A collection of materials to help men address and stop domestic violence.
Domestic violence resources for particular populations including rural women, racial ethnic communities and the elderly.
A collection of resources to help children who are victims of domestic violence.
Tools for pastors and congregational leadership to address domestic violence.
Download this collection of resources to help address domestic violence.
—Jack Marcum, coordinator, Research Services
The membership of the denomination has decreased steadily for quite some time. This essay presents the factors that, together, produce the annual membership totals and will help Presbyterians better understand how the denomination got to its present situation. (Download full essay at the bottom of this section.)
See the Comparative Statistics 2009 tables:
1. PC(USA) Congregations and Membership, 1998 to 2009
2. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Membership Size and Synod, 2009
3. PC(USA) Membership by Region and State/Territory, 2009
4. Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries, 2009
5. Distribution of PC(USA) …
Twenty-six people spent a week together at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research in Collegeville, Minnesota, in each of two summers (1999 and 2000), exploring living faithfully in the United States today. They were women and men of six religious traditions — Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Native American — Americans of diverse ethnic backgrounds — African, European, Japanese, Mexican, Native, Palestinian, South and Southeast Asian. Many issues were discussed, and ideas for working together were developed.
Finding ourselves in faithful company
How have you become interested in interfaith relations? What drew your attention to the many religions of your neighbors?
There are many ways by which we become more engaged with our neighbors who follow religious traditions other than our own. Perhaps you have a new co-worker who is a Hindu. You may live in a dormitory with people of many different religious beliefs and practices. Perhaps, after several years of living on the same street, you have just learned that your neighbors are Muslims. You may have been invited to celebrate an occasion in the …
This handout is from David Loleng's "Effective Evangelism" presentation at the 2010 New Church Development Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida August 10-12.
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