|
|
|
Use the search box below to enter keywords that you would like to find in our Outlook Archive. We are currently converting our article content to this new format, so if you do not find the article you want, it is possible that it has not been converted. Click here to open a window to the old Outlook news archive, which will be retained until our conversion is complete. No further updates were made to this older archive after 9/5/05, however, so if you are looking for a more recent article, please feel free to Contact Us.
|
|
|
|
|
Kairos moment: Historic inauguration held during conference on African-American leaders
by Toya Richards Hill Presbyterian News Service
May 09, 2008
RICHMOND, VA – A new “order of the day” was marked and celebrated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) this week as Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education installed the Rev. Brian K. Blount as its president.
Read More ...
|
Evangelicals lament a politicized faith; John Huffman: “Our umbrella is large”
by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
May 09, 2008
WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christians should be defined by their theology — and not their politics — to avoid becoming “useful idiots” of a political party, a group of leaders said May 7 in a new statement.
Read More ...
|
NEW: New Union-PSCE president urges seminary community to shake off vestiges of past, move into future
by Toya Richards Hill Presbyterian News Service
May 09, 2008
RICHMOND, VA. – Just like Jesus told Lazarus to rise from the dead and come out from the tomb, and just as he commanded the onlookers to tear away the cloths that marked Lazarus as dead, so too did the Rev. Brian K. Blount...
Read More ...
|
PDA earmarks $100,000 to aid Myanmar relief
by Evan Silverstein and Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service
May 08, 2008
LOUISVILLE — Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has committed $100,000 in emergency assistance to aid survivors of last week’s devastating cyclone in Myanmar, the worst disaster the country has suffered in years.
Read More ...
|
GA committee leadership announced; 68 leaders come from 56 presbyteries
by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service
May 07, 2008
LOUISVILLE — The Office of the General Assembly (OGA) has announced the committee leadership for the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in San Jose,CA, June 21-28.
Read More ...
|
Mississippi Presbytery and partners dedicate 22 new houses along storm-tossed Gulf Coast
by Evan Silverstein
May 06, 2008
LOUISVILLE — As rebuilding along the Mississippi Gulf Coast continues nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Presbytery of Mississippi on May 2 dedicated 22 new houses it built with help from a cadre of partners.
Read More ...
|
York stepping down as initiative director
May 06, 2008
(PNS) After four years of service with the Mission Initiative: Joining Hearts & Hands (MIJHH), David York has stepped down as director effective April 18 as the campaign comes to a close.
Read More ...
|
Aubrey Brown centennial
Jack Haberer Outlook editor
May 05, 2008
He didn’t include you or me in his will, but his legacy has made us rich, and his vision continues to illumine our eyes ten years after his death — August 6, 1998 and one hundred years after his birth — May 6, 1908.
Read More ...
|
Form of Government Report choices face General Assembly
by Leslie Scanlon Outlook national reporter
May 05, 2008
The 2008 General Assembly in June definitely will be asked to make a choice: take on the report of the Form of Government Task Force now, or put it off for two years, to give the church more time to sift through what the task force is recommending.
Read More ...
|
Facing off on FOG: Bolbach and Berkley debate the proposed Form of Government
May 05, 2008
Fittingly, a debate on a proposal to change the denomination’s constitution was held in the nation’s capital on April 6 when National Church hosted a debate on the subject of the recommendations of the New Form of Government Task Force.
Read More ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|