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With All Your Heart, Soul, and Strength—Jo Ann Griffith’s Legacy

Posted on March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 by ptsblog

Above: Bethel Evangelical Secondary School, a school in Dembidolo, Ethiopia operated by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and supported in part by the PC(USA). “Then children were being brought to [Jesus] in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them, but Jesus…

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Christian Mission: Past Treasures, Future Hopes

Posted on August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 by ptsblog

Why would the work of Dr. Kenneth Bailey ’55, who died nearly 10 years ago and retired 20 years earlier, matter today? The title of this year’s W. Don McClure Lecture, “The Life and Thought of Presbyterian Missionary and New Testament Scholar Kenneth E. Bailey,” points to two answers. As a scholar, Bailey produced a…

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Praying for the Global Church

Posted on May 27, 2025 by ptsblog

Whenever I return home to India, I am always asked questions about the church in the United States— questions such as, “How many Christians are there in the city you live in?” and “How is church attendance in the U.S.?” In fact, I get similar questions from friends in the U.S. inquiring about Christians in…

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