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2006 News Archive |
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February 2006 |
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Feb. 1 |
Seminary news |
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PPC puts religious lessons online
'Next-generation' adult-study resources
are digital, downloadable |
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Clerk mourns Coretta Scott King
Kirkpatrick says civil-rights leader's widow
was a 'formidable figure' in her own right |
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Feb. 2 |
Educators wrned against clinging
to one favored image of the divine
APCE speaker commends diversity
in thinking about God |
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Plan would unite 80 million Protestants
in a new World Reformed Communion |
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Coretta Scott King remembered
as a woman of faith and devotion |
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Holy Land Christians urge Hamas
to keep teachings of Jesus in mind |
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College news |
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Educator says good communication
is mostly a matter of R-E-S-P-E-C-T
APCE conference participants
told to mind their own 'icebergs' |
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Feb. 3 |
African church leaders call
Darfur violence 'inexcusable' |
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U.S. Orthodox church admits 'errors,'
pledges to tighten financial controls |
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Old tricks don't impress
young dogs, speaker advises
Nishioka says change is key to attracting
'least church-going generation in history' |
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In Liberia, job skills are survival skills
Vocational training offers hope to people
handicapped by 14 years of civil war |
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Presbyterian, Lutheran publishers
plan new faith-formation program
Akaloo intended to 'support
faith joureys of members of all ages' |
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A New Jersey resurrection
Burned-down church will rise
from the ashes on Easter Sunday |
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The power of the cross,
the power of the empty tomb
Gospel has messages for the powerful
and the powerless, Law tells educators |
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Feb. 6 |
MRTI won't have any recommendations
for GA on Israel/Palestine divestment issue
Several presbyteries expected to submit
overtures urging reversal of '04 decision |
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Presbyterian teachers honored
Elaine Barnett is APCE's 'Educator of the Year' |
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Lesbian activist to be tried
for conducting same-sex weddings
If convicted by PCJ, Jane Spahr
could be removed from ministry |
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Feb. 7 |
Resolution urges PC(USA) to invest
in economic development in Palestine
Measure has been little-noticed
amid firestorm over divestment action |
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Pittsburgh chosen as site of 2012 Assembly
Steel City will be GA host for first time since 1958 |
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Palestinian Christians, moderate Muslims
fear Hamas may limit religious freedom
Worry about international backlash
forestalls imposition of Shariah law |
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Transforming the world — together
A prayer that WCC Assembly will start
'a new phase in the search for Christian unity' |
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GA to be asked to raise per-capita by 15 cents
98 percent of Presbyterians are
paying full assessments, clerk says |
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GAC plans extra meeting to elect new director
Only item on agenda would be
choice of Detterick's successor |
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Feb. 8 |
Missouri pastor elected as chair of GAC
Allison Seed: 'unapologetically Presbyterian' |
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Feb. 9 |
WMD panel mulls over proposal
to create new relief-and-development agency
Plan has widespread support,
but some worry about moving too quickly |
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Notes about people |
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Committee backs continued support
for beleaguered Barber-Scotia College
Urges that school receive '06 allotment
from Christmas Joy Offering funds |
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GAC will be asked to create
new relief/development agency
Corporation would manage PC(USA)
charity, disaster-assistance programs |
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Feb. 10 |
Amazing work around the world
Moderator reflects on faith-affirming
tour of Asia and the Middle East |
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Lutheran bishop of Holy Land
urges Christians, Muslims to be sensitive
Proposes Jerusalem summit
to draw up inter-religious code of ethics |
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Council streamlines itself
GAC approves plan that will reduce
its membership from 84 to 48 |
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GAC approves 2007-'08 Mission Work Plan
Team leader says programmatic blueprint
is 'a first step' toward 'A New Thing' |
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'God will take the risk with us'
Taiwanese Presbyterians take a chance
by advocating independence from China |
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Moderator asks for council's help
in dealing with stock-divestment issue
Urges thoughtful preparation
in advance of upcoming Assembly |
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Feb. 11 |
Council approves report on the Trinity
Document affirms triune nature of God
as source of 'love overflowing' |
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Hesitant council votes down
plan for new PC(USA) relief agency
Proposal unlikely to make deadline
for vote in this year's General Assembly |
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GAC calls special meeting
Council members will gather on May 23
to choose a new executive director |
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Feb. 13 |
Group making Olympian effort
to share the gospel at Games |
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Quaker organization nominates
Israeli, Palestinian for Peace Prize |
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Rev. Richard Ferguson dies at age 74
Longtime Pennsylvania pastor served PC(USA)
in many capacities, led Bicentennial Fund drive |
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Feb. 14 |
WCC Assembly opens in Brazil
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Church leaders denounce rude cartoons
but condemn
Muslims' violent reaction |
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Pope pledges to work with WCC
to promote global Christian unity
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PC(USA) leaders urge Palestinians
to work for peace in the Middle East
Letters challenge Hamas, others to end
'the current stalemate of hatred and violence' |
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Feb. 15 |
4,000 attend opening worship
at WCC Assembly in Brazil
Albanian archbishop says transforming world
is both privilege and obligation for Christians
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Women well-represented at WCC Assembly
Kobia calls for transformation
of males’ roles in world society |
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Hamas win makes Christian engagement
even more crucial, Palestinian leader says
Director of Bethlehem institute
advocates divestment strategy |
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WMD studying feasibility of investing
in Palestinian economic development
3 work groups focus on tourism,
housing, international marketing |
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Christians, Muslims must together
douse cartoon 'fire,' says WCC chief
Kobia says crisis is opportunity
for religions to show mutual respect |
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Churches urged to demand
action on global climate change
Continued neglect could endanger
'life as we know it,' Kobia warns |
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Feb. 16 |
God, not globalization, is best hope
for world transformation, WCC leader says |
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God can do, pastor says:
Ours is not to wonder 'Y'
Indiana church moves into fitness facility,
gives members a spiritual workout |
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Leaders of 3 Christian groups
hail plan for joint global assembly
WCC, WARC, LWF agreement
called
'important step forward' for ecumenism |
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Holy Land Christians seek Vatican aid
Group claims dwindling minority
will soon be all but 'extinct' |
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Spanish-language Web site up and running
Presbyterian resources en Espanol
are now just a mouse-click away |
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Feb. 17 |
Colombian church leaders
face renewed death threats
Ufford-Chase says PC(USA) is
'watching this situation with grace concern' |
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Activists promote letter-writing campaign
to help protect Colombian church leaders
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Christian economists say poverty
'is the fruit of deliberate policy' |
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3 dispatched to mission posts |
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Bethlehem's Christian minority
concerned about Hamas' rule |
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WCC chief says South Africa
can best serve as nuclear watchdog
Regime is 'credible' because it has technology
but has renounced atomic weapons, Kobia says |
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Brazilian president urges churches
to help build 'just and equitable society' |
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Feb. 18 |
Anglican leader warns against
military intervention in Iran
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Church of England divestment vote
criticized by British Jewish leader |
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Feb. 19 |
U.S. church group denounces Iraq war |
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Feb. 20 |
WCC speakers say U.S. culture
has poor effect on Latin America
Military, economic, movie 'empire'
called warlike, abusive |
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A letter from the U.S. Conference
for the World Council of Churches
to the 9th Assembly
of the World Council of Churches |
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Feb. 21 |
Zambian bishop backs condom use
as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS |
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African Pentecostal leader proposes
'strategic-level' talks with WCC |
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Ex-UN official says Uganda is
'worst place in world to be a child'
Church has failed in its 'prophetic role,'
WCC speaker charges |
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Africa must take responsibility
for corruption, rights abuses, Tutu says
Anglican archbishop adds in WCC address
that corruption 'has been encouraged by the West' |
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WCC urges North Korea, Iran
to abide by non-proliferation pact |
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Rabbis for Human Rights
to receive '05 Niwano Peace Prize |
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WCC money woes detailed |
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Feb. 22 |
Israeli paper raps Dalai Lama
for too-nice treatment of Hamas |
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Pope says violence over cartoons unjustified |
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Pakistan Christians lament church attacks |
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Church leaders urge Philippines
to revoke logging, mining permits
WCC delegates pause to pray
for victims of Leyte landslide |
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Activists say WCC must lead
global campaign against HIV/AIDS |
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Nobel Peace Prize winners
lead peace march in Porto Alegre |
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Penny wise and pound foolish?
Balky McDonald's is target of Presbyterians'
letter-writing campaign for tomato pickers |
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Liberian Presbyterians see hope
in renewed partnership with PC(USA)
Leaders say 'stagnant' church may declare itself
independent from Cumberland Presbyterians |
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Seminary news |
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Feb. 23 |
Abortion foes hope case
will reflect Supreme Court shift
Justices to reconsider constitutionality
of so-called 'partial-birth' procedure |
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Young Presbyterian at WCC Assembly
sees no conflict between faith, social action
Emily Welty describes council experience as
'geography embedded in faces and stories' |
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Delegates elect WCC governing body
Contentiousness trumps consensus
as youth complain of poor representation |
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Conservative Christian group
rejects censure of Washington
Letter apologizing for U.S. 'terror' called
'abuse of the sacred Christian rite of confession' |
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Feb. 27 |
U.S. group says religious minorities
face heightened discrimination in Iran
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Palestinians bow to Chinese pressure,
won't let Dalai Lama visit Bethlehem |
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Iraqi insurgents making targets
of mosques, minarets, muezzin
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