(By Gregg Brekke, The Presbyterian News Service). The Rev. Charles (Chip) Hardwick today announced his resignation as the director of the Theology, Formation and Evangelism ministry in the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Hardwick’s final day at the Presbyterian Center is December 12 and, as of this writing, he has not accepted…
(By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook). A ministerial team of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board that’s been considering how the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) allocates overhead costs is recommending changes – concluding that the rates themselves are reasonable, but that the agency should generally charge agency departments a single, flat rate and that donors need more…
(By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook). Tony De La Rosa, interim executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, has resigned, apparently effective immediately, and David D. Crittenden, a mid council executive, has been named to replace him as acting director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. De La Rosa’s term had been scheduled to continue through November….
(By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook). The All Agency Review Committee and the Way Forward Commission have jointly decided not to recommend a merger of the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The All Agency Review Committee announced that decision Aug. 21, following a two-hour closed session. Both the Way Forward Commission…
(By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook). Both the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board and the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly are meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week – accepting an invitation from the Presbytery of San Juan. Over the past year, Presbyterian leadership has been highlighting justice concerns in Puerto Rico…
(By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post). Presbyterian Church (USA) will soon be launching an educational forum for interfaith discussions on Facebook Live. PCUSA Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Interfaith Relations will spearhead the monthly live chats, with the first scheduled for Thursday and will broadcast on the Mainline Protestant denomination’s official Facebook page. Kathy Francis, spokeswoman…
(By Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service). The past year has been a busy one for the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI), from saying goodbye to long-time coordinator Bill Somplatsky-Jarman to watching events unfold in Standing Rock, North Dakota. New lead staff Rob Fohr says they’ll be busy again this year, adding they are always…
By Jana Blazek, The Presbyterian Outlook. Those are the new building blocks of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s internal structure – and will be the format around which the board’s next meeting Sept. 13-16 in Louisville will be structured. The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s executive committee, which is meeting in Chicago July 27-29, spent time…
By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post. A leader within the Presbyterian Church (USA) took part in a protest held outside of Wendy’s Dublin, Ohio, headquarters last week, demanding that the fast food chain sign onto the Fair Food Program. “Wendy’s has, for many years, avoided the criteria of the Fair Food Program, even as other…
Transparency is essential to accountability and organizational trust. Transparency in governance includes the disclosure of how monies are spent and from what sources. The people not only have a right to know how the money they are giving is being spent but whether or not it is being spent on things that they value. The…