PCUSA Pensions Board Proceeds Cautiously with Domestic Partner Benefits
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is considering a recommendation to extend spousal and dependent benefits to same-gender domestic partners. The board is hoping to bring proposals next year and begin implementing changes to the denomination’s Benefits Plan in 2012. Thomas C. Paisley, Jr., chair of the Board of Directors of the... Continue Reading
Presbyterian worship: Behold, old things made new
There is a movement afoot in worship, especially in Presbyterian circles but spreading across all denominations. We are witnessing a resurgence of interest in “old things” when it comes to the faith. Some have said that the recent fascination with returning to ancient worship tools and practices is a reaction to the historical rootlessness of... Continue Reading
Lutherans Take Historic Step in Asking for Forgiveness from Mennonites – Assembly Participates in Powerful Service of Repentance
Lutherans repented for violent persecution of Anabaptists and for the ways in which Lutheran reformers supported persecutions with theological arguments In what Bishop Mark S. Hanson, President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), described as possibly “the most significant legacy this Assembly will leave,” the Eleventh Assembly of the LWF today took the historic step... Continue Reading
Reformed Church in America General Secretary Announces Retirement
The General Secretary of the RCA, Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, has served in the office for 16 years. (General Secretary is similar to Stated Clerk in a Presbyterian context.) The following letter was posted on the RCA website on Tuesday: Dear friends, After much discernment and prayer, it has become clear to me that I should conclude... Continue Reading
In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity
The church is marking husband-and-wife day, which is an annual celebration of faith and community. A thousand people each week from dozens of nearby villages pack into this church, situated about 300 miles from Shanghai. Official Chinese surveys now show that nearly one in three Chinese describe themselves as religious, an astonishing figure for an... Continue Reading
St. Simon’s Island, Georgia congregation calls native of Scotland as new pastor
The faithful at Golden Isles Presbyterian Church are giving thanks. Their new pastor, the Rev. Alexander Brown, took the pulpit June 6 and was ordained as a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). A native of Scotland, Brown grew up in the coastal town of Carnoustie. During his undergraduate education at the University... Continue Reading
Raleigh, NC area PCA church plant expands space, ministry
After more than four years of wandering in the Garner wilderness, the flock at Sovereign King Church finally has a place to call home. The small faith community, founded in 2006 by the Rev. Gordon Duncan and his wife, Amy, began meeting last Sunday in renovated space in a shopping center in the Raleigh suburb... Continue Reading
Study: Compensation for Pastors Keeping Pace with Inflation
Compensation for full-time Southern Baptist pastors is rising slightly faster than inflation, but the mounting cost of benefits is forcing churches to provide fewer pastors with medical insurance. These and other findings are part of the SBC Church Compensation Study, a survey of 11,674 staff positions in Southern Baptist churches. LifeWay Research conducted the survey... Continue Reading
Battle over historic Episcopal Church property in Savannah heads for Georgia Supreme Court
“The Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, another old, historic downtown church has most graciously offered their facilities for us,” Robertson says. Members of Georgia’s oldest Episcopal church are making one more appeal in their long-running fight to hang on to a church they believe is theirs. Savannah’s 277 year-old Christ Church broke off from its... Continue Reading
Church Congregations struggle in aging, decaying church buildings
Caring for old church facilities is an increasingly acute problem, particularly for mainline Protestant denominations. About halfway through Sunday service at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, as worshipers passed around the collection plate, a chorus of screams pierced the air. Chunks of the ceiling in the 52-year-old church near Hickory came crashing down on the crowd... Continue Reading
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