As a close friend of the late Congressman John Lewis, Wade Burns has deep respect for the non-violent tactics that were used by brave men, such as Lewis and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to fight racist policies during the civil rights movement.
A planned gift (also known as an estate gift or bequest) is often the largest gift anyone will make, said Karl Mattison, Vice President for Planned Giving Resources at the Presbyterian Foundation.
If you find your way to Dorchester Presbyterian Church outside of Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, December 5, you can witness, and perhaps even participate in, the powerful impact of Black Presbyterian women.
Faith leaders and faith groups have for decades been engaged with climate negotiations, calling for climate justice for the most vulnerable people, communities, and countries who are most impacted by the effects of climate change. Their calls come from both their moral and justice perspective as people of faith and also from their experience as actors in humanitarian response and transformative development.
In one of the latest efforts to reduce gun violence by turning weapons into innocuous objects, such as gardening tools, more than 70 firearms were taken out of commission recently in Denver, Colorado.
Nearly 90 national staff members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered online Wednesday for a Chapel service to honor the 12 colleagues whose positions were eliminated last week amid ministry reconfiguration announced by Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Jihyun Oh.
Just ahead of the final gift she’ll give to Presbyterians from around the country — training and encouragement during the annual Moderators’ Conference Nov. 14-16 — the Rev. Tricia Dykers Koenig was on the receiving end of expressions of thanks for her work and well wishes as she retires from her role as Associate Director for Mid Council Relations in the Office of the General Assembly and, more visibly, as parliamentarian at recent General Assemblies.
The most recent installment of the Office of the General Assembly’s Leader Formation webinars featured three guests speaking with host Martha Miller on the topic “Discovering Leadership: Called to Serve.” The series is designed to help ruling elders and deacons to grow in the important ministries they contribute locally, regionally and nationally.
On October 19, a group of 14 — pilgrims, really — from the Synod of Lakes and Prairies arrived at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As part of their civil rights journey through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, they came to walk the grounds where history holds its breath, to witness a Presbyterian institution that bears the weight of the past with the dignity of the present and the promise of the future.
Talking about money, and even more directly, asking for money as part of church stewardship, can make people uncomfortable — including church pastors and leaders.