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Yodogawa Hospital is golden

These Retirees Have Centuries of Service to Faith

Partners in Faith: Roxbury Church Rebuilds

Hikers Helping

Four Presbyterian hikers in NC who helped a woman on the Appalachian
trail. Good story. Read more . . . (PCUSA News Service)

A church is born

New Kirk Presbyterian celebrated its first Easter service this spring. The church has grown from meeting in a home to one with plans for its own building. Read more...

Taco Bell Boycott Over!

Through the dedicated work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, its supporters—including Presbyterians—and Yum! Brands executives, an historic agreement has been reached that will enhance the human rights of tomato pickers in Taco Bell's supply chain. Learn more...

Other articles: "Church, student groups aided workers' campaign", "Farmworkers celebrate accord"

"The Rev. Patricia Mason of Hazelwood Presbyterian Church took over the church when the congregation had dwindled to fewer than 10. Mason reached out to the community, bringing in people recovering from drug addictions and gang kids. Now the congregation has about 90 members." Read More …

If you look, mainline Protestant success stories abound. Read More …

At the Sudanese Presbyterian Church there are no tall steeples jetting toward the sky or ornate stained-glass windows and skylights adorning the interior. The church is makeshift, a simple metal shell that was once home to a machine welding shop. Men sit on one side of the sanctuary and women on the other, a tradition in Sudan. "We didn't have a lot of money (when we moved in), but we did have a lot of faith," said the Rev. Ernest Newsom, a native Tennessean who is the church's pastor." Read more …