Presbyterian Mission Agency Church Transformation Archives

Pay attention. Be Astonished. Tell somebody

Posted March 5th, 2020

The Rev. Mike Mather, who along with his longtime friend De’Amon Harges presented Wednesday during the final day of the NEXT Church national gathering, took a walk in South Africa a few years ago with a South African who related a joke about apartheid he’d heard years before.

Virginia church presents a case study on elder-led congregational change

Posted March 5th, 2020

Three leaders from Falls Church Presbyterian Church in Virginia subtitled the NEXT Church national gathering workshop they offered on Tuesday “Practical Principles for Elder-Led Congregational Change,” and they delivered as advertised.

The hope that hopelessness can bring

Posted March 2nd, 2020

The famous quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. aside, Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre says the arc of the moral universe “couldn’t care less where it bends.”

The NEXT big thing

Posted March 2nd, 2020

The NEXT Church national gathering roared to life Monday with heartfelt hymns of praise and powerful preaching from the organization’s director, the Rev. Jessica Tate.

New Just Worship documentary explores deep connection between justice and worship

Posted February 27th, 2020

Do you love Jesus? Or are you more into the social gospel?

Cue the string section

Posted January 13th, 2020

Glasgow (Kentucky) Presbyterian String Academy was born, the church’s transitional minister, the Rev. Charlie Evans says, because the church paid attention to what God was saying. It’s a good thing Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky was listening as well.

See both sides of the border during the Presbyterian Travel Study Seminar

Posted December 10th, 2019

The Rev. Heidi Worthen Gamble makes a bold promise for the February and March Travel Study Seminar to the U.S. Southern border.

The Christian case against unity

Posted October 8th, 2019

Layton E. Williams knows something about living in the margins.

Pathways to Renewal provides a way churches can expand pastoral staff

Posted October 4th, 2019

“I believe the church extends far beyond the congregation or building,” said the Rev. Mary Sellers Shaw. “I am called to build community both inside and outside the church.”

Don’t just inform . . . Form

Posted September 19th, 2019

“Yes! This is what’s missing in the church. This is what I’ve been seeking.”