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Creating a vital snapshot of Presbyterians

Posted October 26th, 2017

Did you know that Presbyterians are more willing than Americans, in general, to pay higher prices for environmentally friendly products? Or that one-third of Presbyterians belong to a congregation that is trying to become more racially and ethnically diverse?

Presbyterians see more racial discrimination than 4 years ago

Posted September 20th, 2017

The neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have helped renew attention on issues of race and ethnicity. Have Presbyterians’ attitudes and involvement in these issues changed with the times?

Shattering the stained glass ceiling

Posted July 11th, 2017

Participants attending the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2017 Big Tent event “What if the Women Left? Shattering and Reframing the Stained Glass Ceiling” waited expectantly to hear what presenters had to say about gender discrimination within the denomin

New website serves up more user-friendly church statistics

Posted July 7th, 2017

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Research Services office rolled out a new website during the 2017 Big Tent that promises to make access to church statistical information more user-friendly than in the past.

Go Figure: Local churches do mission in partnership

Posted May 20th, 2017

Presbyterians do mission as partnership. They listen to, learn from and support Christians and their ministries around the world.

Go Figure: What Presbyterians agree are the key concepts of faith

Posted April 17th, 2017

Overwhelmingly, Presbyterians who participated in a summer 2016 Presbyterian Panel survey agreed that the concept of God’s grace means that God loves everyone, no matter who they are or what they do. This is an important finding, because even though Presbyterians may disagree on immigration policies or how we engage in social welfare, or even on what constitutes racism or sexism or any other “ism,” we agree on this: God’s love is available to everyone. No matter what.

Go Figure: What Presbyterians agree are the key concepts of faith

Posted March 20th, 2017

Presbyterians overwhelmingly agree that the concept of God’s grace means that God loves everyone, no matter who they are or what they do.

UN Commission on the Status of Women offers solutions to issues affecting Detroit

Posted March 17th, 2017

Troy Byrdsong and Alison Oglesby are two young women with big dreams and big hearts. The freshman and junior attend Wayne State University and are attending the United Nations 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as a part of the 12-person delegation of the Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.

Seminary student Leslie Cox blogs her way to the Commission on the Status of Women

Posted March 15th, 2017

Leslie Cox is a second year seminary student at Columbia Theological Seminary in the Masters of Divinity program. She is focusing her efforts in the area of advocacy and inclusion, and has started the blog loveles.co about “Queer Love Stories.”

Hidden sexism in a progressive denomination

Posted March 14th, 2017

In a room filled with women from around the world, participants attending the opening of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s parallel event at the 61st Commission on the Status of Women waited expectantly to hear what presenters had to say about gender discrimination within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)