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May 22, 2013
Bridgett Green joins PPC editorial team
Pastor will be acquisitions editor for biblical studies
From Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
LOUISVILLE—The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is pleased to announce that the Rev. Bridgett Green will begin work as acquisitions editor for biblical studies on July 1. Green, a doctoral candidate in New Testament at Vanderbilt, will work part-time until she completes her Ph.D., at which point she will become a full-time editor with the Press.
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May 22, 2013
Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances 'un-American'
WASHINGTON—Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited by the IRS.
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May 22, 2013
Adapting theological education in Asia
Group signs covenant to address needs of students, congregations
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—World Mission
LOUISVILLE—Theologians and church leaders from Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and the United States met at Silliman University and Divinity School in Dumaguete City, Philippines, April 26-28, to discuss the changing shape of theological education.
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May 21, 2013
Church leaders call for prayer in the wake of the May 20 tornado in Moore-Oklahoma City
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May 21, 2013
Catholic population surges across the Global South
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May 20, 2013
Two Young Adult Volunteers receive FTE fellowships
Award supports volunteers exploring vocation”
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Enjoying Breast Milk Ice Cream: Questioning your Food Beliefs
Published May 21, 2013
I apologize in advance for ruining your lunch or latte or whatever dairy confection you are enjoying. No, I’m not going to go into gruesome detail PETA style about how your milk is produced, although there may be a few nuggets of information you would prefer not to know. Actually, the purpose of this blog is to encourage you to question your food-related assumptions and beliefs. I mean, it would be great if you eat less conventional dairy (dairy coming from mass-production factories which are not pretty places), or alternatively it would be nice if you at least gave ...
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Hold Sudanese Human Rights Violators Accountable!
Published May 16, 2013
From our colleagues in the Office of Public Witness
Ask the State Department to Deny Entry to Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie
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In 1989, Farouk Mohammed Ibrahim, a former science professor at the University of Khartoum, was arrested for his outspoken criticism of the Sudanese government. For twelve days, he was held in one of Sudan’s notorious “ghost houses,” where he was interrogated and tortured. “I was tortured, beaten and flogged in his presence,” Ibrahim toldLA Times reporter Edmund Sanders in 2008. “He was administering the whole thing. He did it all in such a cool manner, as if ... -
US remarks at high-level talks on trafficking
Published May 16, 2013
Remarks by Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the high-level meeting on the Appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
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Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I’m pleased to join so many partners and stakeholders today to discuss progress and the path forward on our shared commitment to combat modern slavery, what we also call trafficking in persons. We’re here today because modern slavery is a crime that hurts our countries and communities. It rips families apart, undermines the rule of law, creates instability ...
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