I have a first name, Jerry, that quite frankly often makes those who have never met me think I must be at least in my 60′s.  Alongside Ralphs and Freds it is a rarity to meet someone who’s named Jerry and not graying or bald!  That’s nothing against being in your 60s or balding, but [...]

I asked Jared Hay, who pastors in Scotland, to tell us a little about the transition of the church he pastors in Edinburgh.  Here is what he had to say: Priestfield Parish Church (Church of Scotland) We are a small (under 200 membership, around 60 at Sunday worship) chiefly elderly congregation with a large A-listed [...]

For a few months now, PGF has partnered with San Diego Presbytery by engaging in missional lunches in which we gather together in a particular congregation, hear about the church and surrounding community and then go out in pairs, asking the Lord to open our eyes to where he is at work.  It has been [...]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am writing to you, as a friend of Presbyterian Global Fellowship, to give you an update on our vision and to invite you to partner with us to make that vision a reality. In 2006, the year Presbyterian Global Fellowship began, I was a solo pastor in my [...]

The following is from Mike McClenahan, senior pastor at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. For ten weeks this fall I preached through Luke 10:1-12 in a series entitled Sent Together. We have used lectio divina to dwell in this passage at PGF’s Moving Back Into the Neighborhood, session and staff meetings, but this was an experiment [...]

This blog is from Joel Adams.  Joel is an ordained minister who is discovering how God is calling him and his family into the next season of missional life.  He is currently not serving a church but is wondering what God is up to and what neighborhood God may be inviting them to join what [...]

This comes from Scott Keeble, the pastor of The Launch, in Champaign, Illinois.   The Luke 10 passage about the sending of the 70 (or 72) is absolutely loaded with implications for what it looks like to be the sent ones of Jesus. Our church has decided to use Luke 10 as the core of [...]

It has been a few weeks now since nearly 2,000 Presbyterians gathered in Minneapolis to learn more about a group called The Fellowship of Presbyterians.  It was a time of worship, discernment, questions, joy and anxiety.  It was a time for evangelicals to come together as a community and ask what the Lord is up [...]

Amidst the turmoil in our denomination it is easy to get into a “wait-and-see” mode.  What will happen when the Fellowship of Presbyterians gathers?  What will we do if members of our church begin to leave?  How will Louisville react if congregations begin to leave?  How will Louisville react if congregations decide to stay?  While [...]

Confession.  Penitence.   Contrition.  Repentance.  These words, if we’re honest, are not ones that come easily for many of us.  Perhaps that’s why the scriptures are continually repeating these words in one form or fashion.  God is abundantly aware both of our proclivity for sin and our great reticence to acknowledge that reality.  It isn’t, of [...]