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- Presbyterians divided on same-sex marriage May 17, 2012Survey 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 […]Research Services (General Assembly Mission Council)
- Cultivating leadership May 17, 2012Synods 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 […]Presbyterian News Service (General Assembly Mission Council)
- All in the family: a history of splits in the American Presbyterian Church May 17, 2012May 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 […]Presbyterian News Service (General Assembly Mission Council)
- Evangelicals say it’s time for frank talk about sex May 17, 2012May 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 […]Religion News Service
- Presbyterian Church of Mexico begins anniversary celebrations May 17, 2012May 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 […]Ecumenical News International
WHERE IS GOD ACTIVE
Published June 22, 2010Missional church thinking encourages congregations to look into their communities to see where God is already active as a means of figuring out where the church should be connecting with God’s mission.
THE GREAT ENDS OF THE CHURCH
Published June 22, 2010The “Great Ends of the Church” – there are six of them – are “the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind; the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; the maintenance of divine worship; the preservation of the truth; the promotion of social righteousness; and the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world.” Continue reading
FIX THE PROBLEM NOT THE BLAME
Published June 22, 2010The above quote comes from a novel by Michael Crichton. It attributed as a Japanese proverb. It provides us with some wisdom for working in the church today. It seems so much of the time when things don’t go the way we want them to go we begin by first trying to figure out who is wrong rather than trying to figure out what needs to be done to correct the problem.
LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
Published June 22, 2010A loving church is one that easily forgives others. It is easy in the …church to allow disputes to disrupt our fellowship with others. Glenn C. Daman
The Church in the Community
Published June 15, 2010Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. I Peter 2:12