News and Current Affairs

Nelson calls on church to remove the labels

Committee forwards overture to allow marriage of same-gender couples

Overture finds resurrection due to YAAD intervention

Mid council committee defeats non-geographic presbyteries, asks for new committee on synod boundaries

Jewish leader says Presbyterians risk unintended consequences

Committee votes for divestment

Committee on church orders votes to add wording on repentance to Book of Order

Special offerings proposal barely defeated in committee

By the closest of margins, the General Assembly’s Mission Coordination Committee turned down a plan to restructure the way the Presbyterian Church..

Collegiate ministries delivers report, shares in worship

Belhar may return in 2014

Pittsburgh, July 3 – The Committee on the Confessions of the Church voted 20-9 to recommend the Belhar Confession once again. The..

Creation of 1001 new worshipping communities headed to floor of General Assembly

Scoping the landscape of the 21st century church

Committee on confessions affirms study and begins to deliberate Belhar

Church Orders

Authoritative Interpretation Review

Church Polity

Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations

Musicians add richness to the 220th General Assembly (2012)

Mid Council Issues Committee wonders: Are structural changes door to innovation for the PC(USA)?

Civil Union, Marriage Committee spends Monday listening

A Kairos moment: Committee discusses issues of immigration and reform

Committee passes measure aimed at defusing tensions with Iran

Plan to study women in leadership barely survives committee scrutiny

PITTSBURGH, July 2, 2012 – An attempt to defund a study of women’s status in church leadership fell one vote short of..

Social Justice Issues tackles food security and sustainability

A movement afoot in our world: A challenge of courage and imagination to the Covenant Network