Committee on Theological Education and Ordination to consider ordination exam alternatives
The committee will also consider an overture on studying innovative and collaborative approaches to ministry.
The committee will also consider an overture on studying innovative and collaborative approaches to ministry.
The four teams standing for election at GA227 discussed mission, church unity, Christian nationalism and the future of the denomination during a Presbyterian Outlook webinar.
Overtures for consideration by the Reformed Identity Around the World Committee span nuclear weapons policy, Middle East conflict, Korean reconciliation and Syrian religious freedom.
The authors of three overtures before GA227 contend that the abrupt closure of Presbyterian World Mission damaged global relationships and demands a broader conversation.
From the Nicene Creed to a proposed 21st-century confession, Presbyterians are considering how the church should articulate its faith in a changing world.
Items call for review of restructuring and renewed missiological clarity following 2025 closure.
Recent General Assemblies have strengthened policies on sexual misconduct. The church must now ask whether those reforms are consistently serving survivors. — JoAnne Sharp
GA’s Racial Justice Committee to consider four overtures during its online meetings starting June 22.
ORD-03 invites the PC(USA) to study collaborative approaches to ordained ministry that could strengthen congregations, support pastors and renew the church's connectional identity, writes Lyndsey McCall-Gilliam.
General Assembly committees meet online June 22-24.
As PC(USA) considers Liberia Project 180, church leaders say the work of apology and repair begins with “cleaning our own house” and telling the truth about the denomination’s role in Liberia’s colonization.
Two proposals headed to GA227 would gather better data on sexual misconduct and develop a survivor-centered support program within the PC(USA).
GEN-09 would fund new studies on sexuality, relationships and family life, updating PC(USA) guidance to reflect recent General Assembly actions.
Among them are requiring ministers to be monogamous and prohibiting the use of non-disclosure covenants in employee relations.
Ways to protect the Earth will be taken up later this month, along with creating a grant-making fund.
The committee will also discern whether to reinstate an immigration attorney position.
Should future assemblies be held entirely in person — along with an exhibit hall?
After World Mission's closure, two Arizona presbyteries found a way to keep a longtime border ministry alive.
Speaking publicly for the first time together, partners from Egypt, Costa Rica and Argentina described the impact of losing mission co-workers and questioned who benefited from the changes.
Registration for the event is open until June 5.
Historian and missiologist Stanley H. Skreslet reflects on Christian witness as the PC(USA) considers creating a new missiological statement.
Pastors often leave boundary training knowing the rules but still struggling with conflict, anxiety, and burnout. A new model in the Synod of Lincoln Trails aims to change that, writes Rebecca Blair.
The Committee on Local Arrangements practices its warm welcome on PC(USA) national staff.
Polyamory and polygamy are only two issues in the denomination’s larger discussion on family structure and relationships.
Holloway will be presented to the 227th General Assembly (2026) and will formally assume the role upon confirmation by the General Assembly on or about July 1.