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1. A Pastoral Letter from Presbyterians for Renewal
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... This Assembly faced an overwhelming amount of business.  Like their predecessors throughout our history, commissioners responded faithfully and well in several decisions and faltered in others.  Throughout ...
... with battles over sexual ethics. Commission on Middle Governing Bodies The Assembly approved the formation of a new General Assembly Commission with the authority to act on behalf of the General Assembly ...
... without sharing in his mission from the Father. With Briget of Kildare we are attracted to a faith that expects to find God in the common places amid the ordinary relations and issues of life, and maybe ...
... of the General Assembly to form a “General Assembly Commission on Middle Governing Bodies” was recommended for approval, but only after that proposal was amended to define the commission’s powers more ...
5. The General Assembly Elects Cynthia Bolbach as Moderator
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has elected Cynthia Bolbach, Elder Commissioner from National Capital Presbytery, as its Moderator.  Voting was complicated by significant ...
6. Key Issues Coming to the 219th General Assembly
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... Church (U.S.A.) coming together to celebrate what God is doing in and through this part of the Body of Christ.  How thrilling it should be for mission workers and those who are in ministries of compassion ...
7. Reform from Within
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... I and HPPC, will stay at our post until released by Christ. I don’t consider a para-church called “pcusa” worthy of all the time, energy, and distraction from mission it would take to leave, so HPPC ...
8. A Non-Geographic Solution
(PFR Articles/Denominational Issues)
... while allowing “scruples”, our polity forces compliance with and submission to things that, through my studies, I believe Scripture clearly condemns. Take as an example the ongoing debate over ordination ...
PFR announces the recipients of the 2010 Bell-Mackay Prize recognizing life-long devotion to the mission of Jesus Christ in the world: Lardner and Mollie Moore, PC(USA) Missionaries to Yodogawa Christian ...
... leads to a much better conversation about God and the Church. Q:    How did God call you to become a worship leader? Andy: My first experience with contemporary worship was on a mission trip to the ...
11. Taking the Hill with Grandma
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... I get all inspired by “Henry V”-type speeches about charging “once more into the breach.”  I resonate with the idea of a pastor as a “leader of a mission.”  One of my colleagues is really different than ...
12. Easter Begins at 12:01
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... these, one at a time, in an effort to remember our core mission and realign our corporate and individual priorities accordingly. It is both interesting and important that the second “Great End,” following ...
... that.  We’ve been talking a whole lot in recent years (especially since the influence of Lesslie Newbigin became so prominent) about the “missional” church.  We’ve had conferences and new organizations ...
14. All for the Sake of Jesus
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... for the leader. The group soon gathered weekly.  They became an on-site mission for Calvin and, as people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, they became members of Calvin, still keeping their ...
15. We Give, We Receive, and God Takes Care of the Details
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... a window in the sanctuary.  They stole mission money collected by the Sunday school children, stole and later burned pew Bibles, and left satanic messages on our walls and pulpit Bible.  The caring and ...
... us fall? God’s reality, Christ’s commission, the consequence of the Holy Spirit’s persuasive power; it always comes as a brutal jolt. There are struggles in which to be engaged, opponents to overcome, ...
17. "Job One"
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
... the simple and straightforward mission spelled out in the six “Great Ends of the Church.” The first “Great End” is “the proclamation of the Gospel for the salvation of humankind.”  In an economy of words ...
18. The Six “Great Ends:” Seriously??
(PFR Articles/Missionally Minded)
The Six Great Ends of the Church as a mission statement for 21st century congregations?  Quinn Fox and Jim Singleton must have been kidding when they made that suggestion in last month’s Eighth Day.  Common ...
To download this article as a PDF file, click here. Mission statements; everyone seems to have them. Corporations, small businesses and even individuals are encouraged to reflect upon their core values ...
... booths, handing out resources, explaining their mission and ministry.  The press will be there too, reporting any precedent-breaking votes and trying to get the back story.  Curious local Presbyterians ...
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