Tag Archives: Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly

Calling Each Other ‘In’: Racial Justice and the PC(USA)

Interview with Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons As part of the finale to our discussion on race, white privilege, and the church, Rev. Molly Casteel – Assistant Stated Clerk and Manager for Representation, Inclusiveness, and Ruling Elder Training – sat down … Continue reading

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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

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What Mission is this Anyway?

Reflections on Mission and Missional Living Week 1 Why Don’t We Just Call it Being the Church?, Opening Editorial by Rev. Ginna Bairby The ‘Missional’ Church: Ark of Salvation or Community of Reconciliation?, Dr. Dawn DeVries Just Hospitality and The … Continue reading

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New Decade, National Mission,* and the Suburban Archipelago

This article was originally published as an Op-ed in the Presbyterian Outlook on January 10, 2010. It is reprinted in this issue of Unbound with permission, with an invitation for the reader to reflect on how we have and have … Continue reading

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