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Written by Leslie Scanlon, OUTLOOK national reporter
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:17 |
Presbyterians who are wondering how they can help with earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti are being encouraged to provide funds for seeds – because having more seeds available quickly for the spring planting season could make a big difference in meeting hunger needs in Haiti in the months to come.
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Written by Martha Skelton, OUTLOOK associate editor
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 15:17 |
A new lawsuit was filed yesterday (March 15) in Greenville, S.C., against the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church by two Erskine College trustees and the executive committee of the Erskine Alumni Association.
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Written by Hans Pienaar
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 19:55 |
(ENI) — South African theologian Steve de Gruchy, who died in a river accident near the Drakensberg mountains, has been hailed as a pioneer in church activism, economic and ecological justice.
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, OUTLOOK national reporter
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:04 |
The new director of public witness at the Washington Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be J. Herbert Nelson II, a Presbyterian pastor from Memphis.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Monday, 08 March 2010 23:35 |
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For further reading:
Blankenhorn, David. The Future of Marriage. Encounter Books, 2007. |
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Written by Jerry Van Marter (PNS) & Stephen Brown (ENI)
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:53 |
HARISSA, LEBANON
Delegates to the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) voted unanimously last month to adopt a statement urging member churches to ordain women as pastors. |
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:52 |
WASHINGTON (ENI/RNS) A U.S. immigration judge has granted political asylum to a Christian family from Germany who wants to home-school its children.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:50 |
CAPE TOWN (ENI) Two Christian political parties have urged South African President Jacob Zuma to resign for fathering a child out-of-wedlock, saying he is undermining government efforts to fight HIV and AIDS.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:49 |
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GRAND RAPIDS (RNS) Some surprises started unfolding when a team of Calvin Theological Seminary professors and graduate students recently launched the Post-Reformation Digital Library. |
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:48 |
TORONTO (ENI) Jordan has complained to a United Nations agency after Canada refused to seize the Dead Sea Scrolls, which had been on display in Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:46 |
WICHITA (RNS) The Kansas church where abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot to death reacted to the murderer’s guilty verdict in the killing by praying that houses of worship be places of peace.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:44 |
Singapore (ENI) Churches in Malaysia have been full of worshipers despite attacks against Christian places of worship in recent months in a dispute about the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslim minorities.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:43 |
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican office responsible for health care matters has acknowledged that it stopped work on a long-expected study of condoms and AIDS and that “nothing serious” was done on the project.
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:41 |
LOUISVILLE
The General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage has approved its final report — ending its journey with civility and mutual respect, but also with the clear possibility of a minority report.
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Written by Jack Haberer, Outlook editor
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:35 |
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This crowd needed to hear only one thing to fall in love all over again with singer-songwriter Amy Grant, and it wasn’t a particular song she might sing. |
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter
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Friday, 05 March 2010 20:54 |
A formal challenge has been filed to the decision of John Knox Presbytery to ordain Scott D. Anderson, a gay man who has lived in a committed partnership for close to 20 years.
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter
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Friday, 05 March 2010 19:20 |
Three members of the General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Unions and Christian Marriage have written a minority report making it clear their view that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should not support committed same-gender partnerships.
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Written by Leslie Scanlon
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Friday, 05 March 2010 19:08 |
The General Assembly Middle East study group, whose work already has drawn scrutiny and some controversy, is releasing its final report in three sections, from March 5-10.
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Written by Bethany Furkin, Presbyterian News Service
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Friday, 05 March 2010 18:01 |
LOUISVILLE — Leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have offered a prayerful statement in the wake of the earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27. The statement is also available in Spanish.
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Friday, 05 March 2010 04:00 |
At a specially called meeting March 2-3, the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Church released fourteen members of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College and its related institution, Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, S.C.
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Written by Trevor Grundy
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Monday, 01 March 2010 00:50 |
EDINBURGH (ENI) — The Salvation Army is renowned for helping people, sometimes when they are in desperate need.
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Written by Judith Sudilovsky
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Monday, 01 March 2010 00:46 |
Beit Sahour, West Bank (ENI) Palestinian activists say they will continue protests against an apparent re-occupation of an abandoned Israeli army outpost on the outskirts of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem, despite being repelled by the Israel Defense Forces.
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Written by Leanne Larmondin
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Monday, 01 March 2010 00:43 |
TORONTO (ENI) — Canadian Jewish groups have been among the first to applaud the laying of hate-crime charges against two men accused of using racial epithets, and burning a cross at the home of an interracial couple in the country's Nova Scotia province.
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Written by Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service
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Friday, 26 February 2010 22:49 |
LOUISVILLE — Four years ago, the General Assembly Mission Council had just undergone a major downsizing and budget reduction — 75 layoffs and $9 million worth. The staff structure at the Presbyterian Center had been dismantled and the entire senior GAMC staff saw their positions eliminated.
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, OUTLOOK national reporter
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Friday, 26 February 2010 22:42 |
LOUISVILLE — The General Assembly Mission Council voted 24-9 on Feb. 26 to approve a recommendation that the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denounce Caterpillar Inc. for continuing to profit from “non-peaceful” use of its bulldozers and other equipment in Israel.
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