“Allah bless us and bless our families and bless our Lord. Lead us on the straight path – the path of all the prophets: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad,” and so went the prayer offered up by Wajidi Said, from the Portland Muslim Community, as part of the “first order of business” during…
Presbyterian Church USA leader to visit Trinity Heath Rada to speak at Trinity Presbyterian on Feb. 14 Presbytery of Charlotte includes 106 churches BY MARTH MINCHIN Correspondent Heath Rada, moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination, has spent much of his two-year tenure visiting Presbyterian churches across the country – communicating with the members….
By Dale Neal, Asheville Citizen-Times (N.C.). Two local congregations hope to start bridging the gaps of misunderstanding between Christian and Muslim believers. Heath Rada, moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and Imam Mohamed Taha of the Asheville Islamic Center will host a public interfaith forum at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. The forum is…
By Gregg Brekke, Presbyterian News Service. The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board of the Presbyterian Church (USA) met via conference call last evening to receive a first-month report from interim executive director Tony De La Rosa and to hear an update on the churchwide survey from moderator Heath Rada. De La Rosa began his remarks noting…
By Michael Braun, News-Press.com (Fla.). Terrorism here and abroad and all the fallout from those acts can’t be allowed to hardened hearts and overrule the teachings of God that promote peace, justice and love. That was the message provided to the members of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers on Sunday by the highest official…
By Steve Salyards, The GA Junkie. About a month ago the Moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Heath Rada, issued a “Call to the Church” to rethink what the PCUSA should look like and in doing so build trust within the church. This started the wheels in motion for a…
The online conversation on the identity and the purpose of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has officially started. Sponsored by the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA), the objective of the survey “is to engage the whole church in conversation, and to provide a summary of this conversation to commissioners at the 222nd…
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) has invited members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) into a church-wide conversation on the identity and purpose of the denomination, and plans to share that information with the 222 General Assembly (2016) in June so it can “collectively discern God’s call for the church.” In…
By Dexter Van Zile, Breaking Israel News. Last year, Heath Rada, moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), a liberal Protestant church in the United States, did the right thing and prevailed upon the denomination’s staffers in Louisville, Kentucky to stop selling a hateful and dishonest booklet called “Zionism Unsettled.” The booklet was produced by the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – One of the workshops offered at the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s national meeting called Big Tent held July 39-Aug. 1 on the campus of the University of Tennessee was “A Conversation with the moderator of the 221st General Assembly.” Since the workshop was called a “conversation” Moderator Heath Rada let the participants choose…