Addressing the urgency of witnessing to the gospel in current ecumenical and multi-religious situations, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will develop materials to assist churches engaged in both ecumenical dialogue and inter-religious dialogue.
A group of U.S. religious leaders ― including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons ― is asking President Barack Obama to take a number of actions to improve relations between the United States and Cuban governments.
Returning to Salem Presbytery, the home of his first call, the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson had a message for the state of North Carolina.
Preaching on Romans 12:1-5, on the call to live out a transformative life, Nelson commended the people of North Carolina for presenting themselves as a “living sacrifice” through the ongoing witness of Moral Mondays, a protest movement organized last year by the North Carolina NAACP to fight against cuts to social programs, education reforms and changes to voting laws in the state.
A survey finds that many Christians — and unbelievers, too — will exaggerate about attending worship in live phone interviews. However, when asked in an anonymous online questionnaire, people will answer more realistically.
The Rev. John D. Sharick, who over a career in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) spanning more than 50 years served as a pastor, presbytery and synod executive and tireless advocate for social justice, died May 7 at his residence in Norwalk, Ohio. He was 78.
A Bread for the World analysis released yesterdayday (May 15) indicates that hunger among senior Americans is on the rise. However, federal nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) have helped slow the increase in hunger among this age group.
Believers don’t buy the Big Bang, God-less evolution or a human responsibility for global warming. Actually, neither do many Americans.
But a new survey by The Associated Press found that religious identity — particularly evangelical Protestant — was one of the sharpest indicators of skepticism toward key issues in science.
When the Rev. Donald Register went to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964 to help African Americans register to vote, he didn’t know exactly what he’d be asked to do or if it would make any difference in the future of our country.
A new Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding study for adults surveys the great ends of the church in significant and accessible ways. It will help renew our focus as leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) prior to the 221st General Assembly (2014), which will emphasize the six great ends.
A majority of Christians worldwide now live in the global South. Ethiopia is an epicenter of this accelerating shift.
In 2010 it had the 10th largest Christian population of any nation; by 2050, it will rank 3rd! Young Ethiopians of this generation and the next will by midcentury be leading a worldwide center of Christian life and thinking. Will they be ready?