On its last day, the committee discussed the Survivors of Sexual Misconduct Task Force report and recommendations at length.
The committee acknowledges the urgency of global warming and urges churches and Presbyterians to work towards carbon neutrality.
Julia Henderson, the leader for General Assembly Planning and Business Management, shares an update from OGA.
Taking the exhortation in Isaiah 2 to beat swords into plowshares literally, the Violence in the USA Committee voted to endorse the Guns to Gardens movement; They also voted to endorse the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms’ gun relinquishment protocol and to educate congregations about this issue.
The Addressing Violence in the USA Committee spent the entire day reflecting on gun violence, the impact it has, and how individual Christians, churches, and the national denomination are called to respond, including potentially divesting from sporting goods stores and department stores that sell firearms.
On the day when SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, the committee voted on the PC(USA)'s stance on reproductive justice — and family leave and mental health.
Committee also approves, with some revisions, report on “investing in a Green Future”
“Teach us, O Lord, as we leave this place to be agents of formation — doing the things necessary in our areas to continue to love, to find new ways to serve women, to find new ways to serve families who are all wrapped up into this.”
On its first day, the committee named the relevance and importance of their work, passing three resolutions: one on polarization; another on bullying, harassment, and assault; and a third on democracy, voting rights, and electoral reform.
The long-awaited overture, pending the assembly’s approval, paves the way for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) agencies to speak with their investment dollars after many years of negotiations resulted in less-than-desired environmental concessions from large energy companies.
The Health, Safety and Benefits Committee began their three days of in-person meetings considering three items of business on their agenda concerning mental health.
What does an average day look like for a committee in a hybrid General Assembly? As a second set of committees begin their work with pandemic precautions still in place, they are attempting to faithfully discern the will of the spirit in a participatory and transparent way utilizing technology and old-fashioned methods together
Mid Councils Committee completes its work, approving or referring 11 items and concurring with the withdrawal of the twelfth
Also approved: a recommendation to recognize the ordinations of immigrant pastors
The Theology, Worship and Education Committee concluded its work by considering how to support soldiers and veterans through the creation of worship resources for military chaplains and pastors and by debating and voting on multiple changes to the Directory for Worship.
The Polity Committee does not recommend several proposed constitutional amendments and wants to change the designation from ‘honorably retired’ to ‘retired’ for ministers.
The approval of this recommendation will mark the first major overhaul since 1996.
The Theology, Worship, and Education Committee considers a new confession, hears from the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation on book bans and anti-racism, and discusses Christian Education in churches.
The Mid Councils Committee recommends a task force to consider how ruling elders could and should be ordained to serve in broader capacities.
Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson writes a letter to commissioners and staff, who are meeting in person and online at GA225.
With a docket of 19 resolutions to consider at General Assembly 225, the Theology, Worship, and Education Committee began diving into issues and discussions that will influence faith practices of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) members.
On June 20, 2022, the Mid Councils Committee discussed how commissioned ruling elders serve churches and new worshipping communities that do not yet have a place in the existing PC(USA) structure, among other things.
Once again, a General Assembly committee has said no to providing more flexibility in the way ruling elders are ordained.
The committee voted that the modified five-year limit does not apply to sexual misconduct cases.
Those trying to access PC-Biz on the morning of June 20, 2022, may have experienced some technical difficulties; Deputy State Clerk Kerry Rice explains why.
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