Se ha descrito como uno de los eventos más destacados de la 223ª Asamblea General (2018) en St. Louis. Cientos de presbiterianos, incluido el reverendo J. Herbert Nelson II, secretario general de la Asamblea General, las co-moderadoras Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri y la reverenda Cindy Kohlmann, y la directora ejecutiva de la Agencia Presbiteriana de Misión, la reverenda Diane Moffett, caminando hacia el Centro de Justicia de la ciudad. Con una recaudación de más de $ 47,000 recibidos en el servicio de adoración inaugural de la asamblea, Nelson entregó el dinero a las organizaciones locales para pagar fianzas a individuos que habían sido preseleccionados para su liberación ya que no podían pagar su fianza en efectivo.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk the Reverend J. Herbert Nelson, II, has announced his appointment of DeAmber Clopton as budget manager for the Office of the General Assembly. She begins her new work September 4.

An upcoming conference, Just Worship, at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, September 13-15, 2018, will bring together pastors, musicians, activists and scholars to explore how God might be leading the church toward a more faithful and vibrant future through worship.

Aquellas personas que se asocian con Dios en el liderazgo espiritual de la iglesia viven entre dos verdades importantes. La primera es lo que escuchamos de Jesús en su última reunión con sus discípulos: «pues sin mí no pueden ustedes hacer nada» (Jn 15:5). Nada es una palabra muy difícil.

교회의 영적 지도자로서 하나님과 동행하는 사람들은 두 가지 중요한 진리 사이에서 살고 있습니다. 예수님이 제자들과 함께 마지막 모임을 하실 때 우리가 예수님으로부터 듣는 첫 번째 이야기는 "나를 떠나서는 너희가 아무 것도 할 수 없음이라"(요15:5). 아주 어려운 단어는 없습니다. 그러나 첫 번째 제자들이 듣기에는 어려웠을 것입니다. 첫째, 예수님은 자기가 떠나가는 것에 관해 이야기하시고 그 다음에는 예수님 없이는 아무것도 할 수 없다는 말을 듣습니다. 그 일이 어떻게 앞으로 진행되었습니까? 예수님께서 떠나가신다면 어떻게 하나님의 계획이 성취 될 것이며, 그분 없이는 아무것도 할 수 없다면 어떻게 되는 것입니까?

Those who partner with God in the spiritual leadership of the church live between two important truths. The first of these we hear from Jesus on the occasion of his last gathering with his disciples: “Without me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Nothing is a very hard word.

It has been described as one of the major highlights of the 223rd General Assembly (2018) in St. Louis. Hundreds of Presbyterians, including the Reverend J. Herbert Nelson, II, General Assembly Stated Clerk, Co-Moderators Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and the Reverend Cindy Kohlmann, and Presbyterian Mission Agency Executive Director the Reverend Diane Moffett, walking to the City Justice Center. With a collection of more than $47,000 received at the assembly’s opening worship service, Nelson turned the money over to local organizations to begin bailing out individuals who had been prescreened for release because they could not afford their cash bail.

In the weeks that have passed, local organizers like the Bail Project and the St. Louis Act Council have run into constant roadblocks as people who are released find themselves facing incarceration again at another local facility.

There was something that felt perfectly right about the celebration of life of Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon at Bethpage United Presbyterian Church on August 14 in Concord, North Carolina. First, there was the community that gathered. It was like a reunion of reunions for African American Presbyterians and many others. We gathered, greeted each other, sang, praised God, read Scripture, remembered, celebrated, and renewed our faith, even at a time of death of a beloved sister, aunt, friend and educator.

Montreat Conference Center will host an event in October titled “Better Angels: Using the Power of Community to Change the World.” The conference will focus on understanding power and privilege and their relationship to the Gospel, society and daily living.

When white supremacist groups announced plans to hold a demonstration in the nation’s capital to mark the one-year anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, many were concerned the day would descend into violence as it did in 2017.