advisory committee on social witness policy Archives

Do the queer community and the church need each other?

Posted June 2nd, 2021

Do people in the LGBTQIA+ community need the church? Does the church need people who are LGBTQIA+?

Challenging the ‘idolatry’ of the nuclear family

Posted May 20th, 2021

The first time the Rev. Lee Catoe heard the term “queer,” it was in the saying “queer as a $2 bill.” Sometimes it simply referred to something that was just odd, but other times it was referring to someone in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Presbyterian leader to speak on Israel-Palestine in White House meeting

Posted May 12th, 2021

The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Associate Director for Advocacy in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), will be speaking to Thursday’s meeting of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the invitation of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) about the current conflict between Israel and Palestinians.

Breaking free from purity culture

Posted May 5th, 2021

The second Linda Kay Klein heard that the gunman in the March 16 shootings at three Atlanta spas considered his victims “stumbling blocks,” she knew he had been raised in purity culture.

Presbyterians contribute to new book on race

Posted April 14th, 2021

The latest episode of “Just Talk Live” aired Tuesday with the specter of yet another police-involved shooting of a Black man looming overhead.

‘Just Talk Live’ examines AAPI hate

Posted April 7th, 2021

On the eve of its one-year anniversary, “Just Talk Live” took on the topic of AAPI hate, with a trio of guests who affirmed that racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is nothing new and that the church has a role to play in stopping it.