On Saturday, the Unification Commission introduced Kelly Beeland, a consultant with nearly three decades of experience helping companies and organizations with, among other tasks, change management and understanding culture. Beeland took commissioners through a half-hour presentation on the work she’s already begun. Her contract ends Dec. 31.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) videographers, communicators and writers received seven awards Friday during the Associated Church Press “Best of the Church Press” awards.
Gathered in person for the first time since 2019, Ecumenical Advocacy Days’ 2024 Spring Summit got off to an inspired start Friday courtesy of the Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada.
As college students and others protest the war in Gaza and urge divestment from companies that profit from violations of the rights of Palestinians — and call for an end to U.S. military support for those human rights violations — the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness is asking Presbyterians to oppose a pair of bills already passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that OPW says will limit free speech and advocacy rights in this country.
Kate Trigger Duffert has been attending General Assembly since she was a child, and yet no one is more excited for the 226th General Assembly to get underway next month than she is.
While men in Asian American congregations cite biblical beliefs as the main reason why fewer women are in leadership, women in these congregations say overrepresentation of men is the dominant reason.
The “Along the Road” podcast team in Mid Council Ministries has continued to share new episodes in April and May, including hours of insights from church leaders and national church staff members about the General Assembly.
As Season 2 comes to an end, and the miles tick down toward Salt Lake City, new and previous Along the Road podcasts are being shared with a wider audience than ever before, with the goal of orienting, educating and inspiring assembly participants.
“I was raised to see that faith and justice were completely linked, and so I just think it’s about living out one’s faith,” says the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, who talks with the Rev. Sara Hayden on the New Way podcast about being raised by an activist mother and where she is finding hope and challenge in her own activism and motherhood today.
With his most recent book, “Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart” now available, author, speaker and activist Brian McLaren returned to New York Avenue Presbyterian Church’s airwaves last week for a 90-minute presentation and Q&A on “Creating a Church for the Future.”
On Wednesday, Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day, national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were privileged to hear a sermon from Omar Haramy, executive director of Sabeel, a PC(USA) partner that works to challenge religious extremism.