rev. carlton johnson Archives

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board opens Wednesday meeting with antiracism training

Posted October 8th, 2020

As a part of the opening plenary of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) meeting on Wednesday, board members participated in a panel discussion on cultural humility moderated by the Rev. Denise Anderson, coordinator for racial and intercultural justice, working in connection with the agency’s Compassion, Peace & Justice and Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries.

A somber hour during the Week of Action

Posted August 28th, 2020

Presbyterians paused during their Week of Action Thursday to take a more introspective and personal action: mourning the deaths of 183,000 Americans and more than 832,000 people around the world who have perished from COVID-19.

Thursday’s COVID-19 memorial service is part of the Presbyterian Week of Action

Posted August 25th, 2020

At 5 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday as part of BLACKOUT Day during the Presbyterian Week of Action, a COVID-19 memorial service will be held via Zoom — and also streamed live on the PC(USA) Facebook and Week of Action pages.

Finding vitality and resilience in the wilderness

Posted August 6th, 2020

The registration deadline is Monday for the 2020 Vital Congregations annual gathering, being held via Zoom August 18-20.

A poignant photograph illustrates dealing with deep grief

Posted June 11th, 2020

During the Vital Congregations lament worship service Wednesday, nearly 50 participants were asked if they were willing to weep if they saw a sibling in pain — or if they were just content to be a lens.

Vital Congregations Zoom conversations to resume Wednesday

Posted May 26th, 2020

The Office of Vital Congregations will resume weekly Wednesday Zoom conversations at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on May 27.

Despite the pandemic, churches find they’re maintaining ecclesial health

Posted April 23rd, 2020

The coronavirus has inflicted any number of health crises on Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations — but in some tangible ways it’s also enhanced their ecclesial health.

‘We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed’

Posted April 2nd, 2020

For a Zoom gathering of about 65 people ready to hear Wednesday about doing intentional, authentic evangelism in the time of a pandemic, the director of Theology, Formation & Evangelism, the Rev. Dr. Ray Jones III, looked to one of his favorite biblical texts in Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth: “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.”

Office of Vital Congregations hosting weekly Zoom conversations through May 6

Posted March 31st, 2020

At 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, the Office of Vital Congregations will continue its weekly Zoom conversations around “The Seven Marks of a Vital Congregation: For Such a Time as This.”

This Thanksgiving, TFE Director Ray Jones especially grateful for an increasingly diverse staff

Posted November 27th, 2019

This Thanksgiving, the Rev. Dr. Ray Jones III is grateful, especially for his colleagues in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Theology, Formation & Evangelism (TFE) ministry area.