The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is describing the unfolding food shortage in Malawi as critical, urging Presbyterians around the world to pray and support efforts to help people in need. As a result The Malawi Mission Network, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterian World Mission are calling for a Day of Prayer and Fasting on World Food Day, Friday, Oct. 16, followed by a Day of Action on Sunday, Oct. 18, to collect contributions for food aid. 

By comparing Jesus and Pope Francis, as well as Protestant and Catholic beliefs, Jesus, Pope Francis, and a Protestant Walk into a Bar: Lessons for the Christian Church (Westminster John Knox Press) points out Catholic-Protestant common ground, inviting not just ecumenical dialogue but also improved interfaith relations.

장로교인들은 9월 22-17일 사이에 미국에 방문하는 교황을 열렬히 기다리고 있는 여러 사람들 중에 속해있다.

미국 장로교 정서기인 그래디 파슨스는 교황의 첫 공식일정--백악관에서 오바마 대통령과의 만남—에서 그를 환영하는 종교계 대표 리더들 중 한 사람이 될 것이다.

<한국의> Presbyterians are among those eagerly anticipating the September 22–27 visit of Pope Francis to the United States.

Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly, will be part of a delegation of religious leaders who will welcome Pope Francis to his first official engagement—a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House.

Changes to the Bible exam Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) candidates for ministry must take have yielded less than stellar results from the most recent round of testing, but the long-term outcome will be ministers more deeply grounded in the scriptures, those closest to the exam maintain.

If the Jazz Communion celebrated at First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 6, was a riff on traditional worship, then the whole of the Rev. Bill Carter’s 30 years as a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) teaching elder has been a riff on a conventional call to ministry.

In a time of turmoil, hunger and poverty, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) program is working with people in Cameroon to sustain their food supply even in a less than stellar harvest season. The Presbyterian Hunger Program and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance have been working with RELUFA in Cameroon to improve economic opportunities, help villages become self-sustainable and assist with food sovereignty projects.  

The Rev. Alice Winters is a retired PC(USA) mission co-worker who trained leaders in Colombia for 35 years. The Rev. Juan Sarmiento, international evangelism catalyst with Presbyterian World Mission, recently interviewed Winters about the critical global issue of Training Leaders for Community Transformation. 

Over the past 45 years, The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People has reached out to communities around the world, helping them become self-sustainable. Whether it was providing access to clean water in El Salvador or supporting those impacted by the Ebola virus in Liberia and Sierra Leone, SDOP and its network of partners and volunteers have made an impact on people and their livelihood.

The Syrian refugee crisis has drawn increased attention this week with the heartbreaking photos of a lifeless child’s body being pulled from the Aegean Sea. Alyan Kurdi was one of at least a dozen refugees who drowned while seeking safety from the conflict in Syria. In the past few days, thousands more refugees have found themselves stranded at a Budapest train station as they seek to cross the border into Austria.