Monday night’s plenary session opened with an address from Dr. Monica Schaap Pierce, executive director of Christian Churches Together, a fellowship of Christian communions representing 34 denominations and 57 million American Christians, of which the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been a part since CCT’s founding.
Los Premios Mujeres de Fe se establecieron en 1986 para honrar a las mujeres en la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) cuyas vidas ejemplifican su compromiso cristiano a través del testimonio, el servicio y el liderazgo. Se reciben nominaciones de toda la iglesia, y las homenajeadas son seleccionadas por un comité de representantes de grupos relacionados con los Ministerios Interculturales para la Equidad Racial y las Mujeres y las Mujeres Presbiterianas. Los premios se entregan en el desayuno de mujeres de fe durante la Asamblea General.
Monday's Ecumenical Dinner, formerly known as the Stated Clerk’s Dinner, was a recognition of the faithfulness of working together with partners across the globe.
Acting Stated Clerk the Rev. Bronwen Boswell gave the opening prayer and greetings, emphasizing the continued commitment of working together. “I think there's an opportunity for us to broaden and bring communities together,” Boswell said. “As society changes, there are ways in which religious communities all over the world are responding to social movements.”
Following a joyful morning session—in which the Rev. Jihyun Oh was elected as the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PC(USA) and five PC(USA)-related seminary presidents were confirmed — the fifth plenary session moved from an air of celebration to the more serious consideration of CF-18, CR-07 on Transparency of Seminaries Around Investments, which had been arrested from the morning plenary.
솔트레이크시티 - 애정, 존경, 감사, 눈물, 웃음, 가끔씩 경건함의 감동이 넘쳐나는 교회 헌정식에서 J. 허버트 넬슨 2세 목사는 자신을 형성하고 변화시킨 교단의 변화에 대해 기쁨으로 축하받았습니다.
Those attending the Ruling Elders Luncheon Monday could easily detect that Martha Miller, Manager of Ministry Education and Support in the Office of the General Assembly, is also a certified Christian educator.
As the host of the sold-out luncheon, Miller placed everyday items — a rubber band, a spool of thread, a measuring tape, a seashell and other items — in a small container on each table to generate discussion.
Two years after Nia Maile lost her 15-year-old cousin to gun violence, his death still shakes her to the core.
In life, her cousin, whose name was Paula Tahi, had been the mildly annoying “brother” that Maile regretted having to bring along with her to things, but since his death — at the hands of a fellow teenager — he has become her motivation to speak out about senseless violence.
가족들이 안수하고 500여 명의 대의원들과 자문위원들이 목이 터져라 지지하는 가운데, 오지현 목사가 월요일 차기 총회 정서기로 선출되어 취임하였다. 현재 총회 사무국 중간 공의회 사역 디렉터를 맡고 있는 오 목사는 8월 1일부터 새로운 업무를 시작한다.
Con la imposición de manos de sus familiares y el apoyo entusiasta de más de 500 comisionados y delegados asesores, la Rev. Jihyun Oh fue elegido y luego instalado como el próximo Secretario Permanente de la Asamblea General el lunes. Oh, que actualmente es directora de Mid Council Ministries en la Oficina de la AsambleaGeneral, comienza su nuevo trabajo el 1 de agosto.
With family members laying on their hands and more than 500 commissioners and advisory delegates in full-throated support as well, the Rev. Jihyun Oh was elected and then installed as the next Stated Clerk of the General Assembly Monday. Oh, who’s currently director of Mid Council Ministries in the Office of the General Assembly, begins her new work on Aug. 1.
The margin was 420-2. After the vote was announced, the assembly gave her what can only be described as a standing Oh.