Faith Leaders Tackle Stigma Associated with HIV
“Faith leaders gathered at the Presbyterian Church’s national offices to renew their commitments to address HIV/AIDS.” Faith leaders from across the globe gathered at the […]
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Behind the Wall – SPECIAL: Moderator’s Trip to Israel-Palestine
“Rick Horst emerges from a shepherd’s cave in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem.” General Assembly doesn’t usually choose the destination for its Moderator’s international visit. But […]
Presbyterian Church Goes Up in Flames
On the fourth Sunday in Advent, members of the congregation of East Lake Ainslie Presbyterian watched their church burn to the ground. Firefighters were called […]
Timber!
Up the stairs I lug the fair sized box. It contains my Christmas tree. This year I feel a little more enthusiastic about putting it up. (I know widows that refuse to continue putting up trees, but I’m a traditionalist.)
Famine in Ethiopia – Then and Now
From 1984—the year of the last great famine in Ethiopia—until 1988, Stuart Clark was the Mennonite Central Committee’s area secretary for North Eastern Africa. Today, […]
Presbyterians Rally for East Africa
Through partner organizations on the ground, the church’s aid department has been helping to provide food, shelter and other necessities to communities crippled by famine […]
Top National and Global Evangelicals Urge Unity, Not Division, on 9/11
Senior representatives of the global and United States evangelical community are urging people of all faiths to work together to bring peace and build up their communities on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States 10 years ago. Last year, protests by extremists marred the commemoration of attacks and ignited international violence. This year, the controversy surrounds the inclusion of U.S. religious leaders in the 10th anniversary ceremonies.
Church Groups Provide Famine Relief in Eastern Africa
The scene at the world’s largest refugee camp is “grim” but “not a place of despair” according to Presbyterian World Service and Development’s communications coordinator, […]
Toronto Church Shares $200,000 with Missions
St. Andrew’s, Toronto, decided to share $200,000 this summer when a large bequest to the church came in the midst of a lean season among […]
U.S. Presbyterians to Allow Ordination of Homosexuals
Tricia Dykers Koening and Michelle Ready, observers at the PC(USA)’s 2010 General Assembly, smile as the church votes to relax a ban on the ordination […]
Horst Sole Candidate
Presbytery votes have been tallied and Rev. Dr. Rick Horst will be presented as sole moderator nominee at this year’s General Assembly. The moderator will […]
PWS&D Works to Extend Government Funding
As a five-year agreement between Presbyterian World Service and Development and the Canadian International Development Agency drew toward its close, staff at both agencies were […]
PCC Rallies for Japan
Presbyterian World Service and Development began accepting donations for relief work in Japan days after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island’s coast. As the […]
Lost No More
Leuth was born to a large family in the upper Nile region of southern Sudan. His father was a businessman, a cattle owner and the […]
Hope for the Church
Four ministers have been nominated for moderator of the church’s 137th General Assembly. Ballots were sent to presbyteries in December, and the votes will be […]
Evangel Hall a “Top Pick”
For the third year in a row, Evangel Hall Mission was recommended by Charity Intelligence Canada as one of its “top picks.” Executive director Joseph […]
Planting Seeds in Prison
Hearts can be changed, even in the confines of a prison cell. It was a story Rev. Brad Shoemaker shared with staff at the church’s […]
One Church, Four Ministers
On Dec. 5, 2010, Briarwood, Beaconsfield, Que., formally installed three ministers: Revs. Harry Kuntz, John Vissers and Joseph McLelland, who joined the congregation as “ministers […]
Dreaming of Peace
“Our poets write about peace and security,” said Nejabat Kahn Safi. More than two decades ago, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, “people urged people […]
Drumming for Indigenous Justice
On Dec. 5, drums echoed in the hall of St. Andrew’s, Lethbridge, Alta., in celebration of the government’s endorsement of a UN Declaration on the […]