One hundred years ago Knox Presbyterian Church accepted a gift — worth $250,000 in today’s dollars — for a church of the white race only. The congregation, led by the Rev. Adam Fronczek, confessed that tragic history in 2020. The church also made a commitment to a racial justice ministry, which it’s funding at $50,000 a year.
On Saturday the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to confirm the Rev. Dr. Tom Taylor's re-election as President and CEO of the Presbyterian Foundation.
A meadowlark sings from a tall prairie stem, rabbits dart back into trailside grass, and six young geese, webbed feet churning, push across the pond.
Last week’s decision by the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) involving the continuing conflict between Israel and Palestine has drawn strong reaction both for and against. On Friday, commissioners and advisory delegates voted 266 to 116 to declare that the Israeli government’s actions against Palestinian people meets the legal definition of apartheid.
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has appointed Vivian D. Wesson as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. The appointment of Wesson, most recently Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Marsh McLennan, forwards the agency’s commitment to providing strength and stability in support of the changing Church.
In a world filled with dysfunction, we are called to address the challenges around us, confident of God’s victory over evil.
After quick action by the Financial Resources Committee (FIN) on three amended items of business covering the per capita rates for 2023 and 2024, and the consolidated and per capita budgets for those same years, the General Assembly voted to approve the committee’s recommendations during Plenary 16:
Presbyterians both young and young at heart gave thanks and offered up effusive and heartfelt praise Saturday during a 28-minute final plenary that brought the 225th General Assembly to a joyous close.
Saturday’s first plenary, the 15th held as part of the 225th General Assembly, included a handful of attempts by commissioners to have the assembly reconsider previous action.
The Rev. Ruth Santana-Grace and the Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis say they’ve been buoyed by prayer and other health-producing practices during a grueling week of General Assembly 225 plenaries that will come to an end Saturday.