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..
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