[한국어] The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), rooted in the love of God through Jesus and guided by the charge to love thy neighbor, opposes any legislation that could enable discrimination and is eagerly awaiting proposed revisions to a problematic Indiana religious freedom law.

We are deeply alarmed about the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA) recently signed into law by Indiana Governor Mike Pence, and are concerned that its current wording could provide a legal excuse for individuals and corporations to use religious conviction as a reason to discriminate.

In June 2015, Jason Brian Santos, the Presbyterian Mission Agency associate for collegiate ministries, is planning to lead a group of 12 college students and campus ministers on a five-day spiritual pilgrimage through portions of the Mountain to Sea Trail (MST). The journey will begin the morning of June 13 at a location 70 miles northeast of the Montreat Conference Center.

En el presbiterio donde sirvo, están surgiendo varios nuevos grupos de fe. Uno es dirigido por una anciana docente que fue ordenada para servir a su grupo mientras se estaba formando. Otro anciano se está convirtiendo en un anciano gobernante comisionado (CRE) con el propósito de ser pastor en su comunidad. Como antiguo miembro del comité del comité presbiteriano sobre el ministerio, esto me ha hecho a pensar en el propósito y el origen de la ordenación.

The Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Advisory Committee recently met in Portland and took time to visit the Rockwood community and hear from its interfaith partners on efforts to turn the community around.  PHP is contributing to the community’s efforts to become self-sustaining.

El nuevo material de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.) para la niñez—listo en el otoño de 2015—ayudará a transformar las vidas de los niños, niñas y de las personas que les aman, al ser moldeados/as por gracia y gratitud.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s fourth Big Tent event runs July 30–August 1, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. For the first time, Big Tent will be held on a college campus to build on that deep sense of community that you’d expect at a national gathering of Presbyterians.

“First-call pastors by definition are encountering firsts all the time,” says the Rev. Gregory Goodwiller, executive presbyter and stated clerk of the Presbytery of St. Andrew, one of the four original presbytery partners in the inaugural year of the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Small Church Residency Program. “The first time you have to preach after being up all night with a family, the first time you teach the book of Acts—all of those firsts are difficult the first time.”

A new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denominational children’s curriculum—coming in fall 2015—will help transform the lives of children and those who love them, shaped by grace and gratitude.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) has received with grief the news of a serious plane accident in the French Alps. 

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) committee charged with preparing ordination exams has approved changes to administration procedures for the tests, complying with assignments it was given by the General Assembly.

At its annual meeting March 9–14 in Atlanta, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) voted to expand the time parameters for three exam areas and give presbyteries the option to incorporate oral examination components as part of online tests. The changes take effect with July exams.