Increasingly, we find that we are living in a world with numerous walls and barriers. These are walls that force us to live in sometimes small and isolated compartments. These… Read more »
As a Christian community based in the United States, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) affirms our heritage of separating government from religious control and yet allowing faith communities to witness for… Read more »
Responding to a 2014 request for a report on Cuba and US policy, the General Assembly anticipated and went further than the Obama Administration in recommending normalization and understanding changes… Read more »
The repeated failure of the peace process in Israel-Palestine is also a failure of national and international politics to address the human rights of a people kept stateless by military… Read more »
In a broken, sinful world, people often exploit rather than contribute to the well-being of others. This exploitation has many forms, and can be direct or indirect. This study document… Read more »
In 1978, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church assigned to the Council on Women and the Church responsibility to “study the problems of sexual harrassment, and to explore… Read more »
The Council on Women and the Church (former UPCUSA) and the Committee on Women’s Concerns (former PCUS) jointly appointed a focus group to initiate the study on the sexual exploitation… Read more »
A publication that seeks to understand the phenomenon of “professional misconduct through sexual abuse.” Exactly what constitutes professional misconduct through sexual abuse? In the case of adults, why do pastors/counselors/supervisors… Read more »
One of the greatest challenges created by the new reality of building community among strangers is the acknowledgment that we are all indeed strangers who have something to give to… Read more »