Seven Presbyterian congregations participate in this video designed for persons who are being prepared to join a local Presbyterian church. It covers Presbyterian sacraments, mission, service, creeds, history, polity and membership.
If you would like to see your congregation turn around, then this… seminar will help you understand the truth that God wants all churches to experience and pass on new life and meaning to every community. While this seminar is based on the turnaround of a small rural congregation, these same levers have been used […]
Soul Searching: a Movie about Teenagers and God looks at teenagers…from around the country: to get into their lives and get at the core of their beliefs. This documentary is based on the findings of the book, ‘Soul Searching : the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers‘, by Christian Smith and Melinda Denton, which […]
Starting a new church is not rocket science – it is much more complicated! A new church is the work of the Holy Spirit, which immediately puts this task way beyond our ability to understand. [This program] is linear, a series of 16 gatherings with assignments and steps a team could complete that take you […]
Richard G. Watts, staff member of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), introduces six role playing sessions about how to deal with conflict among church members.
Graphic art presents the history of Christianity from the Council of Nicaea through the Protestant Reformation to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Book of confessions.
First of a five part series, this video shows who Presbyterians are as individual people and congregations across the United States. They speak and sing about their faith. Designed for inquirers’ classes, youth groups, church officer development, and adult education.
Third of a five part series, this video helps answer the question ‘What do Presbyterians believe and teach?
This compelling video program distills the ideas and insights offered in the late Dr. Edwin H. Friedman’s acclaimed workshops on leadership. Drawing on his extensive experience with families and religious congregations–and broadening the focus to encompass larger organizations as well–Dr. Friedman shares essential insights into why systems become ‘stuck,’ who makes change happen, and how. […]
In this video, Vicky Curtiss, co-pastor of Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames, Iowa, shares some of the tools being used on the task force to build a community of trust within the framework of worship, Bible study, prayer, and sharing. Frances Taylor Gench, professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of […]