Several years ago I was sitting in a room full of religious and community leaders from across middle Tennessee. It resembled a typical clergy meeting, but what made that gathering distinct for me was that half of the leaders were Muslim.
"지난 2년 반 동안 126,000 마일 이상을 여행했습니다." 총회 사무국 위원회 회의 2일째에 미국장로교 정서기인 제이 허버트 넬슨 목사Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II는 전체 교회를 방문한 그의 여행에 대한 최신 정보를 제공했다. 넬슨은 길에서 많은 시간을 보냈고, 교회, 중간공의회, 그리고 대회를 통해 신세기의 교회가 어디로 가는지를 측정했다고 말했다.
Lydia Noemi Rodriguez Frias, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, and a leader in the Presbyterian Church in the state, died Jan. 25. She was 94.
During Presbyterian World Mission’s recent global partner consultation for Asia and the Pacific in Thailand, more than 50 representatives came together for two days to discuss the effectiveness of current partner relationships, what it means to be partners in God’s mission today, where God is calling us to put our energy and what resources are needed to move forward.
More than 126,000 miles traveled in the last two-and-a-half years. During the second day of meetings for the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly, the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), provided an update on his visits across the greater church. Nelson says he’s spent a great deal of time on the road, meeting with congregations, mid councils, and synods to gauge where the church is in the new century.
¿Qué hacemos que nadie más lo hace? ¿Estamos cumpliendo con nuestro mandato como lo entendemos ahora? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que el Comité de la Oficina de la Asamblea General (COGA) abordó en su primer día de reuniones esta semana en la Iglesia Presbiteriana St. Philip en Houston.
Union Presbyterian Seminary Professor of Theology the Rev. Dr. Paul Galbreath has been awarded a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to develop liturgical resources for congregational use that link Christian discipleship and Earth care, grounding environmental advocacy in corporate worship practices.
Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis continues to break down walls between church and community. As an engaged urban partner, it is listening to, and praying for, the concerns of its people.
Nearly 1,000 college-aged students and their UKirk pastors and leaders began the new year together at the annual College Conference held last month at the Montreat Conference Center in Monreat, N.C.
The church in Davydovo, Russia, was a thriving community of 1,000 members from five surrounding villages before the revolution. It was abruptly closed by the Communist authorities in 1936. People pulled down the cupolas and crosses with a tractor. The building was used for storage and then as a club but was neglected for 70 years. The roof collapsed around 1960, and there was nothing left but the shell of a building — only walls.