General Assembly Archives

Breaking historic ground . . . again

Posted March 11th, 2022

The 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting.

The Rev. Paul G. Moon, the first Korean American to stand for GA moderator, dies at age 87

Posted March 1st, 2022

The Rev. Paul G. Moon of Forest Hills, New York, the first Korean American to stand for moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), died Feb. 20 in hospital hospice due in part to dementia. He was 87.

Co-mods contemplate goats, church basements, TikTok pasta

Posted December 1st, 2021

Orientation for moderators and co-moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) probably never included learning how to sniff out the one true story from a trio of weird church stories.

Current and former GA Moderators will join #GivingTuesday2021 virtual celebration on Nov. 30

Posted November 16th, 2021

If their repartee on Facebook is any indication, the current and former General Assembly co-moderators, moderators and vice moderators, quite frankly, miss each other.

21st century ministry in a repurposed denominational HQ

Posted July 21st, 2021

Like the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Office of the General Assembly has been rethinking what it means to do ministry in the 21st century, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), told PMA board members Wednesday.

‘Keep our eyes fixed firmly on the prize, not on the politics’

Posted July 19th, 2021

Friday’s online appearance by Co-Moderator Elona Street-Stewart gave the Presbytery of East Iowa the chance to hear from one of the PC(USA)’s top leaders and to share some of the antiracism work going on in churches around the presbytery.

Stated Clerk discusses renovating the Presbyterian Center and transforming hearts and minds

Posted July 1st, 2021

On Thursday the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) offered up his thoughts on the proposed renovation of the Presbyterian Center in downtown Louisville, a renovation that the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II also hopes will include the transformation of hearts and minds of employees inside the building and of Presbyterians working at carrying out Christ’s mission across the nation and around the world.

Black Women and Girls Task Force lifts up LGBTQIA issues

Posted June 25th, 2021

A panel discussion hosted by the Disparities Experienced by Black Women and Girls Task Force was nearing a close Thursday when the Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt asked panelists how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) could better support queer and trans Black women and girls.

Educator, activist and peacemaker the Rev. Dean Lewis is remembered

Posted June 25th, 2021

The Rev. Dean H. Lewis died at age 94 on June 14 at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Faith-based investment committee revises evaluation criteria

Posted June 25th, 2021

The Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment voted during its June meeting to update the Guideline Metrics framework it uses to evaluate companies in which church entities own stock.