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.
The committee also recommended moving Mission Engagement/Support from PMA to ASG.
With a shrinking denomination, the committee recognized that the per capital funding model is no longer sustainable. But, they discussed, how will we move forward?
The committee did approve the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s work plan for 2023 and 2024, with a Matthew 25 focus.
Assembly to receive proposal opposite from this year’s assembly – online committee meetings with in-person plenaries.
Vision 2020 Guiding Statement implementation moves also okayed
Complicated discussions lead to consensus on structural review and an earlier-than-anticipated completion of committee business
The committee did not find a way to increase funding for the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico.
The committee voted to re-elect the Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett as president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency and did not pass a commissioner resolution that would have provided more oversite to the Board of Pensions.
On its first day of meeting, the General Assembly Ministry Coordination Committee focused on LGBTIA+ inclusion in the denomination.
The document calls PC(USA) to be prayerful, courageous, united, serving and alive.
Presbyterian Outlook Editor Teri McDowell Ott got a chance to sit down with PC(USA) Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson to discuss his MLK address, the reaction to his description of the continued occupation in Israel/Palestine as “21st-century slavery,” and how he understands the church today.
On its last day of meeting, the Standing Rules Committee discussed the cost of translating all GA material and a complete revision of the Standing Rules, among other things.
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.
Global Covenant Agreements (GCAs) will enhance the creation of partnerships.
On its second day of meeting, the committee suggested that "all gender identities" be included when appointing moderators and approved a resolution that would allow GA to meet electronically, among other business.
Committee members pray for migrants found dead this week in a truck in San Antonio and bring “holy anger” to their work.
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."
“God loves all people and calls us to do the same.”
The report is billed as a practical guide to repairing relationships with Jews and Muslims.
Outlook speaks briefly with individuals protesting antisemitism outside of GA225 on Tuesday, June 28.
Still to come: should the PC(USA) call itself an accompaniment and sanctuary church?
The committee discusses and votes on more than half the 31 items on its docket during its first day of meeting.
The group also presses the World Council of Churches to redouble efforts to support Palestinian Christians.
Over three days, the Race and Gender Justice committee wrestled with the theological and practical implications of repentance and reparations as it considered 11 resolutions concerning historic harms committed against churches and communities due to racism and gender-based discrimination.
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