Advisory Opinion #10 (updated 03/08) - Clergy Compensation
Advisory Opinion #7 (updated 04/08) - Ceremonies Blessing Same-Sex Relationships
Advisory Opinion #5 (updated 03/08) - Chaplains Recalled to Active Duty
Advisory Opinion #3 (updated 03/08) - Administrative Commission
Advisory Opinion #2 (updated 03/08) - Dissent and Defiance
Advisory Opinion #1 (updated 03/08) - Special Administrative Review
In addition to being one of the world's leading interpreters of the Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann is a skilled and beloved preacher. The Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann demonstrates Brueggemann's fidelity to biblical texts, which come alive with meaning in our contemporary world. Throughout, Brueggemann also reflects on his preaching. We hope you enjoy this sample sermon from the book.
Hymns, litanies, prayers and blessing for use in mission events.
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-worker The Rev. Esther Wakeman. The card includes a photo of her and an overview of her work. Esther is vice-president for spiritual and community life at Payap University in Chiang Mai, the first Christian university in Thailand. “This is a time of great social stress and change, and the privilege of helping prepare young leaders for the country is a great responsibility and honor,” she says. “Most of our staff and students are not Christian, but we live and work together in an educational institution established in the name …
Approved by MRTI, September 9, 2011; pending approval by GAMC
The 2004 General Assembly instructed the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) to begin a process of “phased, selective divestment” related to corporations doing business in Israel. Following the assembly, MRTI initiated a process consistent with General Assembly (GA) policy. First, MRTI reviewed the 1984 GA policy on the use of divestment as a strategy for socially responsible investing, and the criteria for consideration of any recommendation for divestment. Also reviewed was the 1985 GA policy describing the process of phased, selective divestment.