A Restructuring Idea

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church has a task force to review the structure of our denomination.  I hope they come up with some good ideas, more importantly I hope the denomination will implement any good recommendations rather than file the report away and go on which is apparently what we have done in the past. 
I’ve considered [...]

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A vision for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

I’ve been thinking lately about our denomination.  Much of what I hear from, whether in conversation, overheard comments or articles in the CP magazine, seems to be expressing concern about our direction and vision, purpose and mission, unity and identity.  I’ve thought about these things from my own experiences in the denomination and in light [...]

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I love my church

I found out yesterday that a program in my own small denomination is in debt for over half a million dollars.  Not that the program cost $600,000, but that it is debt for that over and beyond whatever other expenses it spent. The program, as I understand it,  is essentially to train volunteers to help [...]

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