Church partners in the Republic of Sudan are asking for prayers for peaceful resistance and non-violent responses to the change in the leadership of its government.
More than 30 people representing congregations, new worshiping communities, mid councils, racial-ethnic caucuses, Young Adult Volunteer alums, mission networks and others gathered by invitation of Presbyterian World Mission in early April. The gathering, held at Stony Point Center, was the second of three U.S. consultations to discuss and discern God’s mission in partnership. The first day of the three-day consultation coincided with the 51st anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who is remembered for his legacy of courage, not fear.
Can American Christianity be redeemed?David Dark, author of the 2005 book “The Gospel According to America” sought to answer that question in his post-9/11 analysis.
A quick search on the Internet leads to countless facts about shifting American diversity. For example, in 2007, Rodríguez and García joined the top 10 list of most popular last names in the United States. And, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, beginning in 2030, the country will grow more by international migration than birth within its borders.
“Publishers Weekly” has named Westminster John Knox Press one of the fastest-growing independent publishers of 2019.
El Paso is located at the far western point of Texas in the Chihuahuan Desert, separated from Juarez, Mexico by the Rio GrandeRiver. The Franklin Mountains — the southern tip of the Rockies — divide the city. El Paso is home to almost 700,000 people, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and six PC(USA) churches, all belonging to the Presbytery of Tres Rios.
My husband, Andy, and I traveled to El Paso on March 31 to see firsthand the situation at this border, where close to 1,000 migrants from Central America seek asylum in the United States each day. We …
With Presbyterians among its earliest and most passionate customers, the Café Justo coffee cooperative just across the border from Douglas, Arizona, grows, roasts, packages, markets, sells and ships nearly 60,000 pounds of coffee annually.
I thought I was prepared for my first mud season in Vermont. I wasn’t. The pastor nominating committee tried explaining that New England’s unofficial fifth season wasn’t for the weak. (Or for a former Manhattanite, is what I think they were really getting at.) Was I ready for melting snow that turned dirt roads into Slip ‘n Slide? I was. Did I have good tires on my car? I did. What about boots? Did I own a sturdy pair? I didn’t.
For some growing up, Palm Sunday was a celebration of Jesus entering Jerusalem as a triumphant king. But now, more and more congregations are choosing to celebrate Palm Sunday by including the passion narrative to emphasize that this triumphant moment takes his disciples, then and now, to the cross.
미국장로교 총회 정서기인 제이 허버트 넬슨 J. Herbert Nelson, II 목사는 콜롬비아 대통령에게 전임자가 서명한 평화 협정을 지지할 것을 촉구했다.