With the goal to help preachers explore biblical texts rather than explain them during their sermons, the Rev. Dr. Sally A. Brown, the Elizabeth M. Engle Professor of Preaching and Worship Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary, was the guest Wednesday on the Synod of the Covenant’s Equipping Preachers series.
Tributes for Queen Elizabeth II were plentiful and heartfelt following the announcement of her death Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96.
A united church “shares the pain of all churches and lives the service-led, foot-washing life of Christ.”
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of jobs for clergy, including chaplains, will grow by 4% by 2029. With the growth comes a demand for more clergy to enter the field. The military is dealing with a personnel shortage, which puts extra stress on those currently serving. Many are finding themselves being deployed for a second or even a third time to minister to soldiers around the world.
Amidst the wrap-up of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches Thursday, Dr. Dianna Wright took the time to reflect on the gathering in Karlsruhe, Germany, of 352 member churches.
At its recent meeting, the Presbytery of Boise invited congregations and denominational partners to display their mission activities in a presbytery-wide mission fair. To add some fun and competition, meeting participants were given a scavenger hunt list to track down answers that could be found only on the tables or by asking the mission fair participants.
When a wayward hen wandered into Sashabaw Presbyterian's churchyard, she soon found a warm welcome and quickly became the church's best community connector.
One of the best-loved people at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey, is Danny Miller, who’s now in his mid-30s and has been attending the church with his mother, Nancy Wilson, since he was 5 — three years after being diagnosed with autism.
Tuesday’s press conference put on by the World Council of Churches meeting in its 11th Assembly featured three leaders working hard at affirming justice and human dignity.
For pastors and congregations, the quick and constant changes brought about by a world in upheaval have meant learning how to pivot — and embrace new plans.