GA222: Wednesday, June 22 recap
Belhar approved. The 222nd General Assembly made history by approving the addition of the Confession of Belhar from South Africa to the Presbyterian..
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Adopting Belhar, the 222nd General Assembly makes history
PORTLAND, Ore. – The 2016 General Assembly made history by voting June 22 to add the Belhar Confession – a moving call..
Assembly approves child protection policy
PORTLAND, Ore. – The General Assembly Procedures committee only had time to present one item of business from its report before the..
Assembly approves revisions to Directory for Worship, work of theological issues committee
PORTLAND, Ore. –The 2016 General Assembly has approved proposed revisions to the Directory for Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – which..
GA commissioners honor Gradye Parsons upon his retirement
PORTLAND, Ore. – Commissioners, delegates, mid council leaders and guests honored Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at a..
Social Justice committee expresses regrets and hopes – not apology, per se – to LGBTQ/Q community
After months of gathering steam, the “apology overture” from the Presbytery of New York City (item 11-05) gave way to a more..
Princeton Seminary hosts ruling elder commissioners breakfast
PORTLAND, Ore. – On June 21st, Princeton Theological Seminary hosted a breakfast for ruling elder commissioners to the 222nd General Assembly. Tom..
Consent agenda approved by assembly
PORTLAND, Ore. - The 2016 General Assembly voted on June 22 to approve a combined consent calendar, made up of items..
Anti-apartheid activist Allan Boesak calls for not just adopting Belhar but living it
PORTLAND, Ore. – At the Ecumenical breakfast on Wednesday, June 22, Allan Boesak, pastor and theologian from the Uniting Reformed Church of..
Minority report claims flaws in a plan to pressure Israel justify a rewrite and a two-year delay
PORTLAND, Ore. — A measure that would ratchet up pressure on Israel to respect the human rights of Palestinians will face competition..
Prayer warriors of General Assembly
In the midst of opening worship, election of moderators and three solid days of committee business, there is a group of..
Mid councils committee votes to keep current synod boundaries
Portland, Ore. – So great was the interest in what will happen to synod boundaries, that the mid council committee meeting room..
Offended when young people curse police violence? Then “there is something wrong with you and not them”
PORTLAND, Ore. — Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou has helped organize nonviolent resistance in Ferguson, Missouri, since the death of a young,..
We are one in the spirit of late night amendments
As I write this, in the early morning hours of the second day of committee work at the General Assembly, I am..
Coming alongside or complicit? Presbyterians and the Japanese Incarceration
Two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, three ecumenical organizations – of which the Presbyterian Church was a part –..
GA222: Tuesday, June 21 daily recap
The Way Forward committee recommends administrative commission. The Way Forward committee has recommended the creation of an administrative commission with the power..
An audacious request to address an urgent crisis
Committee 10, Mission Coordination, spent most of June 21 discussing and amending overture 10-03 from Pittsburgh Presbytery, “On Taking Specific Action to..
The Way Forward committee recommends administration commission
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Way Forward committee is recommending the creation of an administrative commission with the power to determine the..
General Assembly Procedures committee recommends approval of a PC(USA) child protection policy
PORTLAND, Ore. - After spending the morning of June 21 discussing Item 03-05 – an overture involving the annual statistical report..
Committee considers peacemaking in the life of the church
PORTLAND, Ore. – On June 21, in the Peacemaking and International Issues committee, the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) addressed..
Covenant Network dialogues on social justice issues
PORTLAND, Ore. – While celebrating major breakthroughs of recent years, the speakers at the Covenant Network’s General Assembly luncheon urged continued vigilance..
Faced with tough choices, Middle East Committee tries to steer a middle course
PORTLAND, Ore. — Faced with conflicting calls to edge toward or away from a movement that applies economic pressure on Israel, the..
The Way Forward committee approves 2020 Vision Team
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Way Forward committee of the 2016 General Assembly has begun to make decisions – voting June 21..
Social Justice committee issues statement of regret to LGBTQ/Q community
A nearly unanimous Social Justice committee has written and approved a statement of regret instead of apology to the LGBTQ/Q community. ..
Without delay: Policy process will not be slowed
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Social Justice committee of the 222nd General Assembly meeting here has approved unanimously an overture reaffirming the denomination’s..
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