PC(USA) retirement staying on predicted course
Retired clergy’s income boosted with help of retirement credits.
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Gregg Brekke reports on the path forward to the PC(USA)’s 226th General Assembly (2024), and how these initial decisions were made.
GA in Brief – July 6, 2022
With one day of plenaries completed, many issues are set to be discussed today and tomorrow.
General Assembly 225 planning team releases online plenary schedule
Final 14 sessions over five days will consider committee reports and other GA business
Committee recommends naming Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and lives as ‘apartheid’
Despite a protest at the Presbyterian Center, the International Engagement Committee approved the resolution "On Recognition That Israel’s Laws, Policies, and Practices Constitute Apartheid Against the Palestinian People."
Pathways, a coalition of mainline Protestant church members, protests outside of Presbyterian Center
Outlook speaks briefly with individuals protesting antisemitism outside of GA225 on Tuesday, June 28.
Health, Safety, and Benefits Committee reacts to Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
“Teach us, O Lord, as we leave this place to be agents of formation — doing the things necessary in our areas to continue to love, to find new ways to serve women, to find new ways to serve families who are all wrapped up into this.”
The 225th General Assembly’s second plenary includes stated clerk’s report, budget report and necrology
The plenary’s agenda included ecumenical greetings, a necrology of deceased pastors and moderators since GA 224, demographic test votes, the stated clerk’s report to the General Assembly, the unified budget presentation, and video explainers from the Administrative Services Group, the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency.