Seneha Speaks and Deshawn Richards are two young entrepreneurs living in Baltimore you’ll be hearing more about during next month’s online General Assembly.
The two — Speaks, 20, owns a henna and natural skin care business, while Richards, 18, owns a T-Shirt company — are participants in the June 23 Youth Rising: Advancing Youth and Young Adult Entrepreneurs General Assembly event, which begins at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The event can be seen at the 224th General Assembly website and on the Spirit of GA Facebook page.
Presbyterian mission co-workers who serve 40 countries around the world are either back in the United States or are sheltering in place in their country of service. But their work has not stopped — far from it.
Whoever is elected as Moderator/Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly (2020) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), they will be looking at a two-year term like none other. In just a few short months, the COVID-19 virus has completely changed the way churches are interacting with members. The General Assembly itself will soon host a historic online gathering.
Arthur Fullerton and Marie Mainard O’Connell are the latest to add their names to the list of candidates seeking to become Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly (2020). If elected, they will serve in different ways than their predecessors.
What a strange Pentecost this will be.”
Author, entrepreneur, election reform advocate and candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams can now add another title to her impressive résumé: Festival of Homiletics lecturer.
In its latest grant cycle, the Mission Development Resources Committee (MDRC) recently approved 11 Mission Program Grants to new worshiping communities and two to presbyteries for their congregational transformation work.
After three site visits, 17 focus groups and several agency and entity-wide surveys, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has completed a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Audit as recommended by the 223rd General Assembly (2018).
The audit, conducted by the Washington Consulting Group (WCG), included data from the Presbyterian Mission Agency, Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Foundation, Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Inc., Administrative Services Group, Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program, Inc., and the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation.
Presbyterian Christopher Lim, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based TheoTech, wants to help church leaders — technologically — in a post-coronavirus world.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc across the world and the impact could last for years. However, despite its swift spread, it has prompted government, business, and churches to reevaluate the way they operate during times like these.
The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offers suggestions on how the church can still be church.
A recent New York Times story tells of a Catholic priest in Queens who decided not to let the coronavirus-mandated closure of his church keep him from worshiping with, and ministering to, his parish.