Facing danger daily, relief agencies seek to help rebuild Iraq
Medical crisis looms, aid workers warn

Opdyke hired to manage funds campaign
Californian was ‘acting’ director of $40 million mission drive

Presence of God is APCE theme
Conference helps educators stay up to date, re-charge batteries

Retired minister going to prison
Tennessean trespassed on Army base during November protest

No meeting of minds
Presbytery decision for and against Williamson pleases nobody

Souper Bowl results are super
Presbyterians collected $500,000 of $2.9 million reported so far

Kiskiminetas executive recovering from heart attack
Wayne Yost stricken while shoveling snow

H&H campaign gets $300,000 boost
Korean Council’s gift meant to help PC(USA) be ‘a missional church’

Task force nomination deadline is extended
ACSWP group will study issues related to ‘Serious Mental Illness’

Not taking the fifth
GAC panel rejects additional churchwide special offering

Call to confession
Kuykendall celebrates ‘revival’ in expressions of Christian belief

Vacation Bible School curriculum is a hit
Educators appreciate Presbyterian flavor, focus on world mission

Van Kuiken’s ordination restored
Synod PJC overturns presbytery decision on technical grounds

Presbyterians forming Colombia network
Group will meet before ecumenical conference in Washington

Meeting expenses
Up-and-down per-capita will be subject of up-or-down vote at GA

Advocate for migrants to run for moderator
Rick Ufford-Chase rejects ‘me-first’ ethic of global economy

Vice moderator may play larger role
Proposals aim to lighten the load of 2-year moderator

Mission is the glue, moderator says
Andrews says Presbyterians worldwide are doing God's work

MRTI, Cinergy become partners
Group will examine energy giant's effect on environment

Colombian pastor under fire
Church World Service campaigning for Mennonite peacemaker

Nancy Kahaian elected GAC chair
California executive Paul Masquelier to be vice chair

Plan to recoup restricted funds costs approved
Administrative expenses to be known as ‘contribution to shared mission costs’

GAC adopts Mission Work Plan
Detterick calls two-year priority, goal, and objective-setting
“a new day”

Families paper still not finished
Going is ‘excruciatingly difficult’ for collaborating groups

Worldview changes for WCC intern
Ecumenical work brings new regard for Presbyterianism

Baptist leaders, criticizing theology, vote to leave world alliance
99-year relationship coming to an end

Stated Clerk’s ‘Top Ten’ Assembly issues
Mission plan, family paper, sexuality overtures top agenda

34 new missionaries appointed
PC(USA) employees, volunteers scatter to posts around the globe

Task force asked to develop model of dialogue
Moderator sees need for ‘simple process’ large and small groups can use

Family paper inches toward completion
Writing group has some last-minute theological fine-tuning to do

Dance lessons
Multicultural conference will give folks a chance to shake a leg

Task force acknowledges dependence on Christ
Report says church cannot bring peace, unity, purity on its own

Task force takes up ordination standards
Scriptural guidance is scant, theology ‘confusing,’ group finds

Leaders will face budget cuts head-on
$3.1 million in trims for 2005-2006 will be made this spring

Sales brisk for 2nd Mission Yearbook for kids
More than 18,000 copies have been sold since November release

Cultivating a future for Colombian villagers
Tiny ‘farm’ may be the beginning of the end of the lean year

Bush says he supports constitutional gay marriage ban
As expected, proposal elicits contrary reactions from religious leaders

Families paper makes GA deadline
ACSWP approves new theological section and recommendations

Missionaries leave Haiti
PC(USA) officials advise mission groups to postpone visits

Dottie Barnard, ex-moderator, dies at 78
Mission advocate, ecumenist succumbs to pancreatic cancer

New site to focus on what works
Target audience of Web resource is middle governing bodies

Middle East missionary dies
Paul Seto, a pioneer in Muslim-Christian dialogue, was 85