John A. Bolt, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:41:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg John A. Bolt, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org 32 32 Major changes coming in PC(USA) special offerings after #GA226 action https://pres-outlook.org/2024/07/major-changes-coming-in-pcusa-special-offerings-after-ga226-action/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:49:25 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=126330 The offering number was reduced from four to three and moved to cause-based instead of program-based beneficiaries.

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]]> PC(USA) investing agencies asked to sell bonds of occupying countries https://pres-outlook.org/2024/07/pcusa-investing-agencies-asked-to-sell-bonds-of-occupying-countries/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:59:35 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=126272 Commissioners also OK’d ‘focused engagement’ with GE, Palantir over military operations.

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]]> Finance committee chooses fast action over study https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/finance-committee-chooses-fast-action-over-study/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:23:48 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=126157 The finance committee recommends selling government debt of countries involved in long-term military occupation, as requested by the commissioners' resolution.

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]]> Plan to reduce, reconfigure PC(USA) Special Offerings OK’d by committee https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/plan-to-reduce-reconfigure-pcusa-special-offerings-okd-by-committee/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:21:15 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=126149 The Financial Resources Committee sent the recommendation to the full assembly for consideration next week.

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]]> PC(USA) to engage GE and Palantir on human rights concerns https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/pcusa-to-engage-ge-and-palantir-on-human-rights-concerns/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:44:45 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=126113 The finance committee recommends the assembly approve "focused engagement" techniques with GE and Palantir in efforts to end the companies’ military equipment and AI surveillance production. 

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]]> GA asked to back removal of ‘punishment clause’ from U.S. Constitution https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/ga-asked-to-back-removal-of-punishment-clause-from-u-s-constitution/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:15:08 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125715 13th Amendment still allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for people who are incarcerated.

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]]> PC(USA) takes major move in unifying OGA, PMA and A Corp budgets https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/pcusa-takes-major-move-in-unifying-oga-pma-and-a-corp/ Wed, 08 May 2024 11:42:55 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125026 Three PC(USA) bodies unanimously recommended “Unifying budget” to upcoming GA.

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]]> ‘We’re taking it down to the level of the studs’ https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/were-taking-it-down-to-the-level-of-the-studs/ Tue, 07 May 2024 10:00:25 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124967 Unification Commission co-moderators describe efforts halfway through the combining PMA and OGA.

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]]> Building trust ‘for the sake of the Gospel’ https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/building-trust-for-the-sake-of-the-gospel/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:18:53 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123784 Nassau Presbyterian Church and Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church work to build trust that has been missing since 1840.

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]]> COGA approves updates to PHS mission statement, strategic plan https://pres-outlook.org/2023/11/coga-approves-updates-to-phs-mission-statement-strategic-plan/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:56:38 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=120521 With the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly's approval, the Presbyterian Historical Society's mission statement now emphasizes: “Collect, Preserve, Share, Transform.”

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