Great ministries and faithful people were celebrated Monday evening at the 219th General Assembly as members of the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association gathered to honor programs related to six of its 10 networks.

Eighty-nine Presbyterians participated in voluntary confidential HIV/AIDS testing conducted at the 219th General Assembly by the Presbyterian AIDS Network.

Images of the Middle East welcomed guests to a gathering at the 219th General Assembly (2010) in celebration of the mission and vision of the Rawdat El Zuhur School in East Jerusalem and in honor of the achievements of two of the school’s most passionate advocates.

Some may call the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher notorious, but Pulitzer Prize-winning author Debby Applegate thinks he’s a human being who got caught up in the trap of being a minister. Applegate spoke Tuesday at the Presbyterian Historical Society’s luncheon.

Professor of Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Seminary, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Purves, spoke to the Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR) breakfast Wednesday morning about Christians’ need for and inability to escape from church history and tradition. 

Presbyterians and their peacemaking allies gathered Tuesday night to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted by a more than 2-to-1 margin Wednesday to send the proposed Foundations of Presbyterian Polity and revised Form of Government to the presbyteries for ratification.

The Assembly voted 468 to 204 with 6 abstentions.

With a unanimous shout of “Amen!” the 219th General Assembly ratified a second four-year term for Linda Bryant Valentine to serve as executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC).

The Rev. Landon Whitsitt wants the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to be like Wikipedia, the open-source online encyclopedia. It’s accessible to all, and anyone who wants to can make a contribution.

Minister commissioner Wanda Lawry Hughes of Long Island Presbytery stood patiently at her microphone during Wednesday’s plenary session of the 219th General Assembly (2010). She was waiting to be recognized to speak following the presentation of the Belhar Confession overture by the Committee on Theological Issues and Institutions.

Recovering from a bout of laryngitis, Lawry Hughes reminded commissioners and delegates of the countless peoples over the centuries who have lost their voices due to racism and oppression, including the Native American members of her own family.