Seeing the needs of people living in isolation in their community, Presbyterians create a new worshiping community to meet the needs of some 50,000 Vietnamese immigrants in Houston, Texas. Watch the video
A group of people at a church in Los Angeles started asking, “What if we started a church, like the one we attended in college, where we could take all of our friends?” Hearing their desire, church leaders help them create a new worshiping community in South Bay. Watch the video
2011 miscellaneous information about statistics.
2011 Summaries of Statistics– Comparative Summaries
To learn more about congregations that have been successful in increasing their size, we invited the fastest-growing PC(USA) churches to take part in the U.S. Congregational Life Survey in 2011. Learn how these growing churches and their worshipers differ from those in other PC(USA) churches. What strengths do they have?
Here is our newest definition of what we believe a new worshiping community is. It is based on numerous conversations with ministry colleagues in evangelism and church growth, theology, worship, and education, and racial ethnic ministries. We have also incorporated comments from GAMC members and mid-council leaders. Our hope for this definition is that it will both provide clarity and inspiration for this 1001 new worshiping communities movement.
Engage the Gospel: A Charlotte, N.C. congregation is sharing their faith, attracting new people to join them in God’s mission in their neighborhood. Watch the impact of Engage.
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The spirit of the Great Commission—coupled with the charge by the 2008 and 2010 General Assemblies to “Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide”—renewed the General Assembly Mission Council in 2011 in our call to inspire, equip, and connect Presbyterians to join in God’s mission for the transformation of the world.
Divestment Strategy: Principles and Criteria (1984). This General Assembly study of the moral grounds for selling securities examines trusteeship and the interplay of integrity, effectiveness, and church purposes (including solidarity). It followed Military-Related Investment Guidelines (1982) and preceded the 1985 "selective, phased" divestment of securities in firms supporting apartheid in South Africa.