Presbyterian News Service

Infusing capital with Presbyterian values

 If investors demanded it, would companies change their practices to benefit the environment and slow the effects of global warming? The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Faith-Based Investing and Corporate Engagement believes that this strategy can work, and that companies encouraged to do so may improve their practices through dialogue. The Presbyterian Board of Pensions and the Presbyterian Foundation are helping bolster this effort by paying for an additional staff person in this office. The staff person, Katie Carter, started work in 2017.

Concert to aid ‘Wicked’ cast member critically hurt in car crash

The 150-year-old Presbyterian Church at Tenafly is notable for its star power. Many of its members and cantors who lead hymns or participate in services have performed on Broadway, off-Broadway or with the New York City Opera. All of that musical talent will join forces to help Jerad Bortz, a veteran of “Wicked” who was left paralyzed from the chest down when he and his husband, songwriter Steven Skeels, were involved in a car accident on Feb. 4.

Presbyterian University of East Africa may be saved by land sale

The Kenya Mission Network conference meeting here February 8 – 10 touched on a topic that is critical to Kenyans: the potential closure of the Presbyterian University of East Africa as well as two other larger universities with religious roots.

Kenya Mission Network meets in Dallas

Everything from agriculture to microfinance to Kenyan politics to health and medical issues were part of discussions and presentations at the Kenya Mission Network meeting here Feb. 8 – 10.

장로교 옹호 위원회는 Way Forward Commission에게 서신을 보내다

루이빌 –여성 문제를 위한 옹호위원회 (ACWC)와 인종 문제에 대한 옹호위원회 (ACREC)는 오늘 웨이 포워드 전권위원회에 “옹호위원회의 실제적인 목소리와 투표권을 분리시킬 수 있는 제안된 행동에 대한 중대한 우려”를 표명하는 공개 서한을 발표했다.

Influential evangelist Billy Graham dies at age 99

Iconic American evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham, died today at his home in Montreat, North Carolina. Born on his family’s dairy farm near Charlotte on November 7, 1918, he was 99 years old.