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“Lift Every Voice: Racism, Class, and Power”: Advocacy Training Weekend 2016
April 15-18, 2016 in Washington, DC REGISTER NOW! In our neighborhoods and around the world, social, economic, corporate, and political powers are working to reduce citizens’ access to decision-making. These practices violate the rights and silence the voices of those … Continue reading
Muzzling the Word of God
A Response to the Foothills Presbytery Overtures I try to avoid getting bogged down in the details of church polity. Generally, this is because I think it leads us to spend too much time looking inward and debating minutia when … Continue reading
Faith Leaders Influencing the Debate on Drug Sentencing
Clergy and faith leaders are successfully flexing their political muscle with lawmakers in Washington, DC, to end mass incarceration. Last month the new chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), was confronted by three Iowa bishops — … Continue reading
Director of Office of Public Witness Meets with United States Embassy Officials in South Sudan
The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson returned this past weekend from ten days in South Sudan. While there, he investigated ways that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) can better partner with World Mission to more effectively … Continue reading
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