2020 년 온전히 온라인으로 주최되었던 총회는 많은 교훈을 남겼다. 교단은 이러한 교훈을 바탕으로 2022년 총회 준비에 박차를 가하고 있다. 글로벌 언어지원부(Global Language Resources, GLR)는 언어를 통해 총회 참석자들을 환대하기 위해 현대적인 기술을 활용할 계획이다.
Las lecciones aprendidas de la Asamblea General virtual en 2020 están evolucionando rápidamente hacia lecciones aplicadas a medida que los preparativos para 2022 continúan aumentando. El personal de los Recursos Lingüísticos Globales (GLR por sus siglas en inglés) está planeando capitalizar las formas en que la tecnología moderna puede mejorar en gran medida su compromiso con la hospitalidad lingüística.
Even if a person cannot be physically present in worship, there are still creative ways to make them vital members of the congregation.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) makes business sense for companies and organizations including the Presbyterian Mission Agency, which has been training employees on the three values monthly during 2021 as the response to a General Assembly mandate.
A recently-released 1001 New Worshiping Community 2020 Leader Report continues to show that NWC’s are more racially diverse and younger than PC(USA) congregations.
“The Protestant foreign missionary project expected to make the world look more like the United States. Instead, it made the United States look more like the world.” It is with those provocative words that David A. Hollinger opens his latest work, “Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America,” a very interesting book that provided me with new insights into a historical role of missionaries.
Also known as Pastoral Care Week, Spiritual Care Week began Monday and continues through Sunday. Learn more about Spiritual Care Week, along with this year’s theme of Advancing Spiritual Care Through Research, by clicking here.
At its fall meeting, the Board of Directors formalized the Board of Pensions’ commitment to removing the effects of structural racism from the agency’s workplace and policies. It also voted to expand access to the agency’s Assistance Program.
Ecumenical and interreligious ministry can begin with relationship building, which leads, step-by-step, to creative ministry and long-lasting friendships.
Since before my first call, I have been engaged in community outreach programs to assist people in need, and ecumenical and interreligious ministry. Those valuable experiences have created lasting relationships.
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced the most extensive changes to the Assistance Program in a generation. The changes steer financial help to ministers where their need is greatest and loosen requirements to extend access across Benefits Plan membership. The changes take effect January 1, 2022.