By Andrew Bair Auburn Seminary, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, honored Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards at its annual “Lives of Commitment Benefit Breakfast.” Richards heads the nation’s largest abortion company, responsible for over 300,000 abortions each year, and a key lobbying group against conscience rights for religious employers. The seminary’s website called…
By Lisa Allen It started in Boston. Carly Mott and Alex Meiser, students at Blue Valley High School and Blue Valley Southwest, respectively, came home from a mission trip with the idea for a program in which the homeless would come to church not to pray, necessarily, but to paint. “We watched it happen at…
Presbyterian News Services Recently the national office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was contacted by people who received a mailing with a Canadian postmark and a cover letter which says “Presbyterian Church Grant.” The letter includes the address of the PC(USA) national offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The letter purports to announce that the person has…
To Whom It May Concern: I am a PC(USA) member and ruling elder. Looking at the front page of the PC(USA) website, I noticed the meaningful and beautiful prayers offered in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Thank you for that. I looked to see what prayer was offered by the PC(USA) for the…
By Ann Rodgers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A state appeals court heard a Presbyterian church property dispute from Washington County on Wednesday that could impact other Pennsylvania churches that have split. In 2007, members of the Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church voted 207-26 to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) for the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The congregation…