The Office of the General Assembly has released the 2009 statistics of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The statistical material includes a comparative summary of the membership, a summary of receipts and expenditures for the past four years, and additional miscellaneous information.
As of 2009, the total membership of the PC(USA) is 2,077,138, which reflects a roughly 3% decrease, or 63,027 members, from the previous year.
The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, said the latest statistics contain both good news and bad.
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Presbyterianism: Principles, Practice, & Social Teaching
A course for seminarians during The 220th General Assembly Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
June 29 – July 7, 2012 • Pittsburgh, PA
A Public Policy Statement on Energy, Its Production and Use, Adopted by the !21st (1981) General Assembly,
Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and by the 193rd ( 1981) General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.;
with a Background Analysis, by Robert L. Stivers, Commended for Study in Connection with the Public Policy
Statement.
The General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical & Interreligious Relations continually needs people who are interested in serving our church in committees, delegations, etc. We keep a database with Presbyterians who are interested in been considered for this opportunities.
The Guide for Judicial Process has been created by the Association of Stated Clerks to assist clerks in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in providing guidance to their councils (formerly governing bodies) and individuals within them regarding the judicial process.
The Association of Stated Clerks wishes to express its thanks to the General Assembly Stated Clerk and his staff in the Office of the General Assembly, Department of Constitutional Services, for their invaluable, insightful contributions and support to the development and updating of this Guide.
In July of 2011, the Revised Form of Government, voted by the 219th General Assembly and approved by the requisite number of …
This small group curriculum will help the participants in obtaining a deeper understanding of the biblical and theological reasons for engaging in the work and ministry of unity. The curriculum provides an in-depth study of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Ecumenical Stance.
“Our first word as a delegation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) must be one of welcome in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome to this house. Welcome to this table of conversation. Welcome to this engagement of minds and hearts as we search together to learn the Lord's will for His Church.
We have come to wrestle together with a subject of undeniably great import. It is not too much to say that the shape of the church’s future turns on what the churches make of it. For it is claimed by the Bishop of Rome that he is called to …
The traditional period in the northern hemisphere for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is 18-25 January. Those dates were proposed in 1908 by Paul Wattson to cover the days between the feasts of St Peter and St Paul, and therefore have a symbolic significance. In the southern hemisphere where January is a vacation time churches often find other days to celebrate the week of prayer, for example around Pentecost (suggested by the Faith and Order movement in 1926), which is also a symbolic date for the unity of the church.
Mindful of the need for flexibility, we invite you to use this material …
Mission belongs to the very being of the church. Proclaiming the word of God and witnessing to the world is essential for every Christian. At the same time, it is necessary to do so according to gospel principles, with full respect and love for all human beings.
Aware of the tensions between people and communities of different religious convictions and the varied interpretations of Christian witness, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and, at the invitation of the WCC, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), met during a period of 5 years to reflect and produce this document to serve as …