Presbyterian Mission Agency rev. shavon starling-louis Archives

‘She is at her most energetic when love needs to be put into action’

Posted May 9th, 2024

In one of the great introductions in the history of such speeches, the adult children of Dr. Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Emma and Sam, introduced their mother on Wednesday to an adoring crowd present to witness Lapsley’s inauguration as Union Presbyterian Seminary’s eighth president, the first woman to hold that office.

PC(USA) Co-Moderator champions advocacy as a divine calling during the ‘Jesus and Justice’ conference for young adults

Posted October 23rd, 2023

After stepping down from a platform to be closer to young people gathered for an advocacy conference at the Presbyterian Center, the Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis lifted up the words of the biblical prophet as a call to Christians to speak out for the marginalized.

Prominent PC(USA) leaders among special guests coming to Young Adult Advocacy Conference in Louisville

Posted September 15th, 2023

Special guests have been announced for an advocacy and activism conference kicking off Oct. 20 at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, to empower young adults to make their voices heard on important issues.

Voices of young adult delegates given space by PC(USA) Co-Moderator

Posted March 15th, 2023

The Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, Co-Moderator of the 225th General Assembly (2022), gathered with a group of young adult delegates and young adult volunteers (YAVs) at the close of the second day of the recent 67th Commission on the Status Women to share stories and experiences as young adults in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It was an open space with frank and vulnerable discussions, so the names of the young adults are not included in this report to respect them and their voices.

The PC(USA)’s Unification Commission concludes its three-day meeting by dividing up its work

Posted March 11th, 2023

The Unification Commission spent the bulk of its Saturday morning together divided into the four teams that will do much of the commission’s work over the coming months.

Presbyterian Commission on the Status of Women delegates meet with Cuban delegation

Posted March 9th, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8 — International Women’s Day — members of the PC(USA) delegation to the 67th Commission on the Status of Women were hosted by Yuri A. Gala López, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, at the offices of Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations.

Voices of young adult delegates given space by PC(USA) Co-Moderator

Posted March 8th, 2023

The Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, Co-Moderator of the 225th General Assembly (2022), gathered with a group of young adult delegates and young adult volunteers (YAVs) at the close of the second day of the 67th Commission on the Status Women Tuesday to share stories and experiences as young adults in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It was an open space with frank and vulnerable discussions, so the names of the young adults are not included in this report to respect them and their voices.

Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly lead joyous worship for the 67th Commission on the Status of Women

Posted March 6th, 2023

Batting leadoff during Monday’s ecumenical worship at the 67th Commission on the Status of Women, prominent Presbyterians preached a message of hope and inclusion to those gathered in person at the Church Center for the United Nations and to those participating in worship online.

Presbyterian orientation provides advice and encouragement for participants preparing for UN gathering

Posted March 4th, 2023

The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women kicked off Friday for delegates from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women with an orientation session from the Church of the Covenant in New York City that set the stage for a nearly two-week gathering to empower women and girls.

Presbyterian delegates and church leaders headed to gender-equality gathering in New York

Posted March 1st, 2023

Thousands of people from around the globe, including a contingent from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), are headed to New York City for the 67th Commission on the Status of Women, a gender equality gathering that will be celebrated by the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PC(USA), both Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly, and the president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.