The 199th General Assembly adopted this document in 1987. It contains helpful perspectives on Islam and Presbyterian-Muslim relations.
A brief overview of actions taken at the 225th General Assembly (2022).
A brief overview of actions taken at the 225th General Assembly (2022).
What is the relationship which God intends between Christians and Jews, between Christianity and Judaism? A theological understanding of this relationship is the subject which this paper addresses.
Christians and Jews live side by side in our pluralistic American society. We engage one another not only in personal and social ways but also at deeper levels where ultimate values are expressed and where a theological understanding of our relationship is required. The confessional documents of the Reformed tradition are largely silent on this matter. Hence this paper has been prepared by the church as a pastoral and teaching document to provide a basis for continuing discussion within the Presbyterian community in the Unted States and to offer guidance for the occasions in which Presbyterians and Jews converse, cooperate, …
by Walter Brueggemann
(Minutes, 195th General Assembly (1983), Part I; pp. 694-703
Resource publication produced by Dr. Jack L. Stotts, former president of Austin Theological Seminary, which shares insights on issues related to call, vocation and preparation for ministry.
By Joseph D. Small, Director, Theology, Worship and Education, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
An essay by Joseph Small about the Presbyterian Church’s formal understanding of ministry and how it provides insight into the presumptive nature of authority in the church, and the authority of the church in the world. This essay originally appeared in Ordination and Authority, Theology and Worship Church Issues Series, No. 8.
A guide for educators, youth leaders, pastors and church leaders to help young people discern a call to ministry.
There are a variety of ways to use this workshop design. One suggestion: when learning with large groups, gather in the large group for singing hymns, prayers, and presentation of material and separate into small groups of 6-8 persons for reading and discussion.
The workshop can be completed in one, 50-60 minute session or in three sessions of 15-20 minutes each. To use the workshop design for the three sessions, the first session ends after the first set of Small Group Questions, Discussion, and Large Group Sharing; the second session ends after the second set of Small Group Questions, Discussion, …