Henry Martin Robert (1837–1923) fue un ingeniero retirado donde trabajo en las fuerzas armadas de los EE.UU. como brigadier general. Inesperadamente, le pidieron al Gen. Robert presidir una reunión. No sabía cómo, pero le pareció que sería peor si rechazaba el encargo. La reunión duro catorce horas y Robert dijo: «estaba sumamente avergonzado. 

Within a few weeks, 10 international peacemakers from around the world will be in the U.S. speaking with Presbyterian congregations about life and the church in their countries. While some will share words of encouragement, others will have stories of despair and struggle as the church seeks to meet the spiritual needs of its members.

The 2016 Youth Triennium of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Cumberland Presbyterian Church has issued the call for small group leaders, community life volunteers and other key leaders. Position descriptions and applications seeking over 100 adult volunteers with facilitation skill, enjoyment of young people, and a passion for mission are available online.

Calvin Crest Executive Director Tony Biasell remembers his dark night of the soul. It was the turning point for what once was the Presbyterian Church, (U.S.A.)’s second largest summer camp.

The numbers surrounding Hurricane Katrina are staggering, almost unimaginable. The Aug. 28, 2005 hurricane is responsible for 1,833 deaths. More than half of the people who died in Louisiana were 65-years-old and over. Forty percent of them drowned. More than 134,000 homes in New Orleans—70 percent of occupied units—were damaged or destroyed. Total damages are estimated at $135 billion. More than a million people were displaced from their Gulf Coast homes, over 250,000 from New Orleans alone—half the city’s population.

For three days in the mountains of North Carolina, nearly 1,000 Presbyterians and members of other denominations reflected on the historic 1965 appearance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Montreat Conference Center. In fact as many as a dozen attendees were present 50 years ago when King preached in Anderson Auditorium.

If the Fellowship Community (TFC)—the result of a 2014 merger of the former Fellowship of Presbyterians and Presbyterians for Renewal—has committed itself to “intentionally building a culture that is community first and ministry next,” then its first National Gathering, held here Aug. 18-20, was the quintessential incarnation of one of this movement’s key goals.

The Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly, announced Tuesday that he would not stand for election to a third four-year term as the highest elected officer of the church.

A growing number of Christian organizations are coming forward in support of the recent nuclear agreement with Iran, which was negotiated by China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany. Christian leaders are urging members of Congress to support it when it comes up for a vote in the coming weeks.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Environmental Ministries invites congregations to join ecumenical partners around the world in recognizing and supporting Sept. 1, 2015, and subsequent September firsts, as a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.