The Presbyterian Multicultural Network (PMN) has awarded grants of $5,000 each to two network churches that have translated the PMN’s vision into vibrant multicultural ministry in their communities.
Trying to revitalize traditional churches’ mission and evangelism efforts is like trying to make an elephant dance, a renowned global ecumenical leader told the 15th National Multicultural Churches Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Aug. 2 here.
Christians must understand the biblical story as “the story of immigrants” as they seek to respond faithfully to the immigration issues facing the United States and the world, a noted Latin American theologian told the 15th National Multicultural Church Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) here Aug. 1.
When hundreds of Presbyterians gather in Ft. Worth, Texas, from July 31-Aug. 3 for the National Multicultural Church Conference, they will experience in — and with — each other a foretaste of the Biblical vision of a united community, which welcomes, celebrates and incorporates God’s people of all cultures and languages in one place.
Raafat Girgis wants the Presbyterian world to know that the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), starting this week in Detroit, is not the church’s only show this summer.
This year’s National Multicultural Church Conference’s theme, “Journeying and Awakening into God’s Diverse World,” is a call for the church to be open to change and innovation.
Whether the Presbyterians attending the 2013 Big Tent event realized whether their home congregation is multicultural or not, they are now irrefutably part of a multicultural congregation.
“Send us Lord, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world, tu amor almundo.”
The words, coming midway through the prayer after communion at the National Multicultural Church Conference’s Aug. 3 worship service had just been spoken by the Revs. Laurel Underwood and Nancy Benson-Nicol when the oddest thing happened: the door to the nearby service bay slowly and silently opened without human intervention.
The Rev. Jin S. Kim is not your typical Presbyterian pastor. His congregation is not your typical Presbyterian congregation. And his message is not one you’d hear from the pulpit of that typical Presbyterian congregation from that typical Presbyterian pastor.
Does it matter where you pray, or with whom you pray?
Yes it does, Claudio Carvalhaes, a professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, told participants gathered under the Big Tent for the National Multicultural Conference and the Theology, Worship, and Education Conference here.