Friends,
There is growing and widespread concern in the wake of Alabama’s recent anti-abortion legislation, which, if implemented, will have the effect of almost total prohibition of any such procedure and remove from the pregnant woman and her attendant physician any choice in the matter whatsoever.
Friends, family and former students are remembering the life of scholarship and service lived by the Rev. Dr. Henry Fawcett, who died May 11 in Dubuque, Iowa, at age 86.
When Jose Guzman got out of the army in 1992, he seriously considered taking his own life. He was suffering from Post-Traumatic Distress Syndrome (PTSD). The pain and trauma of being in war drove him to drugs and alcohol and nearly cost him his marriage and ultimately his life. It would take eighteen years before he got the help he needed from the Veterans Administration.
As many as twenty veterans take their own lives each day according to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the problem is getting worse. A group of faith leaders and chaplains gathered at the Rockville Presbyterian Fellowship in Fairfield, California, on Thursday to address the growing problem. They represented Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, United Church of Christ, and other denominations. The Air Force, Army, Navy, and Civil Air Patrol were among the branches of service represented.
Conversion stories are usually told about the moment people accepted their faith. But Alba Rostan’s story is about the experience that deepened her faith in God.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its appeal of a defamation case filed by a former employee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Synod of Lakes and Prairies is home to 16 presbyteries and nearly 800 churches, all of them in the upper Midwest. One of its presbyteries, Dakota Presbytery, is considered non-geographical but is the oldest presbytery west of the Mississippi River.
El año era 1983 y el escenario era una reunión del presbiterio convocada para considerar el plan para reunir a las dos ramas de la Iglesia Presbiteriana. Yo era un joven ministro en mi primera llamada, mi esposa estaba embarazada de nuestra primera hija y no estaba seguro de cómo votar.
그 해는 1983년이었고 그 설정은 두 장로교단을 재결합시키려는 계획을 고려하기 위한 노회 모임이었습니다. 저는 첫 번째 사역을 시작한 젊은 목사였고, 제 아내는 첫 아이를 임신하고 있었습니다. 저는 어떻게 투표할 지 확신이 없었습니다.
The year was 1983 and the setting was a presbytery meeting called to consider the plan for reuniting the two branches of the Presbyterian church. I was a young minister in my first call, my wife was pregnant with our first child, and I was uncertain how I would vote.
Every year Presbyterians celebrate Heritage Sunday, a day to reflect upon and learn more about the history of the Presbyterian church in America. This year the Presbyterian Historical Society is realizing a full-circle moment that connects the past to the present of a historic Washington, D.C. church.