Becoming a Matthew 25 church helped one congregation hone its mission offerings and its community identity.
Guiding a congregation through a crisis — or even “normal” times — takes a strong leader with courage, vision, flexibility and humility.
Members of the 2020 Vision Team gave mid council leaders an opportunity to share their input on the development of a Guiding Statement this week. Team Co-Moderators Sabrina Slater and Salvador Gavalda were joined by teammates Jerrod Lowry and Debbie Foster during an interactive workshop at the Mid Council Leaders Gathering in Baltimore on Friday afternoon.
Christians often sing “Amazing Grace” without understanding what it is like to actually be blind — either legally blind with diminished vision or completely blind. More importantly, what is it like for those who are blind when they come into a church? How are they treated? How are they incorporated into the worship service?
Heath Rada, Moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is extending his “Call to the Church” to locations around the country. Rada hopes to continue dialog fostered by the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) survey prepared following his October 2015 appeal to the PC(USA) to consider the shape and form of its future ministry. (Spanish and Korean versions included.)