Church History Theology Social Issues What makes us unique
The General Assembly “affirms its conviction that neither the Church as the body of Christ, nor Christians as individuals, can be neutral or indifferent toward evil in the world; affirms its responsibility to speak on social and moral issues for the encouragement and instruction of the Church and its members, seeking earnestly both to know the mind of Christ and to speak always in humility and love; reminds the churches that their duty is not only to encourage and train their members in daily obedience to God’s will, but corporately to reveal God’s grace in places of suffering and need, to resist the forces that tyrannize, and to support the forces that restore the dignity of all men as the children of God, for only so is the gospel most fully proclaimed; . . .” (1958 Statement – PC(USA), p. 537).
Specific Issues
Abortion/Reproductive Choice Issues
Alcohol
Capital Punishment
Church and State
Climate Change, Ecology and Environmental Concerns
Education
Gambling
Gun Violence
How Presbyterians Make Decisions
Hunger, Poverty and Economic Justice
Mission
Peace/Peacemaking
Politics: Talking politics is not taboo
Sexuality and Same-Gender Relationships
Trauma and grace
Work