Regarding Ruling Elders: A Monthly Series for Serving Faithfully—the full article archives by topic (English-language).
Archivo completo (PDF) para Acerca de los/as ancianos/as gobernantes: Una serie mensual para servir fielmente.
The full article archives by topic (Korean-language).
Opening Doors to Discipleship is a training and learning website for church leaders in the Reformed tradition and this Quicksheet answers basic questions about the site and training modules.
What Next? A creative tool to help ministries and communities of faith re-imagine our programs and life together. This tool will help you identify and discern creative new approaches, new ministries and new ways of being the big C church in a post-pandemic age.
Are you pondering and evaluating how your faith community will move into post-pandemic relationships and programs? This resource provides guided opportunities to brainstorm, reflect, act and pray about how to re-form into your community’s future using a creative format.
Financial Aid for Service celebrates the General Assembly’s Living Missionally initiative by seeking service program partners for a service loan program. Why do we need partners? We don’t want to create service opportunities — we want to support the diverse array of service opportunities that are available through Presbyterian churches, camps and conference centers, and colleges by incentivizing service for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) members. Financial Aid for Service will provide Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) participants with up to $250 a month (not to exceed 12 months) in loan assistance payments, made payable to the participant’s loan servicer, as well as tips …
The Gender and Leadership in the PC(USA) report is part of a larger research project assessing the status of women at all levels of the church and conducted in two main research areas: theological and sociological. This study is the sociological portion of the research, and contains two nearly-identical surveys: one representative sample of Presbyterians (Presbyterian Panel) and one convenience sample of leaders within the denomination. In total, 2,871 Presbyterians were surveyed (345 male members, 823 female members, 741 male teaching elders, and 804 female teaching elders).
This research was conducted in partnership with Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries of …
“Feed my sheep . . . ” Presbyterian Women make it their business to feed and tend Jesus’ sheep. This report highlights some of PW's work in the world (tending Christ’s sheep) during the 2012–2015 triennium. But this report just hints at the abundance PW has shared during those 1,095 days. After you see what PW has accomplished nationally, find a PW group in your congregation, presbytery or synod and add your gifts!
Transformational leaders are men and women of diverse ages, backgrounds and cultures who are witnesses to God’s love, empowered by the Spirit and committed to Jesus Christ. In gratitude, they are, and help others to be, culturally proficient, resilient, trustworthy, innovative, adaptive and theologically grounded in the Reformed tradition.