“This feels like a pivotal time,” the Reverend Laurie Ferguson told a roomful of presbytery and synod leaders gathered in Portland, Oregon, for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Polity Conference and five other fall meetings.
Ferguson was referring to a recurring theme in all the meetings: how to respond to the changing landscape of the church. The plenary session she led—for the Association of Mid Council Leaders—was one event in a day chock full of opportunities for inspiration, education, and training.
“From where I sit, you have the most difficult job in the church,” Ferguson told the mid council leaders. “You …