Presbyterian theologian Belden Lane’s newest book, Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice, will be released this fall by Oxford University Press. For those who can’t wait, Lane will lead a program at Ghost Ranch Aug. 25-31 featuring themes from his upcoming book.
On June 20, in Detroit, Michigan, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide, urging congregations to commemorate its centennial in 2015, and directing church leadership to call upon the United States President and Congress to condemn the acts as genocide as well.
Toss out the party and ideology labels: Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal.
Charitable giving last year (2013) continued a four-year climb from recession lows recorded in 2009. The cumulative gains amount to 22 percent in today’s dollars and 12.3 percent when adjusted for inflation.
In a message that was at once encouraging and provocative, the Rev. Rhashell D. Hunter, director of Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries/Presbyterian Women for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, challenged worshipers at Montreat Conference Center’s summer Sunday worship series to do their part to grow the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in diversity.
Early struggles in developing a response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic were remembered by African women church leaders who gathered here June 23 to celebrate more than 30 years of their Christian ministry in the churches of their region.
The Reverend J. Herbert Nelson II, director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness in Washington, DC, expressed disappointment June 30 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Harris v. Quinn case.
수천 명의 비 동반 어린이들이 온두라스와 과테말라와 엘 살바도르에서 도망치고 있다. 많은 어린이들이 미국에 도착하고 있으며, 회계 년도 말까지 60,000명 이상의 어린이들이 미국에 도착할 것으로 예상된다. 대통령은 이 상황을 인도주의적 위기라고 말했다. 연방 정부 기관들, 국토 안보부, 난민 재정착 부서를 통한 보건 복지부는 이러한 필요에 응답하기 위해 서로 협력하며 수고하고 있다.
As part of its Summer Services for the Lord’s Day, Montreat welcomes long-time friend and colleague, the Rev. J. William Straughan, as guest preacher on Sunday, July 13, at 10:30 am in Anderson Auditorium.
The Republican National Committee on June 27 launched its first web-based effort to rally conservative believers behind the party, a sign of how crucial voter turnout will be in this fall’s close-fought midterm elections and an indication that the GOP cannot take its evangelical Christian base for granted.