in fifteen years to discern with Jeff (Boyd) the question our Presbyterian World Mission colleagues had brought before us: Would we consider relocating to this country from which we had evacuated twice with our three young children?
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Warm greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the WCRC offices in Hannover.
With the 221st General Assembly just about three months away, the Office of the General Assembly is hoping to get Presbyterians into the spirit of the biennial gathering.
Building on image-based social media platforms like Instagram and Tumblr that have gained popularity in recent years, OGA started a “Spirit of GA” Facebook page. Through photo and video postings of the people, sights and sounds that make up an Assembly, the Facebook page is one way of inviting people to this year’s Assembly, meeting in Detroit June 14-21.
Dora Arce Valentín, the World Communion of Reformed Churches’ executive secretary for justice and partnership, will join a delegation from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that will advocate for gender equity with the 58th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women March 10-21. This Commission is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women.
On a recent Saturday, members of the local Franciscan Earth Corps stocked shelves and cleaned storage rooms at a food pantry. In early March, the group will screen “Triple Divide,” a documentary about hydrofracking. Later this spring, they’ll put up bluebird boxes at a retreat center.