Category: Presbyterian Mission Agency (formerly General Assembly Mission Council)
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PCUSA 1001 New Worshiping Communities: El Buen Pastor
Here is the next installment of the 1001 New Worshiping Communities videos. (Series Index)
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PCUSA 1001 New Worshiping Communities: New Faith
Last month the Presbyterian Church USA embraced a goal of starting 1001 new worshiping communities. For the next few weeks, I will feature some short videos highlighting some examples of these new worshiping communities. You can learn more at the website www.onethousandone.org. The initiative is being run out of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (formerly General…
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Schramm takes on mantle of Presbyterian Mission Agency Board leadership
PCUSA: Schramm takes on mantle of Presbyterian Mission Agency Board leadership The Rev. Matthew Schramm, senior pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Mich., is the new chair of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (formerly General Assembly Mission Council). During a brief ceremony at the conclusion of the final report of the 220th General…
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Discipleship in a Rapidly Changing World: What the Mid-Council Report is Really About #PCUSA
It Takes a Church: Discipleship in a Rapidly Changing World: What the Mid-Council Report is Really About – Tod Bolsinger "How are those governing bodies best organized to be responsive both to the Spirit of Christ and the changing opportunities for discipleship? Are the structures of history the best platforms for carrying our mission into…
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GAMC: World Mission adjusts structure, processes in light of strategic goals
I had hoped to blog last week about the General Assembly Mission Council's 2013-2016 Work Plan and other business coming to General Assembly. I will have to delay that until the end of next week. In the meantime, Presbyterian News Service has posted a piece about changes in the focus of World Mission that are…
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Task Force encourages 20/20 Vision for Special Offerings
Presbyterian Church USA: Task Force encourages 20/20 Vision for Special Offerings One of the challenges for the mission of the Church is discerning what form and content the programmatic work of the Church should have in the coming days. But another critical aspect is discerning how best to raise funds to accomplish mission. Four years…
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Mainline Protestants seek internal reforms, stir anger
RNS: Mainline Protestants seek internal reforms, stir anger (RNS) A list of the Episcopal Church's 75 commissions, committees, agencies and boards spilled over eight PowerPoint slides during a recent presentation by its new chief operating officer, Bishop Stacy Sauls. By his count, there are also nearly 50 departments and offices in the church's New York…
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Thomas W. Gillespie, retired Princeton Seminary president, dies
PCUSA: Thomas W. Gillespie, retired Princeton Seminary president, dies LOUISVILLE The Rev. Thomas W. Gillespie, a pastor, theologian and church leader of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), died Nov. 5 of complications from surgery earlier in the week. He was 83. A native of Los Angeles, Gillespie graduated from Pepperdine University in 1951 and Princeton Theological…
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The Kronicler in Lebanon and Egypt
This post lets you know that blogging will be light this week and next. The Kronicler has left the country. I arrived in Beirut yesterday. I will be in Lebanon until the weekend and in Cairo next week. I’m with Amgad Beblawi from the PCUSA, Office for the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia. Tomorrow…