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Mainline death or revival?

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By Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism. Princeton Seminary President Craig Barnes, former pastor of evangelical-leaning National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., urges in Christian Century that Mainline Protestants stop obsessing over their decline. Most of the people who used to fill the pews of the mainline congregations long ago decided that the church has little relevancy to…

PCUSA Seminary Presidents issue letter affirming Racial Justice

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Princeton Theological Seminary President Craig Barnes has signed an open letter along with other seminary presidents from the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. to show solidarity with more than 30 African American deans and seminary presidents who have called for action on racial justice issues. On Jan. 15, the African American Presidents and Deans in Theological Education…

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