A joint congregational witness is a mission strategy of a presbytery. When its strategy for mission requires it, a presbytery may approve a joint congregational witness between PC(USA) congregations and congregations of other Christian churches.i Accordingly, a joint congregational witness can only be formed by the joining of two or more separate congregations, one of which is a PC(USA) congregation.
This list of volunteers serve the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as members of the PAN Leadership Team through advocacy, education and the development of resources.
The Leadership Team welcomes you to share a model of ministry, ask questions about HIV/AIDS or contact them if you would like help starting an HIV/AIDS ministry in your congregation.
The Guide for Judicial Process has been created by the Association of Stated Clerks to assist clerks in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in providing guidance to their councils (formerly governing bodies) and individuals within them regarding the judicial process.
The Association of Stated Clerks wishes to express its thanks to the General Assembly Stated Clerk and his staff in the Office of the General Assembly, Department of Constitutional Services, for their invaluable, insightful contributions and support to the development and updating of this Guide.
In July of 2011, the Revised Form of Government, voted by the 219th General Assembly and approved by the requisite number of …
Mission belongs to the very being of the church. Proclaiming the word of God and witnessing to the world is essential for every Christian. At the same time, it is necessary to do so according to gospel principles, with full respect and love for all human beings.
Aware of the tensions between people and communities of different religious convictions and the varied interpretations of Christian witness, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and, at the invitation of the WCC, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), met during a period of 5 years to reflect and produce this document to serve as …
A Report of the Catholic Reformed Dialogue in United States 2003 - 2007
Christians live among people groundcd in other religions and ideologies, or in none. If our immediate circle of neighbors or friends does nor reveal the religious plurality of the world, we need look no further than our cities, our nation, and our globally-connected world to see the diverse religious traditions which increasingly intermingle there. In this environment, persons and communities affect one another even when they are unaware of doin g so.
Our common baptism, which unites us to Christ in faith, is thus a basic bond of unity.... Therefore, our one baptism into Christ constitutes a call to the churches to overcome their divisions and visibly manifest their fellowship,
It has been nearly fifty years since the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, proposed in a sermon at Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco, the establishment of a dialogue between the Protestant Episcopal Church and the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, in the hope that this would result in a united church that would be “truly catholic, truly reformed, and truly
evangelical”. This would later be expanded to include the United Methodist Church and, subsequently, seven other denominations, including three historically black Methodist denominations. This would give rise to the Consultation on Church Union, which would subsequently be …
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its antecedent churches have been at the forefront of local, regional, national, and global ecumenism for more than a century. Presbyterians have been ready to reflect on, pray for, and organize ecumenical initiatives in the life of the worldwide body of Christ and respond to the initiatives of others. From discussions of organic union to the formation of councils of churches, from common efforts in evangelism and mission to upholding concerns for justice and social service, Presbyterians have been deeply involved in the ecumenical work and witness of the church. The Presbyterian church has put considerable material, spiritual, and personnel resources into the ecumenical movement, working to “listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches” and respond in creative ways to our ecumenical calling.
Instructions for planning a function at the 220th General Assembly (2012) for meetings, meal events, receptions, and other functions sponsored by synods, presbyteries, seminaries, affinity groups, PCUSA agencies and committees, etc.