미국장로교 총회 정서기인 제이 허버트 넬슨 J. Herbert Nelson, II목사는 이번 주 그린스보로 대학살 40 주년을 기념하는 노스 캐롤라이나 주의 종교 지도자들과 합류했다. 이 그룹은 예배와 추모를 위해 샤일로 침례 교회에서 모였다.
1979 년 11 월 3 일, Ku Klux Klan과 미국 나치당의 일원들이 도시에서 열린 “Klan의 죽음” 행진에서 참가자들에게 총격을 가하자 5 명이 사망하고 10 명이 부상당했다.
The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), joined interfaith leaders in Greensboro, North Carolina, this weekend for the 40th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre. The group gathered for worship and remembrance at the Shiloh Baptist Church.
On November 3, 1979, five people were killed and 10 others were wounded when members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party opened fire on participants in a “Death to the Klan” march in the city.
Jesus taught us to love God and to love our neighbor. These are the pillars of our faith and part of what compels Presbyterians to make a difference in people’s lives.
Church-going or not, Americans are finding spiritual inspiration through podcasts.
The incoming class — the Reverend Dr. Cornell Edmonds (Princeton Junction, N.J.), Marsha Heimann (Allentown, Pa.), Tim Hoogland (Minnetonka, Minn.), the Reverend Cindy Jarvis (Glenside, Pa.), Dr. Yushin Lee (Elk Grove, Calif.), Michael M. Meloy (Swarthmore, Pa.), the Reverend Gradye Parsons (Kodak, Tenn.), and the Reverend Dr. John Wilkinson (Philadelphia, Pa.) — is the largest at PHS in a decade.
Every few election cycles, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) tells Presbyterians and the rest of the world how important each vote is while suggesting ways to make voting and other civic engagement more convenient and more accessible to more Americans.
Paula White, a Pentecostal preacher and longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, has been tapped to head the White House’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a successor to previous administrations’ faith-based office that coordinates outreach to religious communities.
The Greek island of Lesvos, just off the coast of Turkey, has become an important stop for migrants fleeing from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa. The Moria Refugee Camp was built as a temporary shelter for 3,000. Today it shelters more than 13,000 people living in terrible conditions while their asylum cases are being processed.
Our culture has convinced us that abundant life is about getting more — anything that’s newer and better — and getting it sooner. The urge to consume now and pay later is often fed by a fear of scarcity and the myth that if we don’t own the latest and greatest (insert item here) we will be left out of the crowd.