Blessings can come from unanticipated sources in places we might not expect. For the Rev. Dr. Jill Duffield and her family, the place was outside a Goodwill dressing room, and the sources were two older women unknown to the Duffield family.
Pioneering Presbyterian the Rev. Patricia McClurg, who once shared candy bars with actress Whoopi Goldberg and shared a stage with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Coretta Scott King, died Aug. 25 at age 80. Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 21 at Montreat Presbyterian Church in Montreat, N.C.
The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, due to be held in Cape Town later this month, will be moved to another city, the mayor has said after Desmond Tutu blasted the South African government over the event.
El liderazgo humilde pero poderoso de Mandela inspira la lucha de la Iglesia por la justicia
Por Eva Stimson
Corresponsal, Oficina de la Asamblea General
Varios líderes presbiterianos reflexionaron sobre la vida y el legado de este humilde hombre que se convirtió en la figura destacada en la lucha por la justicia racial ya que dignatarios de todo el mundo se reunieron en Sudáfrica ayer durante un servicio en memoria de Nelson Mandela. Los líderes también se refirieron a la importancia de los esfuerzos de la iglesia presbiteriana para poner fin al apartheid.
Bill Somplatsky-Jarman asociado de la Iglesia Presbiteriana …
겸손하면서도 강력한 만델라의 리더십이 정의를 위한 교회의 분투에 격려가 되다
에바 스팀슨 (Eva Stimson), 장로교 총회 사무국(OGA)
어제 세계 각국의 고관들이 넬슨 만델라의 추모식을 위해 남아프리카에 모여드는 가운데, 몇몇 장로교 리더들은 인종 간의 정의를 실현하는 일에 거목이 된 이 겸손한 사람의 생애와 유산을 묵상해 보았다. 그들은 또한 인종파별을 종식시키기 위한 장로교의 노력이 얼마나 중요한지에 대해 언급하기도 했다.
투자를 통한 선교 책임부서MRTI)의 장로교 책임자인 빌 솜플라스키-자맨(Bill Somplatsky-Jarman)은 이 부서가 만델라와 다른 남 아프리카 사람들의 용기에 얼마나 고무되었는지, 그래서 은행들로 하여금 남 아프리카에 돈을 빌려주는 것을 멈추도록 압박하는 국제 에큐메니칼 노력에 어떻게 협력하게 되었는지를 떠올렸다.
그는 “우리는 유럽과 미국의 교회들과 협력하고 있었으며, …
As dignitaries from around the world gathered in South Africa yesterday for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, several Presbyterian leaders reflected on the life and legacy of this humble man who became a towering figure in the struggle for racial justice. They also commented on the significance of the Presbyterian church’s efforts to end apartheid.
The following piece originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of Presbyterians Today magazine (pcusa.org/today).
For at least 60 years, the light of Nelson Mandela, the man known to his people as Madiba, has shined over the struggle by black South Africans to achieve justice and freedom from the virtual slavery of apartheid.
Born in the Eastern Cape to a devout Methodist mother, Mandela received Christian baptism as a child and was tutored throughout his early life in Methodist schools. As Mandela got older, he increasingly had difficulty reconciling what he had been taught about Jesus as an …
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ― a modern-day Moses who led his people, his nation and the world out of the racist captivity of apartheid in South Africa ― is being remembered by Presbyterians as a charismatic leader who literally gave his life for justice and equality. Mandela died today (Dec. 5) at age 95.