The Rev. Dr. Otis Turner, best known and admired for his antiracism work for the PC(USA), dies at age 83
August 15, 2024
The Rev. Dr. Otis Turner, a Presbyterian pastor and scholar who was a longtime advocate for racial and social justice, died Aug. 2 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Communication school empowers migrant, host communities in Colombia and Venezuela
A WACC-supported project is training members of migrant and host communities on both sides of the Colombian–Venezuelan border as citizen reporters to provide accurate information, address common issues, and foster social cohesion. The Binational School of Community Communication is an integration initiative based on exercising...
From Beryl to Ernesto, ‘extremely active’ hurricane season continues
August 15, 2024
As then-tropical storm Ernesto neared Puerto Rico earlier this week, the director of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance briefed colleagues on the storm that was to come.
TAKE ACTION: Ask Congress to Protect Children in Government Custody!
In recent years over 250,000 migrant children have fled poverty, violence, persecution and oppression, arriving in the United States without a parent or guardian. After being apprehended at the U.S. border, these children often spend weeks and even months in federal custody while the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) determines a safe home, with family members or sponsors to care ... Read More
사역 장로에 관하여: '신실한 섬김' 월간 시리즈
기쁨으로 주님을 섬깁시다
August 15, 2024
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침례교 신자로 자란 펠리카 에젤-길레스피 사역 장로는 전문 재즈 보컬리스트이자 음악가입니다. 그녀는 재즈 콘서트에서 공연하다가 처음으로 장로교회를 방문하게 되었습니다. 몇 년 후 미주리주 세인트루이스에 있는 제3 장로교회의 한 장례식에서 노래를 부르게 되었고, 그때부터 다시 교회에 오고 싶다는 생각을 하게 되었습니다. 그리고 마침내 교인으로 등록을 하였습니다.
Con respecto a las personas ordenadas como ancianas gobernantes: Una serie mensual para servir fielmente
Servir al Señor con alegría
August 15, 2024
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Criada como baptista, Felica Ezell-Gillespie, vocalista y músico de jazz de formación, visitó por primera vez una iglesia presbiteriana por la música y los conciertos de jazz en los que actuaba ocasionalmente. Varios años después se encontró cantando en un funeral celebrado en la Tercera Iglesia Presbiteriana de Saint Louis, Missouri, y supo entonces que quería volver. Con el tiempo, se convirtió en una persona miembro.
Church World Service Policy Asks for August Recess 2024
Church World Service urges Congress to affirm the dignity of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and all who have been uprooted from their homes. The U.S.’s historic position as a leader providing humanitarian relief to displaced people overseas and welcoming those who arrive to our shores fleeing persecution strengthens our communities, advances U.S. diplomatic and national security interests, and promotes human ... Read More
United Church Funds responds to Congressional inquiry on responsible investing
United Church Funds is one of more than 130 institutional asset owners and managers to receive a June 30 letter from leaders of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that requested information on the organizations’ responsible investing strategies as they…
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September is a new season for small churches
August 15, 2024
September is a month where “we begin new things, restart or reconnect in our small churches,” said Sandy Safford, a Christian educator and commissioned lay pastor who recently served a small church for 10 years.
Regarding Ruling Elders: A Monthly Series for Serving Faithfully
Serve the Lord with Gladness
August 15, 2024
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Raised a Baptist, for ruling elder Felica Ezell-Gillespie, a trained jazz vocalist and musician, it was the music and jazz concerts where she occasionally performed that first brought her to visit a Presbyterian church. Several years later she found herself singing at a funeral held at Third Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, and knew then that she wanted to return. Eventually, she became a member.