The Presbytery of Boise took up the Matthew 25 challenge this year by moving outside its walls. Each of its 2023 presbytery meetings included a Matthew 25 field trip to learn about community needs and ministries that were helping to meet those needs.
Dr. William Yoo, who teaches at Columbia Theological Seminary and wrote the heralded 2022 book, “What Kind of Christianity: A History of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism in the Presbyterian Church,” gave “Being Matthew 25 Summit Edition” viewers a preview Wednesday of what he plans to discuss as a featured speaker during the Matthew 25 Summit, set for Jan. 16-18, 2024, in Atlanta.
Technology has the power to connect people, but only when it is working and is scaled for growing with a community.
Finding the right individual to lead a church can be a daunting task. Persons seeking a call want to ensure they go where God is calling them. It’s a process that can take months. In this week’s OGA In Focus, Manuel Silva-Esterrich, OGA’s manager of Call Process Support, shares how his job helps bring clarity to churches looking to fill vacancies as well as those seeking a place to serve.
U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, one of 11 Presbyterians in the Senate, spent an hour with the Rev. Jim Wallis Tuesday talking about how his faith has helped carry him this far. Listen to his conversation with Wallis, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Faith + Justice, by going here. Coons appeared as part of the Center of Faith + Justice’s “Higher Calling” series.
The Matthew 25 ethos was instrumental to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church's plans for its new facility on the outskirts of Iowa City, Iowa.
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center, related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has announced the appointment of David Evans as chief executive officer beginning Jan. 15, 2024.
“We have to be about the business of taking care of young people. It can’t be all about just us here within the church confines. It’s got to be about other people,” said the Rev. Dr. Ralph Galloway, co-pastor of Liberty Community Church.
The ‘Revolutionary Pastor,’ John A. Mackay, and the National Black Presbyterian Caucus
The Rt. Rev. Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, took her turn in front of the “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” microphone earlier this month, chatting with hosts Simon Doong and the Rev. Lee Catoe about some of the ways the “Mother Church” and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are similar and yet different.