The Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) say churches need to step out of their comfort zones to bridge the divide in race relations across the country. Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Gregory Bentley participated in a Zoom webinar with Westminster Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, Monday night.

미국장로교 224회 총회 공동총회장들은 이제 교회가 안락한 자리에서 나와 미국 내 인종 간의 분열을 극복시키는 다리를 놓아야 한다고 말했다. 엘로나 스트리트 스튜어트 장로와 그레고리 벤틀리 목사는 버지니아 웨스트민스터 장로교회가 공동 주최하고 많은 교회들이 참여한 줌 화상 토론회에 참가했다. 33개의 교회에서 참여한 참석자 중에는 장로교인이 많았지만, 침례교인, 감리교인, 카톨릭 교인도 있었다.

It’s nearly time to celebrate “Mr. Rogers’ Day” in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and what better day to do so than March 20, the birthday of one of the most well-known ordained Presbyterian ministers of all-time, everyone’s neighbor — Fred McFeely Rogers (1928–2003).

When the Rev. Jon Moore saw the online classes on financial sustainability for  new worshiping community leaders, he was stirred emotionally.

One of the high points so far in my ministry within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been participation in the development of “Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal.” Although I came on board near the end of the hymn selection process, I had the honor of being involved in the preparation and introduction of this major resource of congregational song for the church.

As of Tuesday, registration for “Anything but Ordinary Time,” the name of the annual event of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE), stood at 908 — nearly one-third of them first-time attendees, according to Anne Wilson, a retired educator from Houston and member of the event’s planning team. In addition, 15 percent of those registered have attended one previous APCE annual event.

The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is urging President Joe Biden to act swiftly to reunite migrant families that have been separated at the U.S. border in recent years. In a letter to the new president this week, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, applauds Biden’s efforts to reverse the previous administration’s policies toward immigrants coming into the U.S.

The season of Lent begins on Feb. 17 with the somber Ash Wednesday reminder that “from dust you came and from dust you shall return.”

Neo-populism is marching across Europe. What are the implications to the United States? And what is the role of the Church?

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II’s issues with private prisons go back long before he began working for the national office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). When Nelson was a pastor in Memphis, members of his congregation became involved in the efforts to end the practice of corporations making money on people staying behind bars.