Korean immigrant churches in the PC(USA) continue to be less inclined to have female pastors, but Korean clergywomen are finding other ways to serve.
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) welcomed some new faces during a two-day online meeting last week. This was the first lengthy meeting for members Blythe Kieffer, Dave Davis, Luci Duckson-Bramble, Robin Pugh, and Shannan Vance-Ocampo, who, as vice chair of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, serves as a corresponding member of COGA.
On June 15, the Columbia Theological Seminary Board of Trustees unanimously approved the promotion of Dr. Ralph Basui Watkins to full professor.
Honored through many miles of social distance earlier this year for their selections by the Presbyterian Writers Guild as the David Steele Distinguished Writer Award winner and Best First Book winner, Jane Kurtz and Caroline Kurtz have responded with an audio thank-you card that connects growing up as missionary kids with the literacy and other work to which they’ve been devoted as adults.
On behalf of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Mission Development Resources Committee has approved Mission Program Grants to six 1001 New Worshiping Communities. The ‘1001’ communities receiving grants are listed below, followed by the presbytery and synod they belong to, along with a brief description of their mission and ministry.
Pastors, sessions, ruling and teaching elders… who is supposed to run the congregation? How do churches handle and resolve conflicts?
The metamorphosis of the caterpillar transforming itself into a butterfly reminds many Christians — Emma Reed of First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach in Virginia, among them — of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
The Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas, announces the election of the new collaborative leadership team of Dr. Gordon Allen Govens and the Rev. Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario Govens.
총회 사무국 위원회 (COGA)는 지난 주의 이틀 간의 화상 회의에서 새로운 사람들을 받아들였다. 이 회의에 블리스 키퍼, 데이브 데이비스, 루시 덕슨-브램블, 로빈 퓨와 장로교 선교국의 부의장으로서 총회 사무국 위원회의 객원회원으로 섬기고 있는 새넌 밴스-오캠포가 참석했다.
El Comité de la Oficina de la Asamblea General (COGA por sus siglas en inglés) dio la bienvenida a algunas caras nuevas, durante una reunión en línea de dos días la semana pasada. Esta fue la primera reunión larga para los miembros Blythe Kieffer, Dave Davis, Luci Duckson-Bramble, Robin Pugh y Shannan Vance-Ocampo, quien, como vice moderadora de la Junta de la Agencia de Misión Presbiteriana, sirve como miembro correspondiente de COGA.