Plenary 7 focused on the work of the Race and Gender Justice Committee (RGJ), with nine items of business placed on the consent agenda. The committee’s two other items were RGJ-07: “A Resolution Addressing the Lack of Installed Pastoral Leadership in People of Color Congregations in the PC(USA) — From the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee” and RGJ-08: “On Offering an Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and Its Legacy.”
거의 모든 안건 항목이 일괄 합의 안건으로 승인됨에 따라, 총회 이민 위원회는 화요일 밤, 미국장로교가 스스로 "피난처 교회 및 동반자 교회"로 선포하는 IMM-06안에 총력을 기울였다.
Con casi todos sus asuntos aprobados a través de la agenda de consentimiento, el Comité de Inmigración de la Asamblea General puso gran parte de su energía el martes por la noche hacia IMM-06, liderando el camino para que la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) se declare a sí misma como una "Iglesia Santuario y de Acompañamiento".
As a deeply evocative and lyrical liturgy led some 500 online worshipers at the 225th General Assembly down a quiet, gentle path on Wednesday morning, the road at once became riskier as Rev. Kate Murphy stepped into the virtual pulpit.
As the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) goes into the home stretch, Nathan Young is highly confident. For the past two years, he’s been producing events like this with the PC(USA) PC-Biz platform. The plenaries are all online this week, with the co-moderators, parliamentarian and stated clerk in a brand-new television production studio.
For Kathy Lueckert, president of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation, the 225th General Assembly, with its hybrid setup, may look different than the previous 224 assemblies. But at least one valuable gift remains the same for commissioners, advisory delegates and the staff members that serve the Assembly.
With almost all of its items having been approved via consent agenda, the General Assembly’s Immigration Committee put much of its energy Tuesday night toward IMM-06, leading the way for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to declare itself a “Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church.”
A formerly overweight pastor brought her enthusiastic congregation along on her journey to get healthy
The 225th General Assembly began its Tuesday afternoon session considering the recommendations brought forth by the Committee on Mid Councils and the Committee on Polity.
The first of 14 plenary sessions to be held Tuesday through Saturday came off practically without a hitch on Tuesday as commissioners to the 225th General Assembly took care of items of business brought by the Theology, Worship and Education Committee.