Climate and Environmental Justice Committee votes to go further on fossil fuel divestment
Majority favors stepping away from such companies by 2030.
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In marathon second day, ordination committee approves 8 of 10 recommendations from Ordination Task Force
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On day one, committee addresses recent restructuring at Columbia Theological Seminary
The Committee on Theological Education and Ordination approves seven overtures.
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GA227 committees meet online June 22-24.
Committee on Theological Education and Ordination to consider ordination exam alternatives
The committee will also consider an overture on studying innovative and collaborative approaches to ministry.
General Assembly committee to address global justice, nuclear disarmament and international crises
Overtures for consideration by the Reformed Identity Around the World Committee span nuclear weapons policy, Middle East conflict, Korean reconciliation and Syrian religious freedom.
Reformed Identity Around the World Committee to consider overtures on World Mission restructuring
Items call for review of restructuring and renewed missiological clarity following 2025 closure.
Racial Equity Advocacy Committee calls on the 227th GA to review a 2022 report, create a special committee and more
GA’s Racial Justice Committee to consider four overtures during its online meetings starting June 22.
Faith communities can have an important role easing the nation’s housing crisis
The Rev. Mark Elsdon is among those to address Thursday’s Faith-Based Development Summit in Louisville.
GA227’s Gender and Sexuality Justice Committee to consider a wide swath of proposals, many related to healthcare
General Assembly committees meet online June 22-24.
Constitutional Interpretation Committee to discern some weighty matters during the 227th General Assembly
Among them are requiring ministers to be monogamous and prohibiting the use of non-disclosure covenants in employee relations.
Presbyterian Outlook honors the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins with the E.T. Thompson Award
Hawkins is Director of Advocacy and Witness for Presbyterian Life & Witness.
Climate and Environmental Justice Committee to consider handful of business during 227th General Assembly
Ways to protect the Earth will be taken up later this month, along with creating a grant-making fund.
General Assembly Relationships Committee will consider a slew of recommendations from the Unification Commission
The committee will also discern whether to reinstate an immigration attorney position.
General Assembly Operations Committee is being asked the most basic GA question of all
Should future assemblies be held entirely in person — along with an exhibit hall?
Women of Faith nominees to be honored at General Assembly breakfast
Registration for the event is open until June 5.
How the Board of Pensions prices the Medical Plan
Two principles guide the approach to pricing.
The Presbytery of Milwaukee is just about set to host the 227th General Assembly
The Committee on Local Arrangements practices its warm welcome on PC(USA) national staff.
A pair of prodigious scholars to receive Excellence in Theological Education awards
The Rev. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench and Dr. James Hudnut-Beumler will be honored during the 227th General Assembly.
GA227’s Financial Stewardship and Witness Committee will consider the 2027-28 unified budget and the Funding Model Development Team report
The committee will also mull an agency pay equity proposal as part of its 11-item docket.
A fourth set of General Assembly Co-Moderator candidates announces they will stand
The Rev. Chris Peters and the Rev. Rebecca Luter share the story of how they found one another.
Unification Commission approves its comments on General Assembly items of business
The UC addresses ordination, pay equity, artificial intelligence and more.
Completing a ticket for Co-Moderator
The Rev. Dr. Barbara Barkley, who serves a Bay Area church, hears a call to stand alongside the Rev. Dr. Bill Myers at the 227th General Assembly.
General Assembly committee leaders gather at the Presbyterian Center for training and for fun
Seventy-three leaders from 11 committees learn from national staff and from one another.
West Virginia pastor will stand for Moderator of the 227th General Assembly
The Rev. Dr. Bill Myers, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, is on the lookout for a commissioner to stand alongside him.