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The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr., president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary, dies at 93

Posted August 7th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr., acclaimed ethicist and president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, died July 28 at 93.

‘My father, my hero’

Posted June 8th, 2021

Some might say that the Rev. Clay Macaulay built his own “Field of Dreams.”

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation names Austin Seminary professor as Vice President of Publishing

Posted June 3rd, 2021

The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) on Thursday announced the Rev. Dr. Bridgett A. Green as the new Vice President of Publishing for PPC and Editorial Director of Westminster John Knox Press.

Reformed ministers in Switzerland take steps to meet the Jerusalema Dance Challenge

Posted February 23rd, 2021

“How would you like an uplifting story?” The question came in an email from the Rev. Catherine McMillan, a minister of the Reformed Church of Zürich in Switzerland.

Building bridges instead of walls in Charlotte, North Carolina

Posted August 10th, 2020

Early this year, the dean of Belk Chapel at Queens University of Charlotte, Dr. Suzanne Watts Henderson, was in Chicago visiting with Eboo Patel. The founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) mentioned to her that he was interested in working with Queens to build a statewide and regional network to do interfaith work in the Carolinas.

The Rev. Dr. Doug Oldenburg, Moderator of the 210th General Assembly, dies at 85

Posted July 22nd, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Doug Oldenburg, a pastor, Moderator of the 210th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) held in 1998 and the seventh president of Columbia Theological Seminary, died Tuesday at the age of 85.

The Mango Palace may be the key to lifting Malagasy farmers out of poverty

Posted May 14th, 2020

One of the long-term effects of COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries will be widespread famine. In Madagascar, where the average person lives on less than $250 a year, the FJKM (Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar) fruit tree center at Mahatsinjo will help offset the impact of hunger in one of the poorest countries in the world.

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