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When you’re not at General Assembly, go to Peace Camp

Posted June 4th, 2020

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly is usually a busy time for the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.

Stated Clerk: ‘No longer can we hide behind not being controversial’

Posted June 3rd, 2020

In a very real sense during the colossal challenges of coronavirus and civil protest, God is calling the church out, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II said during a Vital Congregations webinar Wednesday.

Three entities approve diminished revenue estimates

Posted May 18th, 2020

Using technology that performed flawlessly Monday, three entities approved eight recommendations to send to next month’s online General Assembly concerning the impacts of lower than anticipated giving brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Moderator the Rev. Charles A. Hammond dies at 86

Posted May 12th, 2020

The Rev. Charles A. Hammond, who in 1980 was elected Moderator of the 192nd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, died May 3 in Pasadena, California, at the age of 86. His wife and daughter were at his side.

Former General Assembly Moderator Freda Gardner dies at 91

Posted May 9th, 2020

Freda Gardner, who was elected Moderator of the 211th General Assembly in 1999 and was the first female full-time faculty member at Princeton Theological Seminary, died Saturday, May 9, at age 91.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board endorses proposed budgets, committee reports

Posted April 18th, 2020

Before hearing a fundraising feasibility report on Stony Point Center Friday and then learning of the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett’s plan to expand any fundraising efforts to make them church-wide, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board took care of committee reports.

Varied, far-flung mission is envisioned over the next two years

Posted April 15th, 2020

Proposed budgets for the Presbyterian Mission Agency — about $61.2 million in 2021 and about $62.9 million for 2022 — will allow the agency two more years to continue the Matthew 25 focus and to carry out no small number of other worthy ministries, too.

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