After Saturday night’s moderator vote at the 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) young adult advisory delegates (YAAD) gathered in their home groups to share how their experience went.

“We heard commissioners say, ‘we don’t have to listen to you,’” said Flint River YAAD, Lily Ingle.  “You’re just children.”

Nearly 90 people gathered Monday to hear about the urgent need for a solution in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Dr. Muna Mushahwar-Koussa, a Palestinian Christian ophthalmologist, said things are getting worse by the day.

A guide to just compensation for ministers was approved unanimously Monday by Assembly Committee 13 of the 223rd General Assembly.

Living by the Gospel: A Guide to Structuring Ministers’ Terms of Call was prepared by the Board of Pensions (BOP) for mid-councils, committees on ministry, committees on preparation for ministry, search committees and congregations.

The Assembly Committee on General Assembly Procedures recommended a single per capita increase of 10 percent for 2019 and no increase in 2020 during its meeting Monday afternoon at the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Committee members voted 33-19 on item 03-1 for this reduction of a recently revised proposal of a 10 percent increase each of the next two years. If approved by the General Assembly in plenary, the per capita apportionment will be increased from $7.73 to $8.50 per member through 2020.

David Meeks, a high school student from Charlotte, N.C., aims a drill at the side of a wood bunk he’s been assembling at Mission St. Louis, a nonprofit serving impoverished neighborhoods in the city.

“Need a quote, too?” Meek asks, pretending to strike a pose. A yellow bandana tied around his head keeps sweat from falling in his eyes. He is one of 12 students from the Sardis Presbyterian Church participating in a service/learning project sponsored by the Hands and Feet Initiative.

Speaking at Monday’s World Mission Luncheon, the leader of partner church, a mission co-worker, and a U.S. Presbyterian pastor talked about ways mission in partnership has transformed them.

Rev. John Yor Nyiker, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan, spoke about the deep friendships he had made with U.S. Presbyterians involved in mission partnerships in his country. 

Presbyterians attending the 223rd General Assembly experienced the hospitality of more than two dozen PC(USA) congregations in Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery Sunday for morning worship and then lunch.

As it wrestles with reports from The Way Forward Commission and the All Agency Review Committee that propose significant changes in the way national church agencies relate to each other and with mid councils and congregations, the General Assembly’s Way Forward Committee also heard from people Monday who want more or less than those reports call for.

There has been plenty of excitement and lots of smiles at the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as Presbyterians from across the country have greeted old friends and acquaintances in the exhibit hall.

The goal of the hall is to display a wide range of resources and services that support the purpose of the Assembly and advance its goals.

While introducing the first of two Bible studies at the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Deborah Krause, academic dean and professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, talked about “space theory.”