Survey shows members, ruling elders oppose same-sex marriage, while teaching elders in favor May 17, 2012 General Assembly Mission Council Contact: Perry Chang Research Services Presbyterians are divided on whether same-sex marriage should be allowed. According to results from the February 2012 Presbyterian Panel survey more members and ruling elders are opp […]

Synods work to develop leadership in time of discontinuity May 17, 2012 Special to Presbyterian News Service Toya Richards LOUISVILLE Two synods in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are doing their best to address a burning question plaguing the denomination and greater church alike. “How are we to respond with the gospel in the 21st century when we have a ch […]

May 17, 2012 Special to Presbyterian News Service Frederick J. Heuser Presbyterian Historical Society PHILADELPHIA Mark Twain commented that “You never see Presbyterians ranting, shouting and tearing up the ground. You never heard of a Presbyterian going crazy on religion… You never see any of us Presbyterians getting in a sweat about religion and trying to […]

May 17, 2012 Religion News Service Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON The statistics, some evangelicals say, can no longer be ignored. Eighty percent of young evangelicals have engaged in premarital sex, according to a new video from the National Association of Evangelicals, and almost a third of evangelicals’ unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. It’s time to spea […]

May 17, 2012 Ecumenical News International ENInews Staff Events in honor of the 140th anniversary of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico begin May 18and will continue for the next several months. Exhibitions, lectures and roundtable discussions are planned, dealing with the history, theology and anthropology of the church, covering the time of the arr […]