Business Briefs – June 10, 2010
Kairos Palestine Document Endorsed for Study and Report Assembly returned to the report of the ecumenical and interfaith relations committee, again asking if a document […]
Kairos Palestine Document Endorsed for Study and Report Assembly returned to the report of the ecumenical and interfaith relations committee, again asking if a document […]
Laity and Communion A discussion about allowing lay people to administer communion continued Wednesday morning, but a decision is yet to be made. An amendment […]
Han-Ca Presbyteries to be Explored The 2002 assembly approved an end to the trial period for the church’s Han-Ca presbyteries, but also called for a […]
The Daily Digest provides an overview of each day’s events. Digests are distributed to commissioners at assembly, but you can read them online: Monday, June […]
As the local church’s national gathering launched at Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S., the local press were waiting in the wings. Here is a […]
An academic has received a grant of $2.5 million to lead a study of religious diversity in Canada. Lori Beaman, professor of religious studies at […]
The Hindu governor of India’s Meghalaya state has at a mass gathering of Presbyterians hailed the role of Christian missionaries in spreading a message of […]
Captain Daniel H. Forget was formally installed as the newest chaplain at CFB Petawawa on March 7 at a chapel on the military base. Padre […]
The Presbyterian Record was named the best denominational magazine on the continent at this year’s Associated Church Press awards banquet, held in Washington, D.C. Denominational […]
“I felt called to mission in my late teens,” said Sheila McKelvie, who trained as a nurse. “Bill spent a couple months as a medical […]
The growing problem of suicide among young people was to be discussed at the Church of Scotland’s general assembly in May. Statistics show Scotland as […]
Canadians gave $220 million for Haiti relief efforts to charities of their choice expecting the government would match donations in the usual fashion, which is […]
The Record‘s website is now fully updated, fully archived, and stories are easier to access going back to January 2005. To find the stories, simply […]
The Presbytery of Winnipeg is hosting a free exposure tour during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s inaugural event, which will take place in Winnipeg, June […]
This morning we were picked up in a small bus hired for the day. Anitha’s organization doesn’t own a vehicle, or any property for that […]
A senior member of the Church of Scotland, backed by a Roman Catholic counterpart, has raised concerns around the practice of “auctioning” and selling human […]
Respect for the practice of sanctuary offered by churches to individuals denied refugee status appears to be on shaky ground. Thanks to a policy added […]
The Record and the church’s communications office will be collaborating this year to bring Presbyterians the best coverage possible of the 136th General Assembly in […]
Presbyterian PoliticiaN and human rights advocate David Kilgour has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his investigations of alleged organ harvesting from Falun […]
The number of non-Christians in Canada could almost double by the year 2031 according to a report released by Statistics Canada in March. Of those […]