The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 6, 2019
ORDINATION STANDARDS - Seated before more than 100 United Methodist Church communicators in St. Louis, the Rev. Sharon Youngs (right) heard the voice of the Rev. Gradye Parsons, former Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), reverberating in her head.
“Get in the boat and go across the lake. There will be a storm. You will not die,” is the message that Parsons often preached, citing Jesus’ words of calm to his disciples when Presbyterians, like the United Methodist Church is now, were debating nearly nine years ago whether to change ordination standards to allow LGBTQ clergy, elders and deacons to serve ...
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“Get in the boat and go across the lake. There will be a storm. You will not die,” is the message that Parsons often preached, citing Jesus’ words of calm to his disciples when Presbyterians, like the United Methodist Church is now, were debating nearly nine years ago whether to change ordination standards to allow LGBTQ clergy, elders and deacons to serve ...
• CLICK HERE to read more.
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