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February 1, 2012

Support the Violence Against Women Act

Posted 5:20pm

From our partners at Ecumenical Advocacy Days: While all Senators need to hear from religious advocates about our support for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), it is especially critical that people of faith from Iowa, Texas, Arizona, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Alabama call their Senators NOW as the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on VAWA at 10:00 am Thursday… Read more »

January 10, 2011

Presbyterian leaders respond to Arizona shootings

Posted 2:32pm

Encourage Presbyterians to join national moment of silence LOUISVILLE—Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders issued a statement today in the wake of the Tucson, Ariz., shootings that left six people dead and 14 injured. Elder Cynthia Bolbach, Moderator of the 219th General…

I pray for peace . . . Triennium Day 4

Posted 9:30pm

Today marked the final day in the exhibit hall at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. Participants stopped by the booth of the Presbyterian United Nations Ministry, the Office on Child Advocacy, and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and added their prayers to…

PC(USA) leaders address new Arizona immigration law in letter to Congress

Posted 11:54pm

The Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, and the Executive Director of the General Assembly Mission Council have written to members of Congress expressing their concern about a new immigration law in…

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