Stewardship isn't an act. It's an attitude. This is how Carson Brown, Director of Christian Education at Cypress Lake Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers, Florida, started his workshop at Stewardship Kaleidoscope, an annual conference focused on stewardship, generosity and finances for churches. The conference was held both virtually and in person in Savannah, Georgia, Sept. 26- 28.
Author and historian the Rev. Dr. Gary Neal Hansen, the author of the 2012 book “Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers,” used two hour-long keynote slots during The Immersion conference Wednesday in part to offer attendees “a well-rounded diet of prayer.”
Mid council executives and stated clerks joined staff from the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) Wednesday to discuss actions of the 225th General Assembly (2022) of particular interest to synods and presbyteries.
Appearing via Zoom Wednesday from Philadelphia, “where it’s sunny and our team is in the World Series,” the Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart engaged participants in The Immersion conference in thinking of worship as “a call to faithful reckoning and divine accountability.”
The Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard, III, 10th president of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, has announced his intention to retire in 2023. President Pollard will serve until a new president is named and assumes office, no later than January 2024.
What feelings do you get when you think about fundraising? Does raising funds feel like a “necessary evil?” Do you grudgingly invite financial participation and maybe only when the budget is low?
The Rev. Dr. Tom Bryson, the co-pastor at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, remembers the day as a young boy when his father brought home the family’s first microwave oven.
We as Presbyterians are mandated by our faith to stand in solidarity with the courageous women of Iran who continue to protest the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini and demand life and freedom in her name.
All are created in the image of God. We are bound together by this identity. (Genesis 1:26–27) We are guided by the Interreligious Stance of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The mid-term elections are often seen as the voters’ report card for sitting presidents and their political parties. The volatility shown these past two years has many wondering what message will be sent to Washington.
The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), spent several years as head of the Office of Public Witness on Capitol Hill. He offers his thoughts on what Presbyterians should look for when they go to the polls this month and the importance of integrity for this year’s elections.
The Evangelism Conference, a three-day hybrid offering put on by Theology, Formation & Evangelism in the Presbyterian Mission Agency, concluded at Montreat Conference Center on Tuesday with a list of tips for evangelists and spirited and Spirit-filled closing worship led by the Rev. Gregory Bentley, Co-Moderator of the 224th General Assembly (2020) and pastor of Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.