Interfaith community and global leaders join to combat climate change
September 28, 2009
New York – Next week at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the General Assembly will convene for its 64th session since the creation of the U.N. organization in 1945. Leaders from around the world will join U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in affirming a strong global commitment to take action against climate change. The high-level summit on climate change marks an important milestone on the road to Copenhagen, Denmark, where the United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place this year from December 7 to 18. [Read more]
The Church and Children in a Changing World
A Doctor of Ministry Course at the United Nations
The Presbyterian United Nations Office and Columbia Theological Seminary
January 11-22, 2010, New York City
Every two years, the Presbyterian United Nations Office and Columbia Theological Seminary hold a credited January term Doctor of Ministry Course on a topic of increasing importance for the world and faith communities. We are pleased to announce that the January 2010 course (HD774) will examine “The Church and Children in a Changing World.” The course will be held January 11-22, 2010, at the Presbyterian United Nations Office in New York. [Read more]
Presbyterian United Nations Office
The Presbyterian U.N. Office represents the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) at the United Nations. Staff members help to equip Presbyterians
for discipleship by training them to put their faith into action in the global
arena. The Presbyterian U.N. Office also bears witness to Jesus Christ by advocating
the concerns of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assemblies to the United
Nations. The Presbyterian U.N. Office is one way in which the church responds
to Christ’s call to bring good news to the poor, proclaim release to the
captives and to let the oppressed go free.
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that will further the work of this office and extend scholarships
to help make our seminars more available. [Read more]
How to schedule a seminar
Amid the restless spirits and often tough diplomacy of the United Nations, we follow the wisdom of a native from a small village in the high reaches of the Himalayas. Often, the office’s best tools for advocacy are not lived out at the U.N. headquarters. Instead, we educate with the hope of helping individuals live out a call to work for reconciliation and justice wherever the go. [Read more]
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