Several PC(USA) committees have submitted advise and counsel to GA on the Olympia overture.
Committee will consider recommendations from MRTI, the Special Offerings Review Task Force, the Presbyterian Foundation, among others.
The keynote speaker at the breakfast is Zoughbi al Zoughbi, a peacemaker in West Bank, Palestine. Hymn Writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette will also receive the Peaceseeker Award.
Proposals include recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility.
One overture asks the assembly to advocate for amending the US Constitution.
With today’s emptier church pews and fuller yoga studios, churches like The Well are attempting to bridge the two worlds for spiritual fulfillment.
The Rev. James Mohr II, college chaplain and director of church relations at Westminster College, has been named one of Pennsylvania’s trailblazers in the field of education.
At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists joined the recently renewed debate over in vitro fertilization, passing a resolution calling for restrictions on the practice. Some leaders went further, condemning the procedure as immoral.
The Young Adult Advocacy Conference, hosted in Charlotte this fall, aims to show young people the connection between faith and justice work, both historically and today.
Yet, the convention decided to disfellowship a Virginia church that has a woman serving as pastor for children and women.
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