Among other business, the committee voted to bestow awards, change the nomenclature of “AIDS” to “HIV” in PC(USA) publications and work towards a more inclusive understanding of family.
Assembly to receive proposal opposite from this year’s assembly – online committee meetings with in-person plenaries.
On its first day of meeting, the General Assembly Ministry Coordination Committee focused on LGBTIA+ inclusion in the denomination.
The topics discussed and voted on by the committee include, among other things: Israel/Palestine, the Doctrine of Discovery, the use of sanctions, humanitarian efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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."
Mid Councils Committee completes its work, approving or referring 11 items and concurring with the withdrawal of the twelfth
The Mid Councils Committee recommends a task force to consider how ruling elders could and should be ordained to serve in broader capacities.
On June 20, 2022, the Mid Councils Committee discussed how commissioned ruling elders serve churches and new worshipping communities that do not yet have a place in the existing PC(USA) structure, among other things.
J. Herbert Nelson was elected on June 27 to serve a second four-year term as stated clerk of the General Assembly. Wilson..
Despite the challenges of hosting a General Assembly entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and working without the aid of..
The 224th General Assembly opened on June 19 with a number of procedural actions to allow the assembly to meet online and..
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