Despite the challenges of hosting a General Assembly entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and working without the aid of..
The 2020 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted overwhelmingly June 26 to approve a resolution declaring that Black lives matter;..
Recognizing the unique circumstances in which the 224th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) would meet, earlier in June the assembly’s..
The assembly passed the consent agenda at the Plenary 2 meeting of the 224th General Assembly on June 26 after removing five..
Following worship, the first substantive matter the 2020 General Assembly took up June 26 addressed, essentially, the scope of the business this..
For the first time in General Assembly history, there are more white women than any other group serving as commissioners. The 224th..
Before going about the business of the 224th General Assembly, on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, commissioners, advisory delegates..
(OGA) Four prominent African American women who played a role in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) race to put humans..
n behalf of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Mission Development Resources Committee (MDRC) recently approved 10 Mission Program Grants to 1001 New Worshiping..
(PNS) As the Rev. José González-Colón was preparing his keynote speech for this year’s Peace Breakfast, his drafts were left in tatters by..
In the online prayer room of the 224th General Assembly, there is a “prayer wall” – what some might liken to a virtual..
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24, NRSV). Once again, the United States finds..
(OGA) A number of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s ecumenical and interreligious partners were set to be recognized at the 224th General Assembly..
(OGA) Over the next two years, Presbyterians will be seeing and hearing a lot about the Sankofa bird standing in a stream..
Nearly a century later, both ‘Head of Christ’ and criticism of its role in enshrining Jesus as White endure.
LOUISVILLE (OGA) One of the planned highlights of the 224th General Assembly (2020) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was the presentation of..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Rev. Drs. J. Herbert Nelson, II and Diane Moffett are among more than 340 signers of a statement..
(PNS) While the book of Lamentations — with two verses from chapter 5 serving as the scriptural basis for the 224th General..
The 224th General Assembly opened on June 19 with a number of procedural actions to allow the assembly to meet online and..
(Press release) The McCall Award of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith (PASTCF) was instituted to honor individuals for..
(RNS) — A new study examining Americans’ response to COVID-19 shows that with the exception of white evangelicals, a majority of Americans..
LEXINGTON, Kentucky — Global Christian leaders, including the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, called on the United Nations Human Rights Council..
Brian Johnson never dreamed of being a commissioner to the General Assembly. As a cradle Presbyterian, Johnson served in almost every role..
Justice Georgie remembers a phone call with 30 other young black entrepreneurs. It “ignited the fire I already had inside of me,..
While it’s not known exactly what will jump up and try to claim (virtual) center stage when the General Assembly reconvenes June..
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