Teaching Elder News Today

With language, gender status and compliance becoming sacrosanct, the American landscape for workplace witness approaches what I experienced when teaching at a university in a Muslim country. Here are some lessons from that experience.

Unlike the Anglicans, whose St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne now features a permanent display celebrating animist belief with an image of the creator spirit Bundjil, the Presbyterians have said enough is enough. As Mark Powell explains, his church regards the fashionable reworking of Christian belief as a direct affront to the Bible's teachings

"The message of Daniel 11:32: Those Who Knew Their God took action."

The Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have appointed seven individuals to serve on a special committee on the PC(USA) and race. The Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace and the Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis announced the appointments today.

The Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have appointed sixteen individuals to serve on a special committee to consider a new confession. The Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis and the Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace announced the appointees today.

The Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have appointed members to the Task Force to Explore the Theology and Practice of Ordination. This work will include looking at commissioned ruling elders, church structure, membership, accountability and chartering. The group will also make recommendations for needed changes to the 226th General Assembly when it meets next year.

Keller was not so much a celebrity preacher as a unique phenomenon of Christian missional accomplishment and Christian apologetics.

Heritage Presbyterian Church of Carol Stream celebrated a Service of Installation welcoming the Rev. Sara K. Snowden as their pastor.