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Marriage, Divorce, and Presbyterian Mariners

May 29, 2014
 
Does any of this sound familiar? Presbyterians discuss marriage at General Assembly; discern teachings of Scripture in light of new social relations. And no, this isn't from 2014, or 2006, or 1991, or 1980. 
 
Presbyterians have been talking about marriage and divorce since 1647.
 
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, in Chapter XXIV, in addition to proscribing marriage of believers to papists, idolaters, and heretics, permitted only two grounds for divorce: adultery and willful desertion. The innocent
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Author: 
David S
Tags: 
General Assembly, American History
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The Matrix of Occupation

May 9, 2014
Jeffrey DeYoe is Advocacy Chair of the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN), established by the 2004 General Assembly to advocate for the people of the occupied territories. He spoke with David Staniunas by email in January; this version has been edited and condensed.
 
David Staniunas: How did you first take an interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict? When did you begin work with the IPMN?
 
Jeffrey DeYoe: I took a trip to Israel in 2001 with a group of 40 interdenominational clergy. It was a standard holy sites tour, but...
Author: 
David S
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Israel, Palestine, Divestment, General Assembly
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Christian Education for the Now Generation

April 16, 2014
Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. –Ecclesiastes 11:10

Ah but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now. –Bob Dylan

American Presbyterians prepared for the youth movement of the late 1960s a decade in advance. Responding to the radical changes in American families and society at large following the Second World War – the growth of suburbs, the dominance of the automobile, the power of teen culture – the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of...

Author: 
David S
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Congregations, American History, Resources
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Presbyterians Play Ball

February 12, 2014

The hellfire-and-brimstone preacher with a knack for stealing second, the master of the fadeaway, a mild-mannered Whiz Kid, and one lucky fan: with great relief that Major League Baseball's pitchers and catchers have reported to Spring Training in Florida and Arizona, we bring you four stories of baseballing Presbyterians.

No history of baseball and Presbyterians can ignore Billy Sunday. Born William Ashley Sunday, son of William Sonntag, near Ames, Iowa in 1862, Sunday was discovered playing for a fire brigade team in Marshalltown by the legendary

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Author: 
David S
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American History
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Presbyterians, Apartheid, and Divestment

December 16, 2013

On the 21st of March, 1960, police officers in the South African township of Sharpeville opened fire on protesters, killing 69. With the incident fresh in its mind, that year the 172nd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. addressed apartheid for the first time:

The 172nd General Assembly: Expresses its horror at the dangerous conditions in South Africa which the inconsistencies and moral absurdities of apartheid have brought upon that country; Declares its deep concern about the course of events which seem to move with relentless logic...
Author: 
David S
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American History
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