Already a pharmacist, Catherine Witte years ago went to seminary to be trained to be a chaplain serving the Indian Health Service. Last week, Witte joined the Rev. Lee Catoe and Simon Doong, the hosts of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast,” for a 48-minute conversation that can be heard here.
Two of Minneapolis’ business and community leaders explored efforts to break down barriers and create opportunities for building Black wealth in Minnesota during a Town Talks forum offered by Westminster Presbyterian Church through its Westminster Town Hall Forum last week.
Six congregations — two of them churches in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — were selected from 125 entries as 2024 winners of Interfaith Power & Light’s Cool Congregations Challenge.
Planning has begun for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s next Young Adult Advocacy Conference, which is set to take place this fall on the Charlotte campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in North Carolina.
As staff members at the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) further familiarize ourselves with the contents of the Religious News Service Photograph Collection, we have discovered powerful photos that speak to the experiences of African American Christians. These images, these moments captured by a lens, allow us to time travel, revisiting the tumultuous and varied history of the mid-20th century, as the collection spans the years 1945 to 1982.
This month, in celebration of Black History Month, we want to share some of the images that grabbed our attention and pulled at our heartstrings. We encourage you to browse digitized RNS images and our African American History Digital Collection in Pearl Digital Collections to find your own.
The Rev. Dr. Anita Wright, who serves Trinity Presbyterian Church in Montclair, New Jersey, was selected to be the liturgy writer and preacher for this year’s Celebrate the Gifts of Women. On Sunday, March 3, churches can share these gifts and use the resources provided by the office of Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries.
The first and historic Matthew 25 Summit was held January 16-18 at New Life Presbyterian Church in South Fulton, Georgia. This event was the first in-person gathering for people committed to and interested in learning more about the Matthew 25 movement.
Dr. Jasmine L. Harris, a guest earlier this month on the weekly edition of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast,” talked about what changes are needed for Black women to be truly accepted, welcomed and empowered while pursuing higher education.
A group in Chicago is making sure that people who often get overlooked, such as individuals with disabilities, are seen and heard when it comes to issues related to health, education and welfare.
According to the Rev. Wilson Kennedy, people doing the work of ministry do well to remember the words of a pair of neurologists who star in the Netflix documentary series, “Lennox Hill”: “Remember, there is a person here.”