Notwithstanding a few exceptions, Presbyterian News Service will be on hiatus beginning Monday, Dec. 18. We will resume publication on pcusa.org and presbyterianmission.org on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.
Because Presbyterian Mission Agency staff will participate in an all-staff Vision Convocation during the week of March 20-24 at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, Presbyterian News Service will, for the most part, refrain from publishing reports of news and events occurring during that week.
Friday, Dec. 16 marks the Presbyterian News Service’s final day of scheduled publication for 2022. To date it’s been our pleasure and great privilege to help bring readers 1,277 stories of interest to members and friends of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and beyond.
When the Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo was elected to be the 11th president of Columbia Theological Seminary, history was made. Aloyo, who has been at the helm for nearly three months now, is the first person of color to lead the seminary.
Communicators with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) used written, visual and aural tools of their trade to garner 10 awards Thursday during the Best of the Church Press ceremony held online.
An article published last month by Vox entitled “Everyone wants forgiveness, but no one is being forgiven” captured our attention. “Modern outrage is a cycle,” the subhead reads. “Could a culture of public forgiveness ever break it?”
The Daily News Briefing from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a list of stories published Monday through Friday by the Presbyterian News Service, the Office of the General Assembly and other news sources, will undergo a change beginning Tuesday.
Thanks to Sabbath and Sabbatical Grants from 1001 New Worshiping Communities, 35 leaders in the new church movement began taking sabbaticals earlier this summer. The response for these grants — all available grants were awarded — was tremendous. Now, some of the leaders are returning from their week- or month-long break to their pastoral work.
