The Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns (ACWC) and the Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns (ACREC) issued an open letter to the Way Forward Commission today expressing “profound concern” of proposed actions that may segregate “the material voice and vote of the advocacy committees.”
Citing a decision by the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Way Forward Commission (WFC) and All Agency Review Committee (AARC) will submit reports by today’s deadline but leave the door open for amendments prior to General Assembly.
Videos, recently broadcast on CNN, show the brutal torture of migrants from Sub-Saharan African nations. Men are whipped and burned, begging their families for ransom. With increasing political instability in Libya, forced labor and human trafficking are growing.
Ash Wednesday turned deadly in Parkland, Florida when a lone gunman opened fire at the Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 and wounding more than 14. Some of the injured remain in critical condition today.
"죄짐맡은우리구주어찌좋은친군지 걱정근심무거운짐우리주께맡기세" 우리가 좋아하는 찬송가로 부릅니다. 그러나 우리는 대부분의 교회에서 현실로 다가오는 어떤 두려움을 떨치지 못합니다. "... 그룹앞에서시끄럽고, 즉흥적으로기도하는것을제외하고.... "
«¡Qué amigo tenemos en Jesús, quien aguanta todos nuestros pecados y penas!
¡Qué privilegio llevar todo a Dios en oración!»
Cantamos esto en nuestro querido himno, pero olvidamos agregar el calificador que es la realidad en la mayoría de nuestras iglesias. «... excepto por orar en voz alta, de forma extemporánea, frente a un grupo. ...»
<한국어><Espaňol> “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!” We sing this in our beloved hymn but we forget to add the qualifier that is the reality in most of our churches. “… except for praying out loud, extemporaneously, in front of a group. …”
As Kathryn Threadgill introduced the Vital Congregations Revitalization initiative to Newark and Trinity presbyteries this month, she felt both fear and exhilaration.
루이빌 –사순절은 기도, 금식 및 파스칼 신비에 대한 약속과 묵상의 시간입니다. 아마도 사순절을 살아가는 방법에 대하여 선지자보다 더 좋은 모델은 없을 것입니다. 회중, 가족 및 개인을 위해 고안된 2018년 오늘의 장로교인 사순절 묵상집은 재의 수요일부터 Presbyterian Today 블로그에 매일 소개됩니다.
El largo y lento retorno del servicio eléctrico en Puerto Rico tras el huracán María sufrió un revés el pasado domingo, cuando una subestación eléctrica sufrió una explosión e incendio. La mayor parte del norte del territorio estadounidense se vio afectada. Las autoridades dicen que podría tomar un par de días para restablecer la electricidad permanentemente.