Presbyterian Mission Agency gal. 3:26-28 Archives

God’s church: a liberated and diverse community of faith

Posted June 6th, 2022

Many people understand the church from the concept of community: a group of believers with a heart composed of faith that embraces liberation, welcomes diversity, preaches God’s good news, and has love, compassion and care for people in need. However, the church’s history shows us that there has been a continual struggle to be that community that practices God’s good news.

‘Oneness signals solidarity, not sameness’

Posted April 20th, 2021

When the Apostle Paul quoted what may well be Christianity’s first creed in his letter to the Galatians, he boldly proclaimed that all baptized believers are God’s children: “For you are all children of God in the Spirit There is no Jew or Greek; There is no slave or free; There is no male or female. For you are all one in the Spirit.”

Stephen J. Patterson wins 2020 Grawemeyer Religion Award

Posted December 6th, 2019

A religious scholar who explained how one of Christianity’s earliest creeds still applies to contemporary life has earned the 2020 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.