The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) has approved a plan to change the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2022. The new plan is to hold an assembly that will include both in-person and online meetings as well as a change in location of the gathering.
The Rev. Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario Govens is a testament to the leadership development that takes place through the Conference for Seminarians of Color.
As its final action, a Baptist seminary that was born in innovation is helping undergird the beginning of two new ventures in theological education.
An Oklahoma husband-and-wife pastor team uses a love for theater to share the Good News with the congregation, providing sermons as plays that often feature modern and humorous takes on biblical stories.
Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day will be virtual again in 2021, and it will be plural.
John Calvin and Martin Luther come to mind for many Presbyterians as heroes of the Reformation. But women also played significant roles, and thanks to a new six-part series from Theocademy, their stories have become more accessible.
Now in its seventh, record-breaking year, the Presbyterian Giving Catalog — which offers a wide variety of gifts that provide real and positive impact around the world — has just debuted in Spanish and Korean.
올해는 전 세계에 실질적이고 긍정적인 영향을 만들어온 미국장로교 헌금 카탈로그가 시작된 지 7번째 해이자, 신기록을 세운 해이다. 헌금 카탈로그를 통해 장로교인은 전 세계에 다양한 선물을 기부하고 있다. 올해 이 카탈로그의 스페인어판과 한국어판이 첫선을 보였다.
"장로교인이 어떤 언어를 말하든지, 우리는 마태복음 25장 사역에 다 함께 헌신하고 있다는 것을 압니다. 미국장로교 헌금 카탈로그도 이 사역에 기여를 하고 있습니다"라고 미국장로교 선교국에서 장로교 헌금 카탈로그 디렉터를 맡고 있는 브라이스 와이베가 말했다. "번역본 덕분에 한국어나 스페인어가 편한 장로교인들이 사역에 더 쉽게 참여할 수 있겠죠. 매우 기쁜 일입니다."
Ahora en su séptimo, año récord, el Catálogo de Donaciones Presbiterianas, que ofrece una amplia variedad de regalos que brindan un impacto real y positivo en todo el mundo, acaba de debutar en español y coreano.
"No importa el idioma que hable un presbiteriano/a, sabemos que compartimos compromisos comunes con el ministerio de Mateo 25, como los que se apoyan a través del Catálogo de Donaciones Presbiterianas", dijo Bryce Wiebe, director del Catálogo de Donaciones Presbiterianas de la Agencia Presbiteriana de Misión. "Estamos muy contentos de que estos recursos permitirán que el Catálogo de Donaciones una a los ministerios del pueblo presbiteriano cuyo idioma preferido es el coreano o el español".
God’s mission clearly includes charity: a cup of cold water given in Jesus’ name; the Samaritan’s extraordinary care for the victim of highway robbery; the traditional “alms for the poor” that has characterized the institutional church through the millennia. Charity is clearly biblical and a hallmark of Christian faithfulness. After 35 years of working with Presbyterian congregations engaged in local and global mission, I have found that the overwhelming majority of congregations dedicate nearly 100% of their mission attention and budget to charity work. B