A group of Presbyterian clergy and members, including Co-Moderator Denise Anderson, has wrapped up the Mosaic of Peace Conference to Israel/Palestine. The conference, sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, included visits to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Galilee, meeting with Palestinian and Israeli leaders working on justice and peace issues, as well as touring holy and historic sites.
The threat of more eruptions, explosions and lava continue to keep geologists on alert as they track activity at the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says lava draining from the volcano could pose serious problems and officials are keeping watch.
After months of planning, the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” officially begins on Mother’s Day. The campaign, a continuation of the initiative launched by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 years ago, is calling for direct action at statehouses across the country as well as the U.S. Capitol.
El secretario permanente de la Asamblea General, J. Herbert Nelson II, emitió hoy una declaración condenando la decisión del presidente Trump de retirar a los Estados Unidos del Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPOA) con Irán, citando que la contención del programa nuclear de Irán ha sido «severamente comprometida».
Al elevar la importancia fundamental del proceso de paz para el Evangelio cristiano, Nelson expresó la importancia de los tratados como un camino hacia la paz, a pesar de sus imperfecciones. Nelson escribió: «Si bien ningún tratado internacional es perfecto, los acuerdos provisionales como este son esenciales para guiar a las naciones del mundo hacia la paz en lugar de la guerra».
총회 정서기인 허버트 넬슨J. Herbert Nelson, II은 오늘 트럼프 대통령이 이란 핵 계획의 봉쇄에 대해 미국과의 합동 행동 계획 (JCPOA) 철수 결정을 비난하면서 "심각하게 위험에 빠졌습니다"라는 성명을 발표했다.
넬슨은 평화 조약의 근본 중요성을 기독교 복음으로 비판하면서, 불완전 함에도 불구하고 평화 조약의 중요성을 강조했다. 넬슨 정서기는 "국제 조약이 완벽하지는 않지만 이 같은 임시 협정은 전 세계 국가들을 전쟁보다는 평화로 인도하는 데 필수적"이라고 기록한다.
The feature-length documentary “Maman Colonelle,” directed by Dieudo Hamadi, has received the Human Rights Award 2017 from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), and SIGNIS, a worldwide association of Catholic communicators.
Small businesses around the world will be observing World Fair Trade Day this Saturday, a commemoration by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) to recognize fair trade successes, responsible production practices and the economic impact of small businesses on communities.
Full of angst, Chris Romine walked into a new church in Hoboken, New Jersey, which sits directly across the river from Manhattan, New York. In his mid-20s with a well-paying job at a startup logistics firm in Manhattan, he was wondering if this was all there was. Exploring all kinds of faith expressions, including Christianity, he kept coming back to the simple message of Christ’s life.
During the heyday of PBS’s “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” even a lot of Presbyterians did not know that the mild-spoken host of the popular PBS children’s program was a clergyman, indeed, no doubt the most famous living Presbyterian in all the world.
Belize has been described as a country of contrast. The Central American nation is bordered by Mexico, Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea. To the tourist, it is a beautiful vacation getaway with sandy beaches, abundant marine life and various cultural attractions. But members of the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) have found much more beyond this tourist image