Repairing historic wrongs: Restoration, redemption and reparations in Lansing, Michigan
Gregg Brekke writes about restoration, redemption and reparations in Lansing, Michigan.
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PC(USA) national offices unification: What’s next?
General Assembly 226 passes unifying budget paving the way for October report.
Board of Pensions health care dues recommended for further exploration
General Assembly Entity Coordination presents non-consent agenda items to #GA226.
#GA226 advances two-part inclusivity change to Book of Order
The Olympia overture now heads to presbyteries following GA for majority approval.
#GA226 reverses course, commits to working for a fossil-free future without full divestment
On Tuesday, the assembly approved and then disapproved categorical divestment from the fossil fuel industry, choosing to engage companies instead.
Discussion on non-discrimination overture POL-01 heats up ahead of GA committee meetings
Some say the changes challenge ‘freedom of conscience.’ Others feel the overture offers clarity to the PC(USA)’s stand against discrimination.
#GA226 environmental and climate justice committee preview
Fossil fuel divestment, single use plastics, lithium mining to be considered at this summer’s national meeting.
PC(USA), A Corporation recommends a budget based on ministry priorities
‘Unifying budget’ proposed for 2025-26 as OGA and PMA are combined.
Presbyterian campus ministries share kindness and compassion with Israel-Hamas war protestors
As college protests against the Israel-Hamas war spread around the country, local Presbyterian ministries seek to offer refuge and care to all students.
PC(USA) Board of Pensions announces pricing for new benefits structure
BoP new benefits structure unbundles family coverage from pastoral health care options.
PC(USA) retirement staying on predicted course
Retired clergy’s income boosted with help of retirement credits.
PC(USA) Board of Pensions restructures benefit offerings for 2025
‘Season of Rebuilding’ plan blueprint affirmed at board of directors spring meeting with pricing to follow in April.
Doing more with less: Smaller PC(USA) congregations face new leadership realities
What are small churches to do? Gregg Brekke explores the challenges facing shrinking congregations and how some pastors and presbyteries are addressing the issue.
Feeling the squeeze: Financial pressures add up for PC(USA) congregations
The cost of maintaining an installed pastor with benefits is a growing concern for churches and presbyteries.
A Presbyterian from California helps Ukrainians living with disabilities in wartime and beyond
Reporter Gregg Brekke shares his encounter with Nita Hansen, who started the nonprofit God’s Hidden Treasures over 28 years ago.
“The war came to us”
Reporter Gregg Brekke spends time in Kyiv and the surrounding areas.
The more you know, the less certainty there is
Gregg Brekke reports from Lviv, the crossroads of Ukraine.
Praying for peace while supporting soldiers
Reporting from Ukraine, Gregg Brekke shares how a group of Catholic sisters supports the Ukrainian resistance.
“Earth, do not cover my blood” — Finding a way to Ukraine
Reporter Gregg Brekke journeys to Ukraine via Poland, visits with a Ukrainian refugee and walks the grounds of a former Nazi extermination camp.
Tech watch: Boost your Bible study
Three software programs to take your Scripture explorations to the next level.
What’s in store for the next GA?
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.