The visioning and planning process in this booklet is intended to motivate and help church leaders get started in the process of developing a vision and plan for growth of their congregation, provide a few resource papers to increase the effectiveness of ministries in African-American churches/communities and encourage leaders to make a deeper commitment to spiritual growth. This booklet will also help the church to meet the challenge of reaching the unchurched and minister to many different racial and ethnic groups in the new millennium.
Immigration laws and enforcement are under the jurisdiction of federal authorities. Congress has the responsibility to create and enforce laws that pertain to the entry and exit of immigrants as well as define the conditions of their employment and protection from discrimination. However, in the recent past congress has chosen not to act on the issue of immigration.
By Joseph D. Small, Coordinator, Theology, Worship and Education, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
An essay delivered to the National Workshop on Christian Unity on what is the "church." This article originally appeared in Ecumenical Trends, vol. 37, no. 8 – September, 2008.
Los diez mandamientos para prepararse para cambios que puedan venir en las leyes de inmigración de los EUA.
This resource describes how to live faithfully as Christians in a world of many religions.
This was the handout distributed in "Managing Presbytery Stress and Conflict," lead by Rev. Jill Hudson, Coordinator of Mid Council Relations.
Baptism is rich with multiple meanings which overlap like beautiful water lilies on a pond. Learn more about the meanings of baptism.
The Rev. J. P. Kang In July 1985, I flew from Tokyo to Pyongyang via Beijing and Shanghai as part of a delegation of half a dozen expatriate Koreans visiting family. I was thirteen and had never known deprivation; everyone else was over fifty and returning to a place that held vivid memories of violence and suffering. My father, who was born in Pyongyang in 1934, sent me with a 35 mm film camera to record memories.
A collection of materials to help men address and stop domestic violence.
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