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Flags wave and spirits soar as Wednesday evening business concludes
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (822+ words) Assembly celebrates Puerto Rico as the site for the 228th General Assembly (2028) MILWAUKEE " Toward the end of another lengthy day of Assembly business " punctuated only by meal breaks and a GA Moderator candidate meet-and-greet " the opening prayer by Theological Student Advisory…...
General Assembly votes for fully in-person GA in 2030
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (447+ words) Presbyterian Life & Witness is being directed to do research to help inform decisions about additional assemblies MILWAUKEE " Commissioners to the 227th General Assembly voted Wednesday to return to a full, in-person assembly format in 2030, but the frequency of such gatherings and…...
Assembly contends with question of BOP deliverance
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (377+ words) Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.) Assembly contends with question of BOP deliverance GAR-03 sees split recommendation from committee around whether a deliverance should be established for the Board of Pensions or referred for further study MILWAUKEE " With the intense work of RIW-01 finally…...
GA resolutions embolden national and global advocacy
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (518+ words) The PC(USA)'s advocacy director, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, appears on GA Daily MILWAUKEE " The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins told viewers of "GA Daily" on Wednesday that actions taken by the 227th General Assembly are giving Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.) national advocacy offices…...
GA227 picks up where it left off Tuesday night
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (585+ words) Assembly amends and approves what was the substitute motion to RIW-01 on reviewing the restructuring of World Mission MILWAUKEE" Picking up where the left off Tuesday night, commissioners and advisory delegates to the 227th General Assembly amended and then approved the…...
Assembly addresses ordination, AI, Christian nationalism and a new confession
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (189+ words) Young adults and veterans help shape debate The proposal drew opposition from the Rev. Luke Maybry of the Presbytery of Charlotte, who warned, "We study things to death sometimes." Maybry argued the Assembly already had substantial work before it and…...
The Rev. Destini Hodges is welcomed to the GA Daily studio
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (694+ words) Manager for the Young Adult Volunteer program wants to see young people involved at all levels of the church MILWAUKEE" Following yet another full plenary session on Tuesday morning, the Rev. Destini Hodges dashed over to the studio to be…...
Morning plenary brings celebrations, somber remembrance and a whole lot of ORD-07
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (640+ words) Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.) Morning plenary brings celebrations, somber remembrance and a whole lot of ORD-07 Amid ongoing review of the Ordination Task Force report, the assembly's first substitute motion stirs up very Presbyterian excitement MILWAUKEE " Nearly an hour and a half…...
Reimagined worship serves people where they are
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (762+ words) 1001 New Worshiping Communities leaders share with GA commissioners and advisory delegates MILWAUKEE'Churchhas been showing upin all sorts of ways across the United States, and 888 of them are part of the 1001 New Worshiping Communities of the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.). "When we hit…...
YAADs, Presbyterians for the Kingdom come to Jesus
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (517+ words) The two groups reconcile publicly over pizza MILWAUKEE" Young Adult Advisory Delegates and members of the group Presbyterians for the Kingdom held a luncheon during the 227th General Assembly on Tuesday designed to effect reconciliation " in this case between progressive and…...