The Comparative Statistics report is published annually and summarizes data on membership, finances and ministers provided by each congregation to the Office of the General Assembly via the Session Annual Statistical Report. The report compares annual statistics to show trends in areas such as membership gains and losses, receipts and expenditures, and number of ministers. Table of Contents: 1. PC(USA) Congregations and Membership, 2003 to 2014 2. Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Membership Size and Synod, 2014 3. PC(USA) Membership by Region and State/Territory, 2014 4. Membership Gains and Losses of PC(USA) Synods and Presbyteries, 2014 5. Distribution of PC(USA) …
Current US immigration policy is complicated and governmental departments face a backlog of applications upwards of 5 to 7 years. If a foreign born person wishes to come to the US to work and live there are only a few ways he/she can obtain the necessary visa: obtain refugee/asylum status; win one of only 50,000 visas available each year in the US sponsored "lottery" (in 2009 9.1 million qualified applications were received for the lottery); or have a sponsor that is either employment or family based. While this sounds reasonable the parameters around these options are quite restricted. Since the …
The resolution reaffirms the General Assembly policy on “Transformation of Churches and Society Through Encounter with New Neighbors.” It also reminds the church that “a Christian perspective on immigration challenges us above all to love immigrants, to establish justice for them, and to seek to be reconciled with them in a new and transformed community.” Furthermore, the resolution states “the diversities which immigrants bring contribute to the dynamically evolving multicultural fabric of this society.”
Congregational-based community organizing (CBCO) is a means for congregations to engage their members to connect with their neighbors and communities, and to address social inequalities while simultaneously transforming communities and congregational life. Through this model, congregational members share their stories, deepen relationships with one another, discover issues of common concerns, develop leaders and act to improve the lives of members of their communities.
This booklet provides Biblical, theological and historical background as well as current application ideas for each of the Social Creed affirmations. It also has questions for discussion and links to the Hudson River Presbytery's posters and other resources.
Este folleto contiene información sobre sus derechos durante un encuentro con cualquier agencia de servicios de inmigración del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.
In general terms, conscientious objection is a sincere conviction, motivated by conscience, that forbids someone from taking part in organized killing. This objection may apply to all forms or to particular aspects of war. Under U.S. law, this conviction must be based on religious traning and belief, which the Supreme Court has ruled includes sincerely held moral and ethical beliefs as well.
Explores the definitions of Christian vocation and calling and shares with the reader one’s own sense of call along with the similarities and differences in other calls to gain a better understanding of church vocation.
Discusses the reality of confirming a call in the ministry: a check list of spritiual, process and church realities.
A reality checklist for the members of the Committee on Preparation for Ministry to help guide the pastoral leaders of the next generation.