Critical thinking questions regarding potential candidates for professional ministry.
This directory provides a listing of Hispanic ministers
Iglesias y ministerios presbiterianos hispan0s
Por sínodos y presbiterios
Igniting a Movement with Energy, Intelligence, Imagination and Love helps our colleagues in ministry and friends in Christ define what it means to be a connectional church, a Matthew 25 church, and the Church that our faith demands. It includes insight into the Church’s Special Offerings, Shared Mission Support and Per Capita.
Across the country calls are being made to limit immigration and deport undocumented immigrants based on the erroneous belief that there is a correlation between high levels of immigration and crime. Although, research consistently reveals immigrants are less likely than native-born citizens to commit crimes, the misperception continues. The National Opinion Research Center’s 2000 General Social Survey, asked whether respondents believed "more immigrants cause higher crime rates" and 73% believed that immigration is causally related to more crime.
Some 28,700 immigration detainees are in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) every day.1 These detainees are not held at a central location, rather they are housed in a patchwork of some 353 facilities, including jails and private for-profit prisons.2 There has been a rapid increase in the number of detainees in custody at these various sites, an increase of 61% from January 2006 to December 2007.3 While there are laws that are enforceable regarding the treatment of criminal inmates in jails and prisons, there are no such codified guidelines for immigration detainees.
Churches are using the Giving Catalog in fun, creative ways. They are joining together to amplify their impact through group giving activities. As you brainstorm gift-related activities to unite your congregation and support Presbyterian mission around the world, draw inspiration from this new resource. Your Church Your Mission Impact Guide shares stories of impact, provides ideas for group events and activities, and includes a list of special days to inspire giving in 2018.
Churches are using the Giving Catalog in fun, creative ways. They are joining together to amplify their impact through group giving activities. As you brainstorm gift-related activities to unite your congregation and support Presbyterian mission around the world, draw inspiration from this new resource. Your Church Your Mission Impact Guide shares stories of impact, provides ideas for group events and activities, and includes a list of special days to inspire giving in 2019. Download our order form by clicking here.
As written by the Rev. Joseph Small in the introduction, "The Confession of 1967 notes that God's reconciling work in Jesus Christ and the church's mission of reconciliation are the heart of the gospel in any age, but 'our generation stands in peculiar need of reconciliation in Christ.'"
Theological task force on final report of the Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
Prepared for the Milwaukee Presbytery Committee on Preparation for Ministry
by David Henderson, Ed.D.
Central to the Milwaukee Model is the notion of the faith journey for both the Inquirer/Candidate and CPM members. For the Inquirer/Candidate, the journey begins with a stirring or awakening in the soul of a sense of mission or call. Eventually, that stirring brings the person to the CPM as either an Inquirer or Candidate. The CPM then joins the journey both as gate keeper and spiritual guide, questioning, assessing, supporting and nurturing the person up to ordination. While under care of the CPM, the Inquirer/Candidate …