rev. dr. alonzo johnosn Archives

Racism against Asian Americans decried

Posted March 8th, 2021

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness issued a statement Monday decrying racism against Asian Americans and calling for acts of hate against them to stop.

Presbyterian churches commemorate SDOP Sunday on March 14

Posted March 3rd, 2021

Each year, on a Sunday during Lent, Presbyterians take a day to celebrate the mission and ministry of the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP).

Mark your calendar now for Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Days 2021

Posted December 3rd, 2020

Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day will be virtual again in 2021, and it will be plural.

Anniversary event canceled, Presbyterian group gears funds toward grants

Posted September 30th, 2020

Just over a week ago, the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People was supposed to be in Rochester, New York celebrating its 50th Anniversary.

PC(USA) ministries supportive of Poor People’s Campaign platform

Posted July 16th, 2020

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival attracted more than 2.3 million people to watch its three-hour-plus Assembly and Moral March on Washington June 20 online and on cable TV.

A call for reparations

Posted May 25th, 2020

On May 27, 1970, fasting commissioners at the 182nd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., meeting in Chicago, assigned their meal money —$5,178.60 — to the newly-created Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

‘Anti-racist effort is not optional for us as Christians’

Posted May 20th, 2020

The Rev. Laura Cheifetz was halfway through her presentation in Monday’s “COVID at the Margins” discussion of anti-Asian racism when she advised that sensitive viewers might want to hit the “mute” button.

Presbyterian-funded program works to keep people in their homes during COVID-19

Posted May 7th, 2020

City Roots Community Land Trust in Rochester, New York, works to get people of modest incomes into quality homes, with the support of organizations such as the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

Live in the spirit of ‘Sankofa’

Posted February 20th, 2019

In a rousing call to worship with African drums and “Fanga,” a traditional dance and rhythm of welcome in various West African cultures, employees and guests celebrated Black History Month during the Wednesday morning worship service at the Presbyterian Center.