Meeting jointly all day Thursday in Baltimore, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board and the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly will also meet separately Wednesday and Friday as both bodies take care of business items leading up to the 224th General Assembly set for June 20-27, also in Baltimore.
The Syria Lebanon Partnership Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has developed a study guide for churches called “The Burden of Memory and the Hope of the Gospel,” a four-week series that includes relevant slides and other resources.
The Near East School of Theology (NEST), a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) global partner, recently joined the Christian conservation organization A Rocha for a day of projects aimed at protecting God’s many beautiful creations in Lebanon.
When Joseph Kinard talks about the need for socially responsible investing by faith communities, he likes to refer back to the Matthew 25 story in which Jesus talks about the importance of caring for “the least of these.”
Although Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) members and leaders desire to address mental health issues in their communities and churches, many feel unprepared to do so.
As she pursues a second graduate degree, Beth Truett of suburban Chicago is keen on convincing faith communities that they should partner with the United States Census Bureau as it fulfills its constitutional mandate during 2020 of counting every single resident of the United States.
Todavía faltan más de cuatro meses y medio para la 224ª Asamblea General (2020) de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.), pero ya se está trabajando en la preparación para recibir cientos de personas presbiterianas y sus familias que se reunirán en Baltimore. Además de las muchas oportunidades para el trabajo de justicia social, la Iniciativa Manos y Pies de la Oficina de la Asamblea General está buscando voluntarios.
미국장로교 224차 총회(2020)는 아직 4개월 반 이상 남아있지만, 볼티모어에 모일 수백 명의 장로교인들과 그 가족들을 준비하기 위한 작업은 이미 진행 중이다. 총회 사무국의 "손과 발" 계획은 사회 정의 작업을 위한 많은 기회뿐만 아니라, 이에 더하여 자원 봉사자를 찾고 있다.
A delegation from New Castle Presbytery traveled to Guatemala late last month to strengthen relationships with our two in-country partners — the Association of Mam Christian Women for Development and CEDEPCA. Together, the organizations collaborate to support sustainable development initiatives for indigenous women and communities in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. New Castle Presbytery and its member churches have faithfully responded to the widespread, critical needs of Guatemalans since the late 1990s.
The Presbyterian Church of Kabuga, Rwanda, has two primary schools — Kabuga (with 310 students) and Muyumba (with 192 students). Parents, students and teachers are celebrating the fourth consecutive school year that students in Primary 6 in both schools have achieved a perfect score on Rwanda’s national examination.