Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II has been calling on congregations across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to be innovative and creative in how they minister in their communities.
But the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PC(USA) also believes it will take more than technology to reach people in need. In the second part of our interview, Nelson shares his thoughts on taking the church out of the buildings and into the neighborhoods.
As the coronavirus pandemic shifts into a new state of normal, companies and other organizations across the country and world are learning how to work differently. The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) believes churches have to do more than offer in person and online worship.
In the first of a two-part interview, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, says churches need to change the way they share the gospel and be “our neighbor’s neighbor.”
Saving its prickliest items of business for the final day, the Moving Forward/Vision 2020 Committee voted Saturday to recommend moving Mission Engagement and Support into the Administrative Services Group and dividing unrestricted bequests and gifts of any size between the Presbyterian Mission Agency and the Office of the General Assembly at a 70/30 distribution rate. Commissioners to the 225th General Assembly will act on those recommendations in plenary next week.
Guardando sus asuntos más dificiles para el último día, el Comité Avance/Visión 2020 votó el sábado para recomendar el traslado del Compromiso y Apoyo de la Misión al Grupo de Servicios Administrativos y dividir los legados y donaciones sin restricciones de cualquier tamaño entre la Agencia Presbiteriana de Misión y la Oficina de la Asamblea General a una tasa de distribución de 70/30. Los comisionados de la 225a Asamblea General actuarán sobre esas recomendaciones en el pleno la próxima semana.
마지막에 가장 까다로운 안건을 다루기로 한, 총회 미래구상 특별위원회는 선교 참여 지원 부서를 행정서비스 그룹으로 그 소속을 옮기고, 또 비제한 기금을 선교국과 총회사무국 간에 70/30의 비율로 나누는 것에 대해 지난 토요일에 투표했다. 제 225회 대의원들은 다음 주의 본회의에서 이 건의안에 대해 다루게 된다.
Commissioners and Young Adult Advisory Delegates serving on the Moving Forward/Vision 2020 Committee will have, as the committee’s name implies, two items of business to consider when the committee meets at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, June 30 through July 2.
미국장로교회는 총회 차원에서 새로운 조직 구조를 계속 유지함에 따라 Moving forward 전권위원회는 미국장로교회와 관련된 법적 문제를 누가 처리해야하는 지에 대해 조치를 취했다. 전권위원회는 주일 밤 임시모임을 갖고 미국장로교 법인 이사회가 교회 소송에 대한 권한을 가지고 있다고 월요일에 발표했다.
As the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to settle into a new organizational structure at the General Assembly level, the Moving Forward Implementation Commission has taken action on who is responsible for legal matters involving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation. The commission met in closed session on Sunday night and announced on Monday that the Board of the PC(USA), A Corporation, has authority on church litigation.