Fresh off their election as Co-Moderators of the 226th General Assembly Sunday night, the Rev. Tony Larson and the Rev. CeCe Armstrong, who both serve churches in South Carolina, were pictures of grace and insight during a press conference arranged for the Presbyterian News Service and Presbyterian Outlook.
Commissioners to the 226th General Assembly have chosen two South Carolina pastors, the Rev. CeCe Armstrong and the Rev. Tony Larson, to be the next Co-Moderators. They will serve a two-year term and are the fifth straight team of Co-Moderators to win election.
Armstrong and Larson were elected Sunday night by a vote of 249 to 171 during an evening plenary in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Utah. Soon afterward, they were installed by their predecessors, the Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace and the Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, who received a standing ovation for their service and gave the victorious team a glimpse of what lies ahead.
The Rev. Kerri Allen, outgoing chair of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment, reflects on the often faithful yet sometimes misunderstood work of the committee she led.
After meeting in a retreat for two days ahead of the 226th General Assembly, members of the African American Mid Council Leaders spoke with Presbyterian News Service about some of the challenges both African American congregations and pastor face moving forward.
In an ecclesiastical tribute — brimming over with affection, admiration, gratitude, tears, laughter and just the occasional touch of irreverence — the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, was joyfully celebrated for changing the denomination that shaped and changed him.