William P. Brown, a William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, will teach his first course at Ghost Ranch June 15-20, 2015. 

Pastor Ben Johnston-Krase wonders where the church he has been called to is going to be, where his 6-, 8-, and 11-year-old daughters will go to school.

암 진단으로 인해 새로운 도전을 맞고 있는 부총회장

토야 리차드 잭슨, 커뮤니케이션 담당자 및 정서기 보조

제 221차 미국 장로교 총회 부회장인 Larissa Kwong Abazia 목사가 암 진단을 받았다.

그녀는 그녀가 섬기고 있는 뉴욕 퀸즈 First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills에게 보내는 서신을 통해 “나는 지난 몇 주 동안 일련의 진단 검사를 받은 후 유방 암에 걸렸다는 것을 알게 되었습니다. 나는 여러분들 중 많은 분들도 암에 걸렸거나 암에 걸린 자들을 지지해 주고 있다는 것을 알고 있습니다. 이때에 여러분들이 저를 위해 드리는 기도는 저에게 정말 소중한 것이 될 것입니다”라고 말했다.

Kwong Abazia 목사는 뉴저지 태생이며, Rutgers 대학 및 프린스톤 신학교를 …

Smiling broadly from the news feed on his Facebook page, Justin Botejue—a junior at the PC(USA)-related Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington—proudly stands beside such top political leaders as Attorney General Eric Holder and Washington state Governor Jay Inslee.

Timothy Slemmons, Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, will lead a program at Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center the week of June 1-7, 2015:  Gathering the Fragments: Stewardship of the Word After the Lectionary Feast. This program is designed for experienced pastors who are weary of preaching from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), as well as newly-minted lay preachers and seasoned Sunday school teachers.

[한국어] The Reverend Larissa Kwong Abazia, Vice Moderator of the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been diagnosed with cancer.

“I have learned that I have breast cancer after a series of diagnostic tests in the past several weeks. I will be starting chemotherapy on March 24,” she said in a letter to the congregation she serves as pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills in Queens, New York.

“I know many of you have faced cancer or supported those who have gone through cancer.  I value all of your prayers at this time.”

The Presbytery of the Palisades cast its vote in favor of an amendment to the PC(USA) Constitution that would change the description of marriage from being between “a man and a woman” to being between “two people.” In doing so, it had become the 86th presbytery to cast an affirmative vote, providing the majority needed among 171 presbyteries to approve the change. 

Columbia Theological Seminary is hosting its annual Colloquium 2015 on April 20–22, and attendance is strong over previous years. Titled “The Church Facing the Future: Memory, Hope, and Obedience,” it will feature a lineup of some of the seminary’s most well-known and well-loved faculty emeriti. The annual event provides both clergy and laypersons with relevant reflection on God’s mission in the world today. All students will be admitted free of charge.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made a statement yesterday to the 59^th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. 

Last week, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s delegation of young women and Presbyterian Women from across the country gathered with Lutherans, Methodists, and other worldwide ecumenical partners in New York City for the 59^th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.