On Wednesday, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance spent the first day of a 10-day solidarity tour with staff from the Synod of South Atlantic and Peace River Presbytery hearing from some of the faith communities affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
A longtime partnership was elevated to a higher strategic level recently when a delegation of five United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) representatives visited the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s national offices earlier this year.
A prominent leader in the PC(USA) was well celebrated with a mix of laughter, tears, hearty applause and a fiesta like no other as Mission Presbytery gathered for its Oct. 18-19 stated meeting, where it officially sent general presbyter, the Rev. Dr. Sallie Sampsell Watson, forth into retirement.
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.
Meeting via Zoom on Thursday, members of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly continued to discuss details about the next two General Assemblies — GA 227 in 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and GA 228 in 2028 at a site that’s yet to be announced.
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.
Together with leaders of the Mennonite Church USA and the Lipan Native American Church, the Rev. Jihyun Oh has signed a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Apache Stronghold v. United States et al. Read the brief here by scrolling down to the Oct. 15 filings.
As Presbyterians seek to faithfully understand what it means to be called to serve as ruling elders and deacons in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) stands ready to help.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 2024 Peacemakers prayed to offer “hope in a hurting world” and to find “new possibilities for relationship and restoration” during a commissioning service that also served as a commemoration of the International Day of Peace.
As the one-year anniversary of the horrific actions committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, approaches, and the subsequent sustained response by Israel in retaliation for the taking and killing of hostages commenced, there appears to be no let-up in the violence that’s left more than 40,000 killed and nearly 2 million people displaced within Gaza. Neither does there appear to be any increased hope for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, and fears of a wider war within the region increased when Israel launched ground operations targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Iran launched ballistic missiles into Israeli territory earlier this week.
