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Tag: Presbyterian Global Fellowship

  • PGF event should warn GAC that it has ‘major challenges’

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    The Layman Online: PGF event should warn GAC that it has 'major challenges' The Kronicler makes the news. SNOWBIRD, Utah — General Assembly Council members heard from two people – one fellow member and one staff member – on their experiences at the recent Presbyterian Global Fellowship (PGF) meeting. GAC Vice-chair Michael W. Kruse of…

  • Bumpy Blogging Ahead (I’m at PGF)

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    I am writing this post from a hotel room in Long Beach, CA, attending the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Inside-Out Conference. I return home Saturday evening and head out the door Monday for another Presbyterian meeting in Boston that will last until Wednesday afternoon. So if my behavior seems more odd than usual, you'll know why.…

  • Do You Know The Way FROM San Jose?

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    PGF Outbox: Do You Know The Way FROM San Jose? To most observers, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been a slow motion train wreck for the past thirty years. Year by year, membership dwindles, conflicts mount, finances shrink and trust in the existing leaders and structures dissipates. With the most recent General Assembly in San…

  • Presbyterians eye ways they can save the denomination

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    Houston Chronicle: Presbyterians eye ways they can save the denomination Gathering aims to change what 'mission' means to its members. The Rev. Dave Peterson got tired of watching members of his denomination vanish. In 40 years, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) lost half its membership, dwindling from 4.2 million to 2.1 million. "It's amazing to me…