The Office for Call Support Process in Mid Council Ministries shares ideas and projects presbyteries and congregations have developed during COVID times and for post COVID times.
- Teacher: Manuel Silva
Partnering with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Immigration Issues to carry out the mission of the church.
- OGA staff: Amanda Craft
- OGA staff: Teresa Waggener
In this course, CLC users can find tools and tips on the current CLC System. Through Webinars and Presentations Call Seekers, Calling Organizations, Churches and Mid Council Leaders can learn more about how the system works and how it can work better for them through the fulfillment of their roles and tasks.
- CLC Staff: Manuel Silva
Pastoral Nominating Committees and Clerks of Session can explore the current CLC System so they can understand how their Roles and Functions will help find the best candidate through the CLC System.
- Teacher: Manuel Silva
This short course, written by the Rev. Dr. Bethany McKinney Fox, follows her book Disability and the Way of Jesus: Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church (InterVarsity Press, 2019).
"The Gospels are filled with accounts of Jesus offering physical healing. But even as churches today seek to follow the way of Jesus, people with disabilities all too often experience the very opposite of healing and life-giving community: exclusion, judgment, barriers. Misinterpretation and misapplication of biblical healing narratives can do great damage, yet those who take the Bible seriously mustn't avoid these passages either.
"How did Jesus' original audience understand his works of healing, and how should we relate to these texts today? After examining the healing narratives in their biblical and cultural contexts, Fox considers perspectives from medical doctors, disability scholars, and pastors to more fully understand what Jesus does as he heals and how he points the way for relationships with people with disabilities. Personal reflections from Christians with disabilities are featured throughout the book, which concludes with suggestions for concrete practices adaptable to a variety of church settings.
"Bridging biblical studies, ethics, and disability studies with the work of practitioners, Fox provides a unique resource that is both theologically grounded and winsomely practical. Disability and the Way of Jesus provides new lenses on holistic healing for scholars, laypeople, and ministry leaders who care about welcoming all people as Jesus would."
Excerpted from https://www.ivpress.com/disability-and-the-way-of-jesus
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- Teacher: Molly Casteel
- Teacher: Bethany Fox
A documentary series resource produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for communities and congregations to facilitate conversation and engagement around the issues of race and racism.
- Teacher: David Barnhart
- Teacher: Molly Casteel
- Teacher: Michelle Hwang
- Teacher: Cameron Stevens
This multi-session resource is created for the study by and training of those serving as ruling elders and deacons in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Based on the theological principles of the constitutional questions asked and answered in ordination, leader guides are provided using a monthly format to last throughout the year and for a three-session retreat format.
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- Teacher: Martha Miller