Presbyterian Mission Agency end cash bail Archives

Presbyterian pastor advances the cause of reproductive justice

Posted June 27th, 2023

At SACReD, the Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity, which the Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams serves as co-director for movement building, religious leaders, organizers, academics and congregations work together to advance the cause of reproductive justice.

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship explores the path ahead following General Assembly

Posted September 15th, 2022

Even while looking back at what occurred earlier this summer during the 225th General Assembly, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship presenters kept their eyes focused on the road ahead during an hour-long online event Tuesday. Watch it here.

Presbytery of Milwaukee lives into its Matthew 25 calling

Posted April 14th, 2021

The Presbytery of Milwaukee calls its ambitious work around the Matthew 25 invitation “Healing Through Action.” Last fall, congregations and members of the presbytery took on medical care (“I was sick and you looked after me”) and housing (“I was a stranger and you invited me in”).

Beyond protests, how can you and your church bring change?

Posted June 8th, 2020

The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins was talking with a former educator who was concerned about what was happening on her local school board.

Stated Clerk among the winners in church press contest

Posted March 20th, 2020

Among the winners announced Thursday during the Associated Church Press’ 2019 Best of the Church Press Awards was the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II.

Presbyterians address cash bail plight

Posted June 20th, 2019

At age 16, Kalief Browder found himself on New York’s Rikers Island, awaiting trial for a crime he said he didn’t commit. Returning from a party in the Bronx, Browder was accused of stealing a backpack holding a credit card, an iPod Touch, a camera and $700. At his arraignment, he was charged with second-degree robbery. Bail was set at$3,000. Browder didn’t have the ability to “bond out” — pay the fee. He would spend the next three years in jail before being released, with his charges dropped.

Louisville area Presbyterians and their friends raise bail to spring more than 50 people

Posted June 13th, 2019

More than 250 Presbyterians and their friends marched from the Presbyterian Center to Jefferson Square Park near the Louisville Main Jail Wednesday, delivering words of encouragement, pleas to end the cash bail system — and enough money to free more than 50 people being detained because they can’t raise the cash.