Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, churches across all denominations are still dealing with the fallout. Many members continue to worship from home or not at all, while pastors and church staff face mounting pressure to meet the needs of their congregations and communities in a different way.

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), says innovation and re-thinking ministry should be part of every church’s plan for the coming year. 

Union Presbyterian Seminary will use a nearly $1 million grant to help churches respond theologically and not reactively to racism, the pandemic, climate change, and other issues of public concern affecting congregations and their communities.

The Presbyterian Writers Guild is accepting nominations now for its 2022 Best First Book Award, honoring the best first book by a Presbyterian author published during the calendar years of 2020–2021.

Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware, turns 300 this year, and the congregation plans a year-long celebration. On Sunday, worshipers meeting both in-person and online heard an inspiring and heartfelt sermon from one of its favorite sons, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, D-Delaware, who deftly put into historical perspective the church’s lengthy history.

January 2021 marked the 25th anniversary of "All-Black Governing Bodies," a groundbreaking work of denominational history that grew out of a General Assembly overture. At the end of 2021, the Rev. Dr. James Foster Reese, chairperson of the task force that researched and wrote the book, remembered the project during a Zoom interview.

Starting April 1, the Board of Pensions will provide care navigation services to Medical Plan enrollees through an agreement with its newest partner, Quantum Health.

Twelve degrees and cloudy-gray, with snow in the forecast. I’m looking out at Christina Rossetti’s “bleak midwinter.” 

Registration has begun for an interactive workshop that will explore the connections between food sovereignty and climate justice and encourage participants to take action.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) and the Presbytery of Plains and Peaks are responding to wildfires that impacted the area between Boulder and Denver, Colorado in the last days of 2021.

While in-person preachers have a big toolbox from which to draw, online preachers have just two main tools — their face and their voice.