Nearly two weeks after massive flooding damaged several buildings at John Knox Ranch near Fisher, Texas, volunteers with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and local Presbyterian churches are making it possible for the ranch to be open for business on June 10. The heavy rains that flooded portions of Texas caused the nearby Blanco River to spill over its banks, damaging some of the ranch’s low lying facilities.
“I didn’t know that in America women are given equal rights.” The Rev. Debbie Blane, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker and lecturer in theology at Nile Theological College South Sudan, wasn’t surprised on hearing this statement from one of her students.
미국 장로교 정서기를 공천하는 업무를 맡은 총회 위원회가 첫 업무들 중의 하나로서 공천 과정 에 대한 일정을 만들면서 일을 시작했다.
Bri Payne never imagined she’d work without a television at her desk. After graduating from college with a degree in broadcast communications, she worked as a news reporter for Fox and ABC affiliates in North Carolina.
Six centuries have passed since the early reformer, Jan Hus, was put to death for heresy. In his honor, the people of Prague will celebrate HusFest 2015 on July 5th and 6th. The two-day event features parades, symposia, symphonies, souvenirs, theatre works and tours highlighting the historical places of Hus’ career.
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[한국의] [Español] The General Assembly committee tasked with nominating a Stated Clerk for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has begun its work, developing a timeline as one of its initial tasks.
The Stated Clerk Nomination Committee gathered May 12–14 in Louisville. The Standing Rules of the General Assembly require the committee to begin its work no later than 300 days prior to the convening of the assembly where a nominee is to be presented. The 222nd General Assembly (2016) will convene June 18, 2016, in Portland, Oregon.
Durante el 2014, miles de familias de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador llegaron a los Estados Unidos en busca de protección. Como respuesta, el gobierno tomó la trágica decisión de abrir centros de detención familiares en el sur de Texas para encarcelar a estas familias que soliciten asilo.
Each summer, the hills around Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina come alive with the sound of organ music, congregations singing and sermons shared by special guest preachers each Sunday morning from May 31 through August 2 in Montreat’s Anderson Auditorium.
Embracing a new practice or discipline is one of many ways people seek to strengthen their faith. But for Scott Dannemiller and his wife Gabby, former Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) in Guatemala, their quest led them to give up something huge: participation in consumer culture.