Calling Christians yet again to move forward in hope in this post-election season, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and colleagues from the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations led the national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in worship on Wednesday.
In a nonpartisan vigil that provided a brief respite on what was an anxious night for many voters, the Rev. Jihyun Oh cried out to “the God of peace and justice” for the fortitude to keep doing the work that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long pursued.
Ahead of an international climate conference later this month in Azerbaijan, the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WISC) has delivered a letter to the White House asking for the United States to throw its weight behind efforts to curtail global warming.
To Ariyah Sadler, a recent summer fellow for the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, there’s a strong connection between advocacy and loving thy neighbor.
The first of four sessions exploring the book “Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible” commenced Thursday with the author, the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, joining more than 50 participants for a 75-minute discussion that encompassed the book’s first chapter, “Settler Colonialism, Palestine, and the Bible.”
The Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler Jr. doesn’t want to see America return to the 1950s when inequality, lack of opportunity and limited voter protections were the norm for non-whites, and so he’s sounding the alarm about Christian nationalism, which he maintains isn’t really Christian at all.
With a sermon infused with self-deprecating humor about her age, the Rev. Dr. Amantha Barbee encouraged attendees of the “Jesus & Justice” Young Adult Advocacy Conference to realize the power within them and to never let anyone look down on them because of their youth.
The Executive Director and Stated Clerk of the interim unifying agencies, the Rev. Jihyun Oh, joined more than a dozen U.S. Christian faith leaders in signing a letter addressed to both presidential campaigns requesting each “work toward a just and permanent solution that addresses the core issues” in the ongoing violence in Gaza and Israel-Palestine.
After casting your ballot on Nov. 5, you’re invited to join the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for an online prayer vigil to help relieve anxiety, create a sense of community and be unified in Christ.
The PC(USA)’s Christian Zionism working group, which consists of the Presbyterian World Mission’s Middle East and Europe office, the Office of Public Witness, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, and members of the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN), is holding an online book study series that begins October 24 at noon Eastern Time and will run on successive Thursdays through November 14. The book to be studied is the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb’s “Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, the People, the Bible.”
