Non-profits are doing a better job than most churches of compelling people to support their work, says Adam Copeland, a noted stewardship expert. He believes churches need to work harder at telling the stories of their work and the ways the church impacts lives, and ensure church members make the spiritual connection to giving.
Clear blue skies were on display during the opening day of the Presbyterians for Earth Care Conference at Menucha Retreat and Conference Center near Portland, Oregon. Just two weeks ago, organizers were concerned that the smoke and flames from a season of wildfires would force them to find a new location.
After a brief hiatus, Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice, published its first edition since the hire of new managing editor Henry Koenig Stone. The current installment: Defending the Common Good, covers diverse issues such as defending truth in media, sanctuary churches, human trafficking, an ecumenical call to good ecological stewardship, and the role of faith communities in resisting white supremacy.
그것은 2017년 9월 11일의 아침이었다. 해가 떠 올랐지만, 미국 이민국 및 세관원(ICE)의 본거지인 노리스 코튼Norris Cotton 연방 건물의 높이가 밤나무 거리 입구의 햇빛을 차단하였다. 그늘에서 불어오는 산들 바람은 화씨57도의 기온과 함께 특별히 추운 느낌을 주었다.
그러나 소그룹의 사람들이 다시 모여 오전 8시 30분경의 철야 모임으로 "자유 아니면 죽음"의 주제로 유명한 이 주에서 가장 큰 도시에서의 “여리고성 걷기Jericho Walk”로 합류했다.
7바퀴의 여리고성 걷기를 정기적으로 이끌고 있는 종교 간 성직자 중에는 보스턴과 뉴 잉글랜드 북부 노회의 교역장로인 신디 콜맨Cindy Kohlmann목사가 있다. 그녀는 American Friends Service Committee의 공동책임자인 아니 애퍼트Arnie Alpert가 시작한 철야 프로젝트에 깊이 관여하고 있다.
A recommendation from the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) executive committee to transfer PMA’s Congregational Ministries Publishing (CMP) to the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) was approved at its meeting Friday night.
A recommendation from the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) executive committee to transfer PMA’s Congregational Ministries Publishing (CMP) to the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) was approved at its meeting Friday night.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) today, in conjunction with the Office of the Stated Clerk, issued a statement regarding reports the Trump Administration is considering reducing refugee admissions to 50,000 in 2018, the lowest level since passage of the Refugee Act of 1980.
Following a morning that featured a Native American Day Worship service and cultural humility training for members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB), the board convened following lunch to resume its agenda which included final debate and approval of a new board structure.
2018년 6월 16일 223차 총회(2018)의 538명의 총대와 183명의 자문단이 소집되면 세인트 루이스의 "Gateway City"에서 열리는 미국장로교 총회는 이 도시에서의 16번째 모임을 기록할 것이다.
"우리에겐 268일이 남아있습니다"라고 톰 헤이Tom Hay 총회 운영담당자는 9월 19-21일 루이빌에서 열린 총회 사무국 위원회에서 말했다.
When the 538 commissioners and 183 advisory delegates to the 223rd General Assembly (2018) convene on June 16, 2018, it will mark the sixteenth time the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s top gathering has been held in the “Gateway City” of St. Louis.
“We are 268 days out,” the Office of the General Assembly’s Director of Assembly Operations Tom Hay, told the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly at its September 19–21 meeting in Louisville.