Middle East committee endorses measure that would increase pressure for Palestinian rights
PORTLAND, Ore. – A panel has sent forward a measure that could strengthen the pressure the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is placing..
Committee considers fossil fuel divestment and alternatives, votes in favor of divestment
PORTLAND, Ore. – On Monday morning, June 20, Committee 9 jumped into their work of considering overtures both for and against..
Co-moderators share hopes and blessings with committee
PORTLAND, Ore. – The co-moderators of the 2016 General Assembly, Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston, swung by The Way Forward committee..
Mission Coordination committee recommends approval of changes in reserve requirement for PC(USA) mission budget
PORTLAND, Ore. – Following a Bible study on messy tables and gift versus grasp, the vice-moderator of the General Assembly’s Mission Coordination..
Social Justice committee digs into a huge agenda
PORTLAND, Ore. – The General Assembly Committee on Social Justice (Committee 11) quickly dug into a few of its 26 docketed items..
Finding refuge: Word Refugee Day luncheon
PORTLAND, Ore. – Late one cold and windy winter night when he was a boy, Som Nath Subedi felt his father..
A model of civility in the midst of disagreement: Opposite sides of the fossil fuel debate
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two of the public faces of the fossil fuel divestment debate are Mike Cole and Abby Mohaupt. Cole..
Peacemaking and International Issues committee debates overture on nonviolent means of resisting human oppression
PORTLAND, Ore. – After a lively conversation and Bible study, the committee on Peacemaking and International Issues spent much of the..
Pushing for real change: The Way Forward committee discusses possibilities
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Way Forward committee at the 2016 General Assembly has begun to consider possibilities – not deciding what..
Connecting, belonging, calling: Reflections on my first day of the 222nd General Assembly
Saturday was one of those good days—you know the kind that you don’t really want to end. It was the convening of..
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