At the 2022 Moderators' Conference, GA co-Moderators Shavon Starling-Louis and Ruth Santana-Grace join 145 presbytery and synod leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities of church ministry.
An ongoing concern is ensuring a diversity of voices are heard.
Young Adult Advisory Delegates presented a gift to the co-Moderators, and the assembly ended with the same prayer it started with, acknowledging that there is work to be done.
Office of General Assembly expects to deplete reserves in 2024
Minor changes were made to Church Discipline; other reconsiderations failed.
Commissioners affirmed a wide swath of resolutions from the Ministry Coordination Committee on LGBTQIA+ issues, gender-inclusive language and diverse families. They concluded with a proposal for a hybrid 226th General Assembly.
At stake: what financial structure is needed to support a denomination of mostly small churches?
GA Plenary 13 decided the reelection of Moffett and the Board of Pensions’ relationship to the Office of General Assembly among other business.
The Rules of Discipline and the Health, Safety, and Benefits reports inspired conversation and decisions by the PC(USA) on reproductive justice, sexual misconduct prevention and family leave.
The contentious resolution was balanced against earlier statements condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia.
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