Health issues come closer to each of our lives than perhaps any other issue. Almost every Presbyterian has had some direct contact with issues of health, hospitalization, life and death. The 200th General Assembly (1988) has challenged the congregations, governing bodies, and agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) "to become vigorous and conscious promoters of health in all aspects in the life of the church, active advocates and agents of health in social order, and responsible stewards of both health and health resources."
by David Lewis and John Hamil
This book provides a number of suggestions and models for establishing and maintaining an active program for men’s ministry.
This first session of Lifting Up Our Voices is designed to help you create a women’s spiritual formation group on your campus. Before you begin please refer to the introduction to learn more about about the National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW). You will also find links to download other chapters of Lifting Up Our Voices.
Why a Women’s Group? Women in general, and college women in particular, experience life and faith in unique ways. Studies from a variety of disciplines point to females developing, learning and being socialized in ways different from males. Psychologists are coming to understand …
Before you begin please refer to the introduction to learn more about about the National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW). You will also find links to download other chapters of Lifting Up Our Voices.
We enter this topic with the assumption that readers will come from a wide variety of perspectives on issues of faith, feminism, and the intersection of the two. Some readers will claim Christian faith but not feminism. Others may claim feminism but not Christian faith. Others may claim both. Others may claim neither. The information presented on this topic aims to serve as a discussion …
Before you begin please refer to the introduction to learn more about about the National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW). You will also find links to download other chapters of Lifting Up Our Voices.
This will be a brief overview of the stream of Christianity known as the Reformed tradition. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the Christian Reformed Church are among those considered to be churches in the Reformed tradition. Readers who are not Presbyterian may find this topic to be “too Presbyterian.” We encourage …
Before you begin please refer to the introduction to learn more about about the National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW). You will also find links to download other chapters of Lifting Up Our Voices.
This topic focuses on contemporary North American women’s contributions to theological discourse. We confine this section to an introduction to North American Women’s theologies because of the limited space and the numerous categories of women’s theologies worldwide. Throughout Christian history it has been male theologians who have determined the content of theological study and debate and male theologians who have shaped our concept of the …
This set of readings for lighting the Advent candles is based on the Psalm and Canticle readings in the Revised Common Lectionary for Year C.
See related pages: Season of Advent, Presbyterian Worship
This resolution is based on the theology, ethics, and social policy stated in the report, Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice, adopted by the 202nd General Assembly (1990). This resolution is an effort to build on that report to keep the environmental policy of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) current and to address issues that have arisen since the report was adopted.
The theology in the 1990 report is God-centered and speaks of a God who comes to judge the people for tilling without keeping, to deliver the vulnerable earth, and to restore the joy of creation. The theology is …
A Sample Liturgy for a Worship Service with a Focus on Korea Peace
The General Assembly is invited to begin where its advisory committee began, by affirming that the church include children, youth, and adults with disabilities, while acknowledging that not every Christian community recognizes its potential for ministry. Hence, a task force of volunteers was asked to develop policy and recommendations for the church to work for justice with persons who have disabilities, both within the church itself and the wider social order. A consultation with informed Presbyterians drawn from the synods enriched the work. This policy of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) confirms that the church—the Body of Christ—is to be a …