2017 Archives

Moral and spiritual values in the 2017 Oscar nominated films

Posted March 8th, 2018

Each year when members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announces its candidates for “Best Picture,” it is surprising how many of them deal with issues important to people of faith.

Top 10 films for Visual Parables in 2017

Posted January 30th, 2018

Presbyterian News Service is continuing the tradition begun about 15 years ago in Presbyterians Today of selecting the year’s top 10 films. The list is different from those appearing in secular journals because the primary criteria are spiritual and moral/ethical values, not artistic ones.

PMAB Finance Committee receives 2017 first half report

Posted August 17th, 2017

The Finance and Audit committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board heard reports from financial services and audit team members today that painted a positive picture of the agency’s finances for the first half of 2017.

Big Tent 2017 reflects new approach to big gatherings

Posted May 23rd, 2017

‘How should the church respond when sin disrupts the church’s unity, creates division among the children of God, and constructs unjust systems that steal life from God’s creation?’ This question begins the introduction of the Belhar Confession in the PC(USA)’s Book of Confessions.