The last time members of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) met face-to-face was in Baltimore last February. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the group to meet by Zoom ever since and committee members are addressing topics they didn’t think they would have to face this soon.
The fall meeting opened on Monday with a continued conversation about the church of the 21st century and feedback on the recently completed 224th General Assembly (2020).
Everyday God-Talk, with host So Jung Kim, has released a new video to help Presbyterians celebrate World Communion Sunday, which this year falls on Oct. 4.
Intercultural leadership, according to the Rev. W. Tali Hairston, is about the power of leadership that takes to heart the stories from below.
That onetime staple in every youth pastor’s toolkit — the Polaroid scavenger hunt — is getting a makeover and making a comeback. And during a pandemic, no less.
Imagine learning your family member’s home was burned down by the army, or that your brother-in-law was brutally murdered by soldiers in your hometown.
This year’s global pandemic canceled conferences all across the globe, but the most creative and inventive groups figured out ways to turn those gatherings virtual.
The desire to gather around common prayers, shared music and the communion table brought several Presbyterian Mission Agency ministries together to create a Worldwide Worship Kit, launched in time for World Communion Sunday, October 4.
“We are here holding up the life of Breonna Taylor, one who gave her life not intentionally, but a life that will be remembered for the movement she has now created,” the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II said during a vigil Sunday honoring the woman killed in her apartment March 13 at the hands of Louisville police.
A nearly hour-long plenary to cap the second week of the Intercultural Transformation Workshops focused on the pain and trauma clergy and lay people alike have been carrying for the past six months during the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice, including the killings of African Americans at the hands of police and Wednesday’s grand jury decision on the role of police in the killing of Breonna Taylor of Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13 in her apartment.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Episcopal Church are among several Christian denominations that are speaking out in support of a Unitarian church’s decision to offer sanctuary to demonstrators in the Breonna Taylor case.
The First Unitarian Church in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, opened its doors on Thursday night for a number of people that had been demanding justice for Taylor. The city has implemented a 9 p.m. curfew and the demonstrators arrived at the church just before the curfew was set to begin. Church leaders provided food, water, medical treatment if needed, and a place to rest for participants.