The world has shifted and new and complicated challenges are presenting themselves to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and other denominations, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, told a gathering of about 120 moderators and moderators-elect of presbyteries and synods from across the country.
Watching the Reverend Cindy Kohlmann and Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri interact with each other is like watching family members catch up after a long time apart. When the Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reflect on their nearly year-and-a-half together, they practically finish each other’s sentences, while exchanging hugs and laughing to themselves.
More than 120 mid council moderators have gathered in Louisville for the annual Moderators’ Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Moderators and moderators-elect from across the country are meeting for worship, workshops and sharing.
In thick coats and caps they marched through a cold and rainy New York City night chanting in broken syllables, “Boy-cott! Wen-dy’s! Boy-cott! Wen-dy’s!”
As a Hunger Action Congregation, Faith Des Peres Presbyterian Church is taking aim at food insecurity in greater St. Louis by providing food for school children and other vulnerable populations.
A first-of-its-kind event, the Leadership Development Institute for Latina/Hispanic Women in Leadership, is being held in Louisville Nov. 19-22.
Apartadó is known for abundant banana and palm oil crops as plantations line the roadways.
No one knows exactly how many children in the tri-county area around Detroit (Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties) are lacking a bed of their own, but it is likely the number is in the thousands, according to the nonprofit Building Beds 4 Kids.
After only two hours of deliberation a jury delivered a not guilty verdict in the retrial of Scott Warren on charges that he harbored undocumented migrants in the Arizona desert in January of 2018. The first trial, which also included one charge of conspiracy to transport or shield undocumented immigrants, ended in a hung jury this past June.
Dr. Jelani Cobb, a staff writer at the New Yorker, historian and the Ira A. Lipton Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, concluded a lecture before an audience at the University of Louisville Wednesday with a personal story that may say as much about race relations in the U.S. as the hour-long lecture that preceded his story.