Stated Clerk calls for end to the sale of assault weapons following mass shooting in Pittsburgh
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Stated Clerk issues statement on executive order regarding family separation at U.S. border
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Stated Clerk issues statement on separated immigrant families
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Stated Clerk issues statement on U.S.-North Korea summit
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Hispanic/Latinx National Presbyterian Caucus and stated clerk issue statement on Trump’s latest comments on immigrants
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Stated Clerk issues statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Iran nuclear agreement
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Stated Clerk joins amicus brief opposing Trump’s travel ban
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Stated Clerk files amicus brief supporting DACA
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Overcoming our fear of transformative change in the PC(USA)
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Rethinking ministry is difficult. Implementing new ideas and establishing them is even more difficult. We should be acutely aware of this..
Stated Clerk issues statement on Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel
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Stated Clerk pledges repentance for No Gun Ri massacre
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Stated Clerk issues statement on Texas church mass shootings
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Stated Clerk urges fast action on ‘clean’ DREAM Act
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PC(USA) Stated Clerk urges President Trump to expand refugee resettlement
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PC(USA) Stated Clerk condemns president’s decision to end DACA program
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PC(USA) Stated Clerk reaffirms church’s commitment to DACA recipients, supporters
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Stated Clerk’s statement: ‘Are we complicit in the racism of the alt-right?’
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Stated Clerk Writes the President and Congress to continue DACA and pass the Dream Act
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Call to Prayer for Public Accountability and Good Governance in South Africa
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Stated Clerk speaks out on Trump’s proposed ban on transgender personnel in the military
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Stated Clerk urges Ben & Jerry’s to strike agreement with Vermont dairy farmers
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