louisville presbyterian theological seminary Archives

Louisville Presbyterian Furlough Home receives a proper send-off

Posted August 23rd, 2021

For more than a half-century, the Louisville Presbyterian Furlough Home has been a place of respite for more than 350 mission co-workers working overseas in World Mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Whether the country where they walked alongside their partners was undergoing civil strife or they just needed a few weeks to recharge after years of work in the mission field, Furlough Home, on the campus of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, provided them a safe, quiet and welcoming haven.

An inconvenient truth

Posted August 10th, 2021

In episode two of the first official season of Everyday God-talk, host So Jung Kim uses the lens of Reformed theology to face what she calls “an inconvenient truth.”

Everyday God-talk reimagined

Posted July 23rd, 2021

Everyday God-talk returns for its first official season using the lens of Reformed theology to focus on environmental justice and climate crisis.

‘I haven’t seen that many 30-year-old people at the church in more than a decade’

Posted June 23rd, 2021

Having grown up in the projects in the West End of Louisville, Stachelle Bussey, 33, knows about the impact of poverty.

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation names Austin Seminary professor as Vice President of Publishing

Posted June 3rd, 2021

The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) on Thursday announced the Rev. Dr. Bridgett A. Green as the new Vice President of Publishing for PPC and Editorial Director of Westminster John Knox Press.

Sisters leave a legacy of joy for future pastors

Posted April 30th, 2021

The bequests of two sisters recently contributed a total of more than $500,000 to the Theological Schools Endowment Fund. But that’s only part of the story.

‘Oneness signals solidarity, not sameness’

Posted April 20th, 2021

When the Apostle Paul quoted what may well be Christianity’s first creed in his letter to the Galatians, he boldly proclaimed that all baptized believers are God’s children: “For you are all children of God in the Spirit There is no Jew or Greek; There is no slave or free; There is no male or female. For you are all one in the Spirit.”

Leading the PC(USA) from a world away

Posted April 6th, 2021

Just when most young people were beginning to imagine what nontraditional instruction might look like during COVID-19, Sami Han set about picturing an even more nontraditional path. She moved to South Korea with her parents.

Six things to do right now to be a better ally

Posted March 1st, 2021

Dr. Shannon Craigo-Snell literally co-wrote the book on becoming an ally in the struggle for justice. So when she states that’s easier said than done for white people trying to be allies with their siblings of color — as opposed to straight people looking to do something similar for their LGBTQ+ siblings — it’s time to take notice and take action.

John Detterick, who led both the General Assembly Council and the Board of Pensions, dies at age 80

Posted February 21st, 2021

John Detterick, who for eight years led the General Assembly Council (now the Presbyterian Mission Agency) and before that the Board of Pensions for five years, died Tuesday at age 80 at his home in Denver after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving wife and four children.