The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) began the second day of its fall meeting by hearing from its third working group, which is focusing on the issue of merger between the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) and the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA). COGA established three groups this summer, made up of COGA members, to look at specific issues currently facing the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

This is a time of year the staff at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations usually gears up for the annual UN General Assembly, which brings a bevy of world leaders to the UN’s New York headquarters for headline-making speeches and sets the stage for potentially  world-changing meetings.

Just over a week ago, the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People was supposed to be in Rochester, New York celebrating its 50th Anniversary.  

Zwingli’s “Plague Song” shows Presbyterians beleaguered by COVID-19 how the famous Reformer’s spiritual commitment deepened following his bout with the bubonic plague, which killed between a quarter to half of the residents of his home city, Zurich.

The Presbyterian Hunger Program is gearing up for its annual observance of the Food Week of Action, which will be Oct. 11-18.

The very public way the apostle Peter is called out by Paul in Paul’s letter to the Galatians offers modern-day readers a model for confronting racism for the sake of the gospel.

The Board of Directors of The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been recognized nationally for making diversity and inclusion a priority — both throughout the agency and in its own makeup. The Board is one of 10 finalists for the annual NACD NXT awards, presented by the National Association of Corporate Directors, whose membership represents over half of the Fortune 1000.

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM) announces the kickoff of its October Election-Fest. The month-long event is designed to help young adults of color navigate this difficult and critically important election year.

Climate change, according to the rev. abby mohaupt, has made it more difficult for many people, especially the poor, to access six keys to human existence — food, access to water, rest, home, safety and love.

Back (l to r): Neal Presa, Michael Booker, Terri Ofori, Dianna Wright, Eugene Sutton, Richard Mammana.
Front (l to r): Christian Boyd, Elise Johnstone, Anne Bond, Elizabeth Ring, Robert Foltz-Morrison during the February meeting at First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. Photo provided.

The conversations between the two denominations go back more than 20 years. In the 1960s, former Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA), Eugene Carson Blake, initially called for closer collaboration and dialogue among American denominations for “truly catholic, truly reformed, and truly evangelical” fellowship …