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St. James Town Coalition Steps Up
Residents in one of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods were offered new hope on Jan. 19 as four churches and three non-profit groups forged a coalition to […]
Residents in one of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods were offered new hope on Jan. 19 as four churches and three non-profit groups forged a coalition to […]
As aid and relief organizations poured into the devastated regions of Haiti, the Caribbean Conference of Churches applauded the “heroic efforts of all concerned,” but […]
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Thousands of bells in churches around the world rang out 350 times on Dec. 13, 2009 to call for action on climate change. December 13 […]
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An American Presbyterian pastor has penned a moving hymn to unite churches in sharing grief and pain with the people of Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the nation’s capital city on Jan. 12.
As traumatized residents wandered through the ruins of Port-au-Prince after an earthquake devastated the region on Jan. 12, support for relief efforts was already pouring into Presbyterian World Service and Development.
A sharper-than-expected decline in Presbyterians Sharing income will result in the loss of up to five positions at the church’s national offices as well as […]
As the Presbyterian Church makes challenging decisions, the main thing we’re asking ourselves is, “What do we believe?” said Rev. Daniel Cho, convener of the […]
In 1996, the father of the National Presbyterian Museum, Rev. Dr. John A. Johnston, laughed at the thought of financial difficulties, recalled Rev. Duncan Jeffrey, […]
Church communities and officials, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have called on the Canadian government to restore funding to a church-supported justice organization after it was […]
Rev. Dr. Paul McLean spends most of his days behind a computer screen, surrounded by piled Bibles, biblical commentaries and translation notes. From his Canadian […]
Faced with the choice of upgrading their 1920s church or starting from scratch with a brand new building, the members of Knox in Waterloo, Ont., […]
A sharper-than-expected decline in Presbyterians Sharing income will result in the loss of up to five positions at the church’s national offices as well as a two-year salary cutback.
The budget called for Presbyterians Sharing to raise about $8.6 million in revenue for 2009, but indications are that only about $8.4 million will come in.
Stephen Roche, the church’s treasurer and chief financial officer, told staff at a meeting called to announce the reductions that there was no way to know if the drop in contributions was a result of the recession or whether contributions would recover.
Since 1999, Presbyterians Sharing revenue has ranged from $8.6 million to a high of $8.76 in 2006, but it has fallen short of budget expectations since 2003. In 2008, the budget shortfall was nearly $400,000.
The payroll cuts will come in the form of a one-week shutdown of the national office building in 2010 and 2011, during which time staff will be forced to take an unpaid leave. In addition, no cost of living allowances will be granted for the next two years.
“As a whole, the church supports camp and says it’s a wonderful thing, and talks about how it played such a big role in the […]