Daily Briefing for 6/19/16 by Carmen Fowler LaBerge
Daily Briefing 6/19/16 with Carmen Fowler LaBerge from Presbyterian Lay Committee on Vimeo.
Anderson-Edmiston elected co-moderators of the 222nd General Assembly
On the 60th anniversary of ordination of women, two women — Teaching Elders Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston — have been elected as Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). It’s the first time the assembly has elected a moderator team made up of two women. It’s also the first time…
Texas Presbyterian Churches Push Against Fossil Fuel Divestment Plan
By Asher Price, American-Statesmnan. An effort among some Presbyterians nationally to get their church to divest from oil, gas and coal stocks is running into opposition from their Texas brethren. About 30 regional church districts, or presbyteries, have supported a proposal by the San Francisco Presbytery calling on the Presbyterian Church (USA) to pull out…
ACSWP Resolution Blames Israel for Fading Peace Prospects
By Alan F.H. Wisdom A proposed resolution from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) faults “Israel’s policy trajectory of continued settlements and brutal occupation” for difficulties in achieving a peace settlement with the Palestinians. By contrast, the resolution declines to attribute blame to the other side in the…
Fifty Years with The Confession of 1967: Little Reason to Celebrate
When the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) – called “GA” – meets in Portland, Ore., it will consider literally hundreds of items of business. The high profile items (typically related to morals or politics) will be reported by the national media and on this web site. Included in the GA’s packed agenda…
GA Co-Moderator Candidate: Many in PCUSA Are Not too Idealistically Different from Orlando Gunman
A candidate standing for co-moderator of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has written a blog in the wake of Sunday morning’s act of terrorism, equating evangelicals in the PCUSA with the Muslim extremism seen in Orlando attack. Early Sunday morning, 29-year-old Omar Mateen walked inside of the gay nightclub Pulse and began…
2016 General Assembly Will Elect Co-Moderators
This year, two slates of Presbyterians are standing for the positions of co-moderators of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s 222nd General Assembly. Commissioners to the assembly will elect the co-moderators during the 7 p.m. plenary session on June 18. The first co-moderator team is Denise Anderson, pastor of Unity Presbyterian Church in Temple Hills, Md., and Jan Edmiston,…
PCUSA at Risk of Leading People Astray in Gay Conversion Therapy Vote, Says Counselor
By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post. The Presbyterian Church (USA) is at risk of leading one of its “most vulnerable populations into deception” if it votes to denounce gay conversion therapy at their General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, later this month, says one conversion therapy practitioner. Titled “On Therapies Purporting to Change Sexual Orientation or…
Pastoral Guidebook on End of Life Holds Potential & Pitfall, Part V
This is Part V in a seven-part blog series analyzing a resolution coming to the PCUSA General Assembly on the end of life. The paper titled, “Abiding Presence: Living Faithfully in End of Life Decisions,” forms the rationale of the resolution and is offered to the church as a pastoral guide to end of life conversation….
Pastoral Guidebook on end of life holds potential and pitfall – Part IV
This is Part IV in a seven-part blog series analyzing a resolution coming to the PCUSA General Assembly on the end of life. The paper titled, “Abiding Presence: Living Faithfully in End of Life Decisions,” forms the rationale of the resolution and is offered to the church as a pastoral guide to end of life…