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Religious Knowledge in America (#0147)

2010/09/30 By Greg

Religious Knowledge in America I encourage you to test your religious knowledge by taking a fifteen question multiple choice survey.  Once you complete the survey you will learn how your religious literacy compares to those who participated in the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey.  The results of the survey suggest the average American isn't very knowledgeable about religion.  In fact, the average participant answered Read More …

A Youth Movement in Pastoral Ministry (#0133)

2010/08/14 By Greg

Many mainline denominations face or will soon face clergy shortages.  As a result several denominations have and others are in the process of creating guidelines that allow multiple paths to ministry especially to facilitate providing enough clergy to fill pastoral positions in smaller congregations.  Young clergy in their twenties and thirties are increasingly rare and makeup a small percentage of the clergy in any given denominational tradition, especially in traditions where a Read More …

A New Day in the PCUSA (#0121)

2010/07/25 By Greg

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is one of several mainline denominations reconsidering what it means to be a denomination in the twenty-first century and how best to organize church governance in an increasingly postmodern world.  In recent years two thirty-somethings have been elected to the denomination's top two posts: Moderator and Vice-Moderator. The thirty-nine year old Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, currently the founding pastor of Mission Bay Community Church in San Read More …

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Greg is a follower of the Way of Jesus who strives to make the world a better place for all people. Currently, he serves as Chief Executive Officer of White Rock Center of Hope and as Interim Senior Pastor of Advent Lutheran Church. He has served ten congregations, taught religion to undergraduates for eight years, and helped three organizations provide quality healthcare to underserved populations. (Read More)

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