This Quicksheet resource includes Music, Bible Stories, and Prayer suggestions for children and families as they engage in the work of Anti-Racism.
Immigration reform is a complex issue and it pays to have the facts engaging in the debate about specific elements of reform. This resource addresses some of the most common reasons to not reform our nation's immigration laws or to partially reform the laws, as well as a response to why those arguments should not stop us in the work to achieve justice for aspiring citizens.
Working from the Stated Clerk’s vision, while also focusing on the challenges facing us, the Office of the General Assembly, in partnership with the Presbyterian Mission Agency, presents this narrative version of the proposed 2019-2020 per capita budget (Updated September 25, 2018).
In response to the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hizbullah the NMEPC issued a statement calling for "all illegal and terroristic activities on all sides come to an abrupt and final end, .... an end to Israel's occupation as the first real step toward a genuine peace in the region, .... [and] to base U.S. foreign policy on the legal and moral values that our nation and constitution are founded on.”
A General Assembly committee met to begin planning a conference on race, ethnicity, racism and ethnocentricity, as part of an action of the 221st General Assembly (2014). The conference will be held this fall 2015, and will be reported to the 222nd General Assembly (2016). Read the full report from the 221st General Assembly (2014) here.
The neighborhoods around our homes and our faith community gathering places are the heart of our ministries. If we are to live out the Matthew 25 vision we should understand our communities. This QuickSheet provides you with a template and ideas to plan an experience and worship service around your neighborhoods.
The study and recommendations present a theological analysis based in Scripture and our Reformed heritage, particularly that of John Calvin, of the secular market assumptions at work in the church, including those models of career and salary inequality that distort so many of our expectations. Reformation and change, though difficult, are vital to continued health and growth in the church, but must be based on a biblical and theological understanding of our mission. Hence, any plan for change, for re-focusing the church's mission, incentives, and internal accountability, will arise from the context of our mutual vocation and mission.
This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), responds to the assignment to “provide theological guidance to church and society with regard particularly to the impact of secular market assumptions on the compensation practices of the PC(USA).” It contains recommendations for building solidarity in the ministry by lessening inequality and increasing accountability in presbyteries and in Louisville. The study section looks carefully at Calvin and Reformed principles and at the varied policies of the six General Assembly agencies.
Responding to a 2014 request for a report on Cuba and US policy, the General Assembly anticipated and went further than the Obama Administration in recommending normalization and understanding changes already underway. Building on the strong relationship maintained between the Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Cuba and the PCUSA since the 1959 Revolution, and with the help of the Cuba Partners Network, this report looks at the transition from an atheistic to a secular state, social achievements and human rights challenges, and the counter-productive role of the US embargo and other official hostility, long after the Cold War and international scorn for …
This report covers research on the sustainability of new worshiping communities within the 1001 NWC movement.