Category: Presbyterian Church, USA
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Of the Presbyterian Mission Agency and Dancing Elephants
My Presbyterian friends have been abuzz this past week about a controversy involving staff from the 1001 New Worshiping Communities program under the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. Staff mistakenly attempted to set up a nonprofit organization to help facilitate the startup of new worshiping communities. I’m not going…
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Former GA Moderator Cindy Bolbach dies at age 64
PCUSA: Former GA Moderator Cindy Bolbach dies at age 64 Ruling elder and corporate attorney, noted for her non-anxious presence, intelligence, and humor, succumbs to cancer. Cynthia (Cindy) Bolbach, Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010), died peacefully on December 12, 2012, after fighting a brave, nearly yearlong battle with cancer. She would have turned…
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PCUSAers and Political Ideology
Over at Gray, White, and Black, Jerry Park has posted an interesting piece based on Pew Research called Racial Religious Patterns in Political Ideology – Expanded Version. There are several interesting points in the post. Be sure to read it. But there is one chart I wanted to lift up, and I want your feedback…
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PCUSA 1001 New Worshiping Communities: East End Fellowship
Installment number twelve in my series on 1001 New Worshiping Communities in the PCUSA. This is the last one for now. As others become available, I’ll post them. (Series Index)