Joseph D. Small

Joseph D. Small is the former director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Theology and Worship, and now serves as a consultant to the Presbyterian Foundation.

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2018

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Jan 2026

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Confessing the Faith · 2025 Fall EditionThe Nicene Creed Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow

The Council of Nicaea was 1,700 years ago, but Small argues its disputes still live in pews and pulpits unrecognized. He examines what the Creed affirms and what it refuses…

January 24, 2026

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Confessing the Faith · 2018 Winter EditionOrthodoxy at Stake

The PCUSA's Book of Order has long carried six 'Great Ends of the Church' that mark out what every Presbyterian congregation is for. Small reads them slowly, asks whether contemporary…

March 19, 2018

Joseph D. Small

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