This resolution revised “The Power to Speak Truth to Power” (1981), While the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has not been silent over these years, the changes required of us, both as… Read more »
New genetic, nano, cyber, and bio-chemical technologies threaten our environment and our own life as a species, sometimes prompting near-panic at the extinction of species (bees, butterflies, coral, polar bears,… Read more »
Without claiming to be a judicial body, but in accord with our understanding of the impacts of concentrated power on the common good, the General Assembly affirms the words of… Read more »
This study examines the multiple economic, racial and ethnic, and social disparities that weigh down our current education efforts and impede them from fulfilling this role. The study acknowledges the… Read more »
This resolution affirms the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and opposes?all measures that would disenfranchise voters on the basis of race or other condition. It… Read more »
The 165th General Assembly made the following pronouncement for the guidance of Presbyterians: ‘All human life should be lived in accordance with the principles established by God for the life… Read more »
Honest Patriotism addresses threats to the vital freedoms of the First and Fourteenth amendments to the U. S. Constitution due to changes in communications, media, and politics. It calls for… Read more »
212th General Assembly (2000) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) There is strong evidence that the death penalty is applied in a racist manner. In 1987, in McCleskey v. Kemp, the United States… Read more »
Policy Recommendations The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) recommends that the 211th General Assembly (1999) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) do the following: 1. Commend the United Nations… Read more »
Drawing upon biblical sources, insights from the Reformed Tradition, and past policies of the General Assembly, this resolution affirms the continued use of restorative justice as the guiding metaphor for… Read more »
This resolution revised “The Power to Speak Truth to Power” (1981), While the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has not been silent over these years, the changes required of us, both as… Read more »
New genetic, nano, cyber, and bio-chemical technologies threaten our environment and our own life as a species, sometimes prompting near-panic at the extinction of species (bees, butterflies, coral, polar bears,… Read more »
This study examines the multiple economic, racial and ethnic, and social disparities that weigh down our current education efforts and impede them from fulfilling this role. The study acknowledges the… Read more »
This resolution affirms the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and opposes?all measures that would disenfranchise voters on the basis of race or other condition. It… Read more »
Honest Patriotism addresses threats to the vital freedoms of the First and Fourteenth amendments to the U. S. Constitution due to changes in communications, media, and politics. It calls for… Read more »
Drawing upon biblical sources, insights from the Reformed Tradition, and past policies of the General Assembly, this resolution affirms the continued use of restorative justice as the guiding metaphor for… Read more »