Monthly Archives: August 2023

August 9, 2023

Lack of US Gun Control Contributes to Violence Abroad

Posted 1:44pm

This article was researched and written by Madalyn Sailors, our 2023 Summer Fellow for International Issues In July, the Mexican government continued its efforts to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. It urged a U.S. appeals court to revive a $10 billion lawsuit… Read more »

August 8, 2023

A Day in the Life: Nancy Smith-Mathers Provides a Heartwarming Account of a Recent Visit to the United Nations

Posted 3:31pm

For God calls us to walk by faith, not by sight. What follows is a testament to the faith, dedication, and selflessness PC(USA) Mission Co-Workers Nancy and Shelvis Smith-Mathers have toward working tirelessly to end the current crisis in South Sudan. We walked into the meetings not knowing what to expect. Usually, when we present… Read more »

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The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness is the public policy information and advocacy office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Its task is to advocate, and help the church to advocate, the social witness perspectives and policies of the Presbyterian General Assembly. The church has a long history of applying these biblically and theologically-based insights to issues that affect the public — maintaining a public policy ministry in the nation’s capital since 1946. Reformed theology teaches that because a sovereign God is at work in all the world, the church and Christian citizens should be concerned about public policy. In addition, Presbyterian forefather John Calvin wrote, “Civil magistry is a calling not only holy and legitimate, but by far the most sacred and honorable in human life.”