Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
Conflict. It seems to be everywhere. Plastered across our newspapers and television screens, sending updates on our phones or notifying us on Facebook. And we see it, we talk about it and can be shocked by it. But to some extent we are never fully surprised, as if we have the muck of reality already…
Too often I hear people say, “The Church is dying.” I suppose what they mean to say is, “The number of active members in mainline churches in the United States is steadily declining.” In fact, the Church – even the Presbyterian Church – is growing rapidly elsewhere in the world. While traveling on a World Mission…
Our group of seven students and two leaders spent the better part of two weeks in Brazil. The first week was spent in Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon. We visited numerous churches and pastors and tried to soak up as much information as possible. These pastors are so passionate and…