¿Será usted un diácono o diaconisa fiel, enseñando la caridad, estimulando la inquietud por otros y otras, así como la ayuda del pueblo por los/as desamparados/as y por los/as necesitados/as y en su ministerio, tratará usted de mostrar el amor y la justicia de Jesucristo?
A primera vista, podría parecer extraño incluir la discusión sobre la pregunta de ordenación planteada a los diáconos y diaconisas en una serie diseñada para ancianos gobernantes. Las dos oficinas son diferentes. Tienen diferentes funciones. En muchas congregaciones, una junta de diaconos se reúne por separado de un consistorio compuesto por ancianos gobernantes. De hecho, algunas iglesias ni siquiera han ordenado diáconos ni diaconisas. ¿Por qué considerar esta pregunta?
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, a parachurch organization begun during the 1940s to provide support to conscientious objectors during World War II, has announced a new vision statement, according to a news release.
On Saturday morning about 40 Moderators’ Conference attendees received a detailed judicial process overview from Laurie Griffith, Associate Director for Constitutional Interpretation in the Office of the General Assembly.
Representatives from Palestine, nations in Latin America and the Caribbean, 20 universities and academic institutions from four continents and several church bodies including the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) convened in Santiago, Chile Nov. 4-11 to participate in a conference addressing the theme of Christian Zionism and religious, political and economic fundamentalisms.
Saturday’s Moderators’ Conference presentation on helping PC(USA) mid council moderators hold more purposeful meetings gathered input from three people with specialized knowledge on their topic.
During the Moderators' Conference on Friday, the Rev. Jihyun Oh, Director of Mid Council Ministries in the Office of the General Assembly, led the workshop “Considering Equity While Moderating and Leading.”
Equity has been a focus of Oh’s long before this summer’s 225th General Assembly, when she collaborated with other OGA staff, members of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly and Assembly planners to encourage more voices and disrupt bias during the denomination’s biennial gathering.
With drumming to drive them and preaching by a Co-Moderator of the 225th General Assembly to inspire them, mid council moderators from around the country joined both in person in the Chapel at the Presbyterian Center and online for the 2022 Moderators’ Conference, which began Friday with worship pointing to the Co-Moderators’ “Unbounded We Thrive” theme.
“Evangelism means sharing the good news in relationally flourishing ways,” said Dr. William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia on Tuesday.
Most of us are familiar with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is commonly associated with combat military service but covers a wide swath of trauma-inducing events.
Most people pass by First Presbyterian Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, noting its beautiful historic sanctuary. It sat on a one-way street, and the 1950s addition to the much larger sanctuary barely merited a backwards glance. But when the city of Manitowoc changed the street to a two-way, Rev. Matt Sauer, the church’s pastor, began to see that 1950s addition as a blank canvas — and an opportunity.