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The chair of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment, the Rev. Kerri Allen, concludes her leadership role

Michael Ferguson — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:00:16 +0000

The Rev. Kerri Allen, outgoing chair of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment, reflects on the often faithful yet sometimes misunderstood work of the committee she led.

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A decision at the last General Assembly led to historic events in Alaska

Michael Ferguson — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:55:29 +0000

In the summer of 2022, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) directed the Presbyterian Mission Agency to offer the denomination’s official apology and monetary reparations for the racist manner in which Memorial Presbyterian Church in Juneau, Alaska, was closed in 1963.

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Report: Asian American women have fewer church leadership opportunities

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:32:13 +0000

While men in Asian American congregations cite biblical beliefs as the main reason why fewer women are in leadership, women in these congregations say overrepresentation of men is the dominant reason.

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Without passages on justice for the poor, the Bible is a very slim volume

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:20:57 +0000

“I was raised to see that faith and justice were completely linked, and so I just think it’s about living out one’s faith,” says the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, who talks with the Rev. Sara Hayden on the “New Way” podcast about being raised by an activist mother and where she is finding hope and challenge in her own activism and motherhood today.

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Author and speaker Brian McLaren makes a second appearance at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:07:15 +0000

With his most recent book, “Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart,” now available, author, speaker and activist Brian McLaren recently returned to New York Avenue Presbyterian Church’s airwaves for a 90-minute presentation and Q&A on “Creating a Church for the Future.”

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Volunteer opportunities open overseas for young adults

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:51:26 +0000

The Presbyterian Mission Agency’s World Mission ministry is collaborating with ecumenical partners in Germany and Poland to offer multiple volunteer opportunities for young adults between the ages of 19–30. Although this program targets the same demographic as the PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteer program and is supported by YAV, the selected participants will not be part of the YAV program. Both opportunities begin in September 2024 and conclude in June 2025.

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Podcast explores 30 years of service by more than 1,900 Young Adult Volunteers

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:24:53 +0000

Destini Hodges, coordinator of the PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteer program, took to the “Between 2 Pulpits” airwaves to describe and celebrate a ministry of social justice and faith transformation that’s produced more than 1,900 alums over the last three decades.

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PC(USA)’s LGBTQIA+ Equity Advocacy Committee applauds United Methodist Church vote removing ban on ordaining gay clergy

Dana Dages — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:13:29 +0000

Following an action by United Methodist Church delegates to repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s LGBTQIA+ Equity Advocacy Committee, known as ACQ+E, issued this statement:

“The LGBTQIA+ Equity Advocacy Committee joins our United Methodist Church siblings in celebrating their historic votes to remove prohibitions for ordaining LGBTQIA+ clergy. We’re also excited to see the UMC removal of teachings against homosexuality and their recognition of marriage as ‘between two people of faith.’

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Second Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, Virginia, hosts an emotional and ecumenical dedication service

Dana Dages — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:55:58 +0000

Second Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, Virginia, recently hosted a moving and joyous ecumenical service, dedicating a newly renovated Alexa House for hosting families being served by Family Promise of Greater Roanoke. Watch the hourlong service here.

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PC(USA) campus ministry in New Orleans benefits from ecumenical partnerships

Dana Dages — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:36:54 +0000

The Labyrinth Café and Gathering Place, a campus ministry for Tulane University and the University of New Orleans in uptown New Orleans, is “a community center where people can gather and ask deep questions about life and faith,” said the Rev. Zoë Garry, campus minister and director of the Labyrinth.

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