What can the PC(USA) do differently in the name of mission? COGA meets in Louisville
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COGA discusses “joyous” budget, hike in per capita
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Way Forward wraps meeting with questions about GA223 and a PC(USA) spokesperson
LOUISVILLE – As the Way Forward Commission tries to find its own path in bringing change to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a..
Putting the pieces together: Way Forward plans components of their report to GA
LOUISVILLE – The Way Forward Commission began rolling through items it is considering including in the report it will submit to the..
Way Forward Commission sets sights toward what they will recommend to GA
LOUISVILLE – The Way Forward Commission is tangibly beginning to set its sights ahead – to the process of crafting what it..
Advocacy committees recommend PMA board disapprove proposed changes to size and configuration
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Presbyterian Mission Agency Board team proposes strategy to address shared services and improve donor confidence
A ministerial team of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board that’s been considering how the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) allocates overhead costs is..
Tony De La Rosa resigns as interim executive director of PMA
Tony De La Rosa, interim executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, has resigned, apparently effective immediately, and David D. Crittenden, a..
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation to launch consolidated retail website
Attention, Presbyterian shoppers! Starting Sept. 1, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is opening what leaders are calling one-stop shopping – a consolidated online..
Governance Task Force recommends reduced PMA board size and restructured relationships
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance prepares Hurricane Harvey response efforts
As the rain continues to pour into Houston and the suffering there and along the Gulf Coast continues to rise, Presbyterian Disaster..
Photo Album: 1000 Ministers March For Justice
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All Agency Review Committee asks whether “openness” should be a PC(USA) mission directive, discusses report to GA
LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – The All Agency Review Committee is considering the concept of using openness as a significant “mission directive” of the..
All Agency Review Committee asks: What are the problems that need to be addressed?
LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – With the idea of merging the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency now off the..
Complexities and coronas: All Agency Review Committee discusses the shape of what’s to come
LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – The universe still seems pretty big. The All Agency Review Committee and Way Forward Commission have made a significant..
Merger of OGA and PMA not recommended
OUTLOOK — The All Agency Review Committee and the Way Forward Commission have jointly decided not to recommend a merger of the..
After Charlottesville: What Now?
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Way Forward Commission discusses publishing, loans, feedback and more
The Way Forward Commission continues to plow through the work before it – including instructing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders to present a..
General Assembly Meeting Service responds to NAACP Missouri travel advisory
(OUTLOOK) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has a series of big meetings planned in Missouri – including the next General Assembly June 16-23..
Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of defamation lawsuit following the 1001 New Worshipping Communities investigation
A Kentucky Court of Appeals panel has upheld a state court ruling dismissing the defamation lawsuit that Roger Dermody brought against the..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee discusses future: Possible publishing consolidation, Stony Point, staff survey
ST. PAUL, MINN. (Outlook) – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s executive committee spent some time at its July meeting preparing for what..
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis expands, lives into mission
MINNEAPOLIS (Outlook) Here’s a question – one raised by a big, exciting, expensive, forward-thinking renovation and expansion project now underway at Westminster..
Lutheran and Presbyterian partnership welcomes African refugees in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, MINN. (Outlook) This is a story of how two Christians interested in immigrant ministry (one Lutheran, one Presbyterian) are working together..
Governance Task Force releases revised recommendations
ST. PAUL (Outlook) – The Governance Task Force of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has released a revised series of recommendations –..