A group representing several ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) visited Sri Lanka in January in fulfillment of an overture aimed at eradicating slavery from supply chains. Program representatives included personnel from Presbyterian World Mission, the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI).
Citing a decision by the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Way Forward Commission (WFC) and All Agency Review Committee (AARC) will submit reports by today’s deadline but leave the door open for amendments prior to General Assembly.
On Feb. 15, the Way Forward Commission is expected to formally vote to approve its recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly — sprinting to meet a Feb. 16 deadline for submitting those recommendations to the Office of the General Assembly.
Gathered in Louisville for the first of its two meetings in 2018 prior to General Assembly 223 (2018) in St. Louis, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) began its time together with reports from members of the executive committee.
The Way Forward Commission is working its way through what’s currently a 46-page draft document with six recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Members of a General Assembly 222 (2016) special committee created to study the Reformed Perspective of Christian Education in the 21st century led a discussion asking APCE attendees what they would like them to know as they address these questions.
Vision, per capita, commissioners’ resolutions and more. The All Agency Review Committee is preparing a report to the 2018 General Assembly with a smorgasbord of recommendations stemming from the committee’s work reviewing the six agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Following a six-hour closed session Jan. 23, the All Agency Review Committee announced that it had approved a series of recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) regarding the PC(USA), A Corporation, the corporate entity for the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) and the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA).
El equipo Visión 2020 de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) concluyó su última reunión en persona hoy después de pasar tres días dialogando el formato y el contenido del borrador del informe que presentará a la 223ª Asamblea General este verano en St. Louis.
