This Congregational Audit of Disability Accessibility & Inclusion was prepared by the Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) leadership team, in consultation with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Disability Consultants.
This handout is from David Loleng's "Effective Evangelism" presentation at the 2010 New Church Development Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida August 10-12.
With the marked rise of concerns about Islam, and alarming anti-Muslim statements and actions, it is a good time to learn more about the faith and practice of Muslims, and to interact with them. In July 2010, the 219th General Assembly approved for study and guidance "Toward an Understanding of Christian-Muslim Relations."
The practice of partnership guides our whole connectional church. It guides us individually as members, officers and pastors. It guides us collectively as congregations, presbyteries, synods, General Assembly ministries and related institutions.
In doing mission in partnership, we seek to be guided by certain principles.
Read the entire Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 policy statement adopted by the 215th General Assembly
Like other publications in the Theology and Worship Church Issues Series, Christians and Jews; People of God is intended to make resources available that will help Presbyterians think through vital issues of faith and faithfulness. Some of the material comes from our own church, while other contributions come from beyond the PC(USA). All are useful to Presbyterians in congregations, presbyteries and may be suitable for Christian-Jewish dialogue.
How shall Christians confess their faith in the midst of people whose beliefs are different? What is the shape of the faith that Christians confess? What should be the church's stance toward other faith traditions? The Office of Theology and Worship wishes to contribute to the church's consideration of the issue by making available to Presbyterians a superb theological paper from the Commission on Theology of the Reformed Church in America.
This important paper, number 3 in the Office of Theology and Worship's "Church Issues Series," was produced by the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom. It is valuable to Presbyterians because it illuminates unity/diversity matters by providing fresh perspectives on the crucial question of the Bible's authority in the church and by providing scriptural insights into contentious sexuality issues.
Three essays: "Church Fears", "Body Language" and "A Grammar of Committed Conversation." These offer an analysis of the current divisions in the church and an ecclesially faithful way to talk about these divisions.
By Joseph D. Small
Since the reformation, "Word and Sacrament" have been identifying marks of the church. What happens to the church when sacraments are marginalized and word is relativized? This essay, originally presented as an address to an international reformed consultation, calls for a church in which Word and Sacrament are present in fullness.
By George Hunsinger
George Hunsinger asserts that the polarity of "progressive politics and traditional faith" is not true to the gospel and not true to the church's own tradition. More directly, Hunsinger demonstrates that the Presbyterian Church's new "Study Catechism" embodies theology and social witness together in fidelity to the gospel.
Social Witness in Generous Orthodoxy — Theology and Worship Occasional Paper No. 14 — is a significant contribution to the church's ongoing discussion of its faith and mission. It is also a demonstration of the capacity of the church's new catechisms to shape the conversation and to form the …