Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

November 20, 2024

Teaching how to budget, save, eliminate debt and start investing should become essential life skills, Katherine Lankford says. Don't wait until you are 30, 40, 50 or 60 years old to learn hard lessons. Instead, look at the experience and the mistakes of others and take charge of your financial habits now.

November 20, 2024

In Unbound’s latest Advent devotional, Palestinian theological educator Dr. Grace Al-Zoughbi Arteen offers her perspective on Jesus as the “Subversive King.”

November 20, 2024

New mid council moderators and vice-moderators were given a 12-item to-do list as part of a workshop during the Moderators’ Conference last week, along with guidance provided by April Davenport, the PC(USA)’s General Counsel.

November 20, 2024

“I think the impact in our presbytery is what I like to call ‘expanding the we.’ Who we are goes beyond the established churches that have been here but expands with different people and new communities, immigrant communities, places all across the Greater Atlanta region,” said the Rev. Aisha Brooks-Johnson, executive presbyter of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, who described how 36 new worshiping communities allow the presbytery to be “diverse, unique, inclusive and creative.”

November 19, 2024

“We collect experiences, and we want to know good news and challenges you are dealing with,” said the Rev. Tony Larson, who along with the Rev. CeCe Armstrong is Co-Moderator of the 226th General Assembly (2024). Larson was speaking to a room full of teaching elders during a Saturday workshop at the Moderators’ Conference, held last week at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended in person and online by about 130 moderators of mid councils in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

November 19, 2024

The ground beneath us is off kilter. This is a scientific fact with spiritual resonances. This planet tilts on its axis. On the Earth, we are never perfectly upright, and so we experience uneven periods of light and darkness. As we approach the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, our days shorten. This is the reality for those Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations in the United States and Puerto Rico during Advent. We are drawn further and longer into darker nights.

November 19, 2024

Two rampaging squirrels break the silence of the thick forest as our group of 30 walk on a road made from tens of thousands of hand-laid bricks recovered from a landfill. Ahead of us, on the crest of the road, stood another group. Under a canopy of long-leaf pines and hardwood trees was an old woman in a wheelchair, a young girl, three adult women, a boy, two young men, and Marcus Briggs-Cloud, who I had only met virtually before. All were wearing clothing incorporating multi-colored Maskoke patterns.   The two young Maskoke men held their two-foot-long wooden stickball sticks in front of our group, gently enforcing an invisible barrier. Across the gap between our groups, Marcus gave a traditional welcome speech in the Maskoke language for 10 minutes. Then we were asked to state the intentions behind our presence on their land.

November 19, 2024

Isabella Pérez Sanchez has always believed in miracles. How could she not?

November 19, 2024

#GivingTuesday, a global day of giving which this year falls on Dec. 3, is not only a day when Presbyterians are invited to be radically generous on behalf of a world in need, but it is also an ideal time for the PC(USA) to step back in time to learn about the past toward securing a more hopeful future.

November 18, 2024

If there’s one thing that convinces the Rev. Jihyun Oh that she ought to say yes to a call, it’s “when a call scares me a little, a call I cannot do without God’s help.”

November 18, 2024

During Trans Awareness Week, ACQ+E, the Advocacy Committee for LGBTQIA+ Equity, an advocacy committee for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), recognizes our trans and gender non-binary parishioners, clergy, educators, chaplains and friends.  We see you and, during these difficult times, we stand with you in accordance with the teachings of our church.

November 18, 2024

Kathy Lueckert, president of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation since 2019, has announced she plans to retire Jan. 31, 2025, and return to the staff of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas.

November 15, 2024

Presbytery and synod moderators and moderators-elect from around the country are at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky and online Friday and Saturday for the annual Moderators’ Conference, which commenced with thoughtful and winsome worship led by the co-moderators of the 226th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Rev. Tony Larson and the Rev. CeCe Armstrong.

November 15, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett shared her thoughts, hopes and dreams for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as her time as president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency comes to a close.

November 15, 2024

Advent is a season of anticipation and preparation. It is a time to reflect on the stories we tell about the arrival of hope and new life. In this time of uncertainty as a denomination and a country, several Presbyterian ministries and partnerships have produced new devotionals for the Advent season to proclaim the constancy of God’s love and presence among us.

Participar en las responsabilidades gubernamentales de la iglesia

November 15, 2024

Marissa Galván-Valle

La Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) es conocida como una iglesia conexional. En la IP (EE. UU.), ser conexional refleja una característica distintiva de nuestro gobierno e identidad eclesial. Este concepto tiene sus raíces en la vida compartida y la responsabilidad mutua entre los diversos concilios de la iglesia: consistorios, presbiterios, sínodos y la Asamblea General. Esto se manifiesta de varias maneras:

November 15, 2024

마리싸 갈반-바예

미국장로교는 연결된 교회로 알려져 있습니다. 미국장로교에서 연결성은 우리의 운영과 교회 정체성의 독특한 특징을 반영합니다. 이 개념은 당회, 노회, 대회, 총회 등 교회의 다양한 공의회 전체에 걸친 공동의 삶과 상호 책임에 뿌리를 두고 있습니다. 이는 여러 가지 방식으로 나타납니다:

Participating in the governing responsibilities of the church

November 15, 2024

Marissa Galván-Valle

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is known as a connectional church. In the PC(USA), being connectional reflects a distinctive feature of our governance and ecclesial identity. This concept is rooted in the shared life and mutual accountability across the various councils of the church — sessions, presbyteries, synods, and the General Assembly. This manifests itself in several ways. 

November 15, 2024

The transition taking place at the White House has prompted an interfaith coalition that includes the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to issue a statement reaffirming its commitment to advocating for immigrants, refugees and other newcomers seeking to make a home in the United States.

November 15, 2024

Columbia Theological Seminary has named Dr. Tammy Lane as Director of Student Financial Services in the Office of Enrollment Management and Vocational Outreach (EMVO).