“Decolonizing Holy Week” was the focus of the final broadcast of “Good Medicine” on April 13, hosted by the Rev. Gregory Bentley and Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart, Co-Moderators of the 224th General Assembly (2020). Their two-year term ends in June. Since October 2020, they have been hosting “Good Medicine” on a regular basis on their Facebook page.
The Special Committee on Racism Truth and Reconciliation has issued its final report in advance of this summer’s 225th General Assembly, when commissioners and advisory delegates will consider its 11 recommendations.
The Rev. Dr. Mark A. Lomax will be the keynote speaker at Compassion, Peace and Justice Training Day (April 15) as part of Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C. More than 1,000 people from various denominations, including 200 Presbyterians, gather annually in the nation’s capital to discuss important national and international issues. The conference wraps up with a visit to Capitol Hill to meet with congressional representatives.
As the Rev. Allan Boesak rose to give his powerful testimony of his life under the apartheid regime in South Africa and the genesis of the Belhar Confession there, a hushed reverence fell on Montreat Conference Center’s Convocation Hall.