Line by line, Way Forward Commission seeks the right words and ideas for the PC(USA)
SEATTLE – What’s still to be done? What are the right words for the report? The Way Forward Commission, meeting Jan. 17-19..
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A big-picture jaunt through what’s happening in the PC(USA): General Assembly, new initiatives, a shifting center and what’s next
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Atnip to stand as moderator for the 223rd General Assembly
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2020 Vision Team digs into its first draft
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Cintrón-Olivieri and Kohlmann: A second team will stand for co-moderators
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All Agency Review Committee continues to consider recommendations, ongoing questions
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#MeToo, silence and the church
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Maxim, Johnson announce they will stand for co-moderators at 2018 General Assembly
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Presbyterian Mission Agency Board suspends executive director search
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Time of transition for Presbyterian Mission Agency
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Scripture, song and a statement: 2020 Vision Team’s recommendations are taking shape
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2020 Vision Team considers building blocks for guiding statement: Courage, compassion, justice, relationship, hope and love
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2020 Vision Team crafts guiding statement for PC(USA)
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“We need more of all God’s children” William Yoo tells Covenant Network
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Denise Anderson talks about the PC(USA)’s work at Covenant Network conference: “I am just so profoundly in love with this denomination”
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Nonviolence as foundation of faith and civil ethics: Taylor Branch speaks at Covenant Network conference
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“Why haven’t we progressed any further?” Yoo asks at Covenant Network conference
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Presbyterian Mission Agency expects to end 2017 on solid financial ground
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All Agency Review continues discernment across denomination
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