The voting window for the 1001 New Worshiping Communities video contest opens May 1 and continues through May 14.
Watch the entries that have been coming in from across the country, then vote for your favorite new worshiping community story of mission, ministry and transformation.
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on the constitutionality of prayer at public meetings. But a new survey finds U.S. voters clearly favor prayer ― as long as the public prayer is generic and not specifically Christian.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approved the Presbyterian Mission Agency 2015-16 budgets at its meeting in Louisville, April 23-25, 2014. The 2015 budget is $74.5M and the 2016 is $79M.
Recognized for excellence in their local communities, two worshiping communities have been named winners of the 2014 Sam and Helen R. Walton Awards.
The winning communities in Texas and South Carolina will each receive $50,000.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board today (April 25) approved a revised 2014 General Assembly Mission Budget and proposed budgets for 2015 and 2016 that PMA Chief Financial Officer Earline Williams said reflect “known factors such as increased health care costs, declining membership resulting in less per capita income and declining contributions from congregations and presbyteries.”
El Rvdo. Neal Presa, moderador de la 220ª Asamblea General (2012) de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.), afirmo a los elegidos como moderadores y vice moderadores de los 14 comités de la 221a Asamblea General, haciendo hincapié del proceso de selección objetiva no partidista.
Su declaración se produjo inmediatamente después de la pregunta sobre las opciones para el Comité de Asuntos del Medio Oriente. El moderador elegido para este cargo, renunció y desde entonces ha sido reemplazado.
A young nun who captivated TV viewers with her performance on an Italian talent show has become a global Internet sensation ― attracting more than 45 million hits online ― and a record number of viewers for the program this week.
Leaders of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) and the denomination’s Stony Point Center in New York have reached agreement on a plan to move the conference center to financial sustainability by the end of 2017 ― including the development of milestones to measure progress toward the goal.
Presbyterians have historically been heavily involved in volunteer service. How can the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) inspire and equip them to connect their humanitarian efforts to their Christian faith? That’s one of the objectives of a new initiative being introduced to this year’s 221st General Assembly by the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA). It has the working title “living missionally.”
Es con gran tristeza que la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.) ofrece sus condolencias por la pérdida de vidas y el sufrimiento asociados con los recientes tiroteos en un centro comunitario judío y la comunidad para personas mayores en un suburbio de Kansas City, Mo.
«Estamos afligidos por aquellos cuyas vidas fueron brutalmente arrebatadas en este acto de violencia sin sentido», dijo el reverendo Gradye Parsons, Secretario Permanente de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.). «Al mismo tiempo que ofrecemos nuestro amor y apoyo a las familias, amigos y miembros de la comunidad que están entrelazadas con estas almas queridas».