Members of the Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota, prepared to say goodbye to one of their members last week, but the anticipated tears of sadness turned into tears of joy when Gladys Mbonifor was granted a stay pending her appeal.
Mbonifor, who is from Cameroon, came to the U.S. in 2011. She and her daughter settled in Apple Valley and quickly connected with the church and community. She filed for asylum and was assigned an immigration customs enforcement officer.
When church leaders at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, began discussing the idea to livestream its traditional Sunday morning worship service, one of the reactions was, “Why in the world would we do that?” Some members were afraid it would be an excuse for people to stay home.
The Presbyterian Giving Catalog launched Links of Love recently as part of a special Giving Challenge. The Links of Love activity is aimed toward recognizing the power and impact of individual gifts when joined with others by creating a paper chain that visually represents Presbyterian generosity.
Wrapping up its work more than three hours earlier than expected, members of the Moving Forward Implementation Commission prayed Friday afternoon for traveling mercies and for the remaining work commissioners must do before sending its report in by Feb. 21.
Imagine attending the 224th General Assembly in Baltimore and seeing the speaker’s slides appear on separate screens simultaneously in English, Spanish and Korean.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) A Corporation Board got a first look at its new window for the world late Thursday afternoon.
The Moving Forward Implementation Commission worked most of the day Thursday on crafting the recommendations it will make to the 224th General Assembly, set for June 20-27 in Baltimore.
미국장로교 총회 정서기는 취약한 사람들을 성적 비행으로부터 보호하기 위해 더 많은 일을 하도록 교회에 촉구하고 있다. J 허버트 넬슨 목사는 교회에 서신을 보내며, 모든 공의회 지도자들에게 성적 비행에 대한 정책을 승인하도록 상기시켰다.
El Secretario Permanente de la Asamblea General de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) urge a las iglesias a hacer más para proteger a la gente mas vulnerable contra el abuso sexual. El Reverendo Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, ha enviado una carta a la iglesia recordando al liderazgo de todos los concilios aprobar la política con respecto a la conducta sexual.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is calling on members of the church to speak out against a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would limit the power of small investors to file shareholder proposals and bring concerns to corporate managers and boards.