Choice Points & Equity Primes

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PCC 2023 Annual Meeting Hearings

The Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) provided opportunities for public comment on a proposal that the committee will consider on March 14 during its annual meeting, using the same method for receiving testimony utilized for public hearings during the 225th General Assembly (2022). 

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A Seminarian's Guide to Entering PC(USA) Ministry

An overview of the preparation for ministry process in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). This resource covers: 

  • the discernment and assessment process within the covenant relationship between inquirers/candidates and their congregations and presbyteries,
  • the role of the standard ordination exams within that process, and 
  • the authorizations to begin seeking and negotiating a first call requiring ordination as a minister of the Word and Sacrament.

COM: The Ministry of Caring

The Office for Call Support Process in Mid Council Ministries shares ideas and projects presbyteries and congregations have developed during COVID times and for post COVID times.

All the Gifts Necessary to be Christ’s Body (Office of Immigration Issues)

Partnering with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Immigration Issues to carry out the mission of the church.

Disability and the Way of Jesus

This short course, written by the Rev. Dr. Bethany McKinney Fox, follows her book Disability and the Way of Jesus: Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church (InterVarsity Press, 2019). 

"The Gospels are filled with accounts of Jesus offering physical healing. But even as churches today seek to follow the way of Jesus, people with disabilities all too often experience the very opposite of healing and life-giving community: exclusion, judgment, barriers. Misinterpretation and misapplication of biblical healing narratives can do great damage, yet those who take the Bible seriously mustn't avoid these passages either.

"How did Jesus' original audience understand his works of healing, and how should we relate to these texts today? After examining the healing narratives in their biblical and cultural contexts, Fox considers perspectives from medical doctors, disability scholars, and pastors to more fully understand what Jesus does as he heals and how he points the way for relationships with people with disabilities. Personal reflections from Christians with disabilities are featured throughout the book, which concludes with suggestions for concrete practices adaptable to a variety of church settings.

"Bridging biblical studies, ethics, and disability studies with the work of practitioners, Fox provides a unique resource that is both theologically grounded and winsomely practical. Disability and the Way of Jesus provides new lenses on holistic healing for scholars, laypeople, and ministry leaders who care about welcoming all people as Jesus would."

Excerpted from https://www.ivpress.com/disability-and-the-way-of-jesus


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