Posts Tagged: Congo

The Work of Presbyterian Public Witness in 2019

Reformed Theology teaches that, because a sovereign God is at work in the world, the church and Christian citizens should be concerned about public policy. The Office of Public Witness (OPW) is the public policy, advocacy, and information office of the PC(USA). We function as the voice of General Assembly in Washington, DC, and elsewhere…. Read more »

Washington Report to Presbyterians, Winter 2018

If you receive our paper mail, you should have received the Washington Report to Presbyterians, Winter 2018 edition, in your mailbox the week before Christmas. It is now available online in PDF and here on our blog. Each article is linked individually below. Articles with timely information that has changed have been updated as of… Read more »

Threats to Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

If you’re reading this digitally, you are probably doing so on a machine that contains minerals from the DRC. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has vast reserves of mineral wealth. The Congo is home to 80 percent of the world’s coltan reserves, which is used in smartphones, tablets, computers, and other electronic devices…. Read more »