A reading as a first act of repentance
Amended Race and Gender Justice Committee docket approved by full Assembly
July 6, 2022
Fred Tangeman | General Assembly News
Louisville
Plenary 7 focused on the work of the Race and Gender Justice Committee (RGJ), with nine items of business placed on the consent agenda. The committee’s two other items were RGJ-07: “A Resolution Addressing the Lack of Installed Pastoral Leadership in People of Color Congregations in the PC(USA) — From the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee” and RGJ-08: “On Offering an Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and Its Legacy.”
The road to denominational Damascus
The Rev. Kate Murphy calls the PC(USA) to radical repentance
July 6, 2022
by Emily Enders Odom | General Assembly News
LOUISVILLE
As a deeply evocative and lyrical liturgy led some 500 online worshipers at the 225th General Assembly down a quiet, gentle path on Wednesday morning, the road at once became riskier as Rev. Kate Murphy stepped into the virtual pulpit.
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How are they doing that?
The technical crew behind the 225th General Assembly pulls back the curtain
July 6, 2022
by Paul Seebeck and Randy Hobson | General Assembly News
LOUISVILLE
As the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) goes into the home stretch, Nathan Young is highly confident. For the past two years, he’s been producing events like this with the PC(USA) PC-Biz platform. The plenaries are all online this week, with the co-moderators, parliamentarian and stated clerk in a brand-new television production studio.
A Time of Relief, Recovery and Resilience
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Episcopal parish and partner church threatened with fines for operating outreach ministries in Philadelphia suburb
[Episcopal News Service] A Diocese of Pennsylvania parish has been cited for violating its town’s zoning code, with local officials claiming the church’s ministries to locals in need mean it […]
Full agenda awaits bishops, deputies as Baltimore hosts four-day 80th General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] The long wait is over. The 80th General Convention is about to get underway. After a one-year postponement because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Episcopal Church’s governing […]
Canadian primate meets Pope Francis as Catholics look to Anglican model of synod
[Anglican Journal (Anglican Church of Canada)] Anglicans have an indispensable role to play as Roman Catholics start a two-year conversation on how to become a more “synodal” church, Pope Francis […]
PC(USA) declared ‘Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church’
General Assembly embraces effort to assist immigrants and addresses some polity matters
July 6, 2022
by Darla Carter | General Assembly News
LOUISVILLE
With almost all of its items having been approved via consent agenda, the General Assembly’s Immigration Committee put much of its energy Tuesday night toward IMM-06, leading the way for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to declare itself a “Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church.”
‘We still see God and find God in each other, even behind masks’
A Corp President Kathy Lueckert is the guest Wednesday on GA Live
July 6, 2022
by Mike Ferguson | General Assembly News
LOUISVILLE
For Kathy Lueckert, president of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation, the 225th General Assembly, with its hybrid setup, may look different than the previous 224 assemblies. But at least one valuable gift remains the same for commissioners, advisory delegates and the staff members that serve the Assembly.