Tag: General Assembly Mission Council
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GAMC: World Mission adjusts structure, processes in light of strategic goals
I had hoped to blog last week about the General Assembly Mission Council's 2013-2016 Work Plan and other business coming to General Assembly. I will have to delay that until the end of next week. In the meantime, Presbyterian News Service has posted a piece about changes in the focus of World Mission that are…
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Mainline Protestants seek internal reforms, stir anger
RNS: Mainline Protestants seek internal reforms, stir anger (RNS) A list of the Episcopal Church's 75 commissions, committees, agencies and boards spilled over eight PowerPoint slides during a recent presentation by its new chief operating officer, Bishop Stacy Sauls. By his count, there are also nearly 50 departments and offices in the church's New York…
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A Board That Makes Sense
I'm presently chairing the Genearal Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (USA). We had the first meeting of my term earlier this month, but I could not attend due to my Mother's illness and passing. So instead, I did a written report to lay out my vision for the board over the next two…
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Kronicler Update
Your humble Kronicler is presently hunkered down at an undisclosed hideout in the southern Indiana hills leading a retreat with the General Assembly Mission Council of the PCUSA. Actually, we are working on converting the retreat into an advance, but that's another story. I just wanted to inform you that my time for posts and…
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Changing of the Guard at GAMC
My term as chair of the General Assembly Mission Council began at the end of the General Assembly. Friday night, the stole was passed on to me by the previous chair, Carol Adcock. Carol is the epitome of leadership with grace. She will be missed. Below is a picture of Executive Director Linda Valentine, Carol…
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“Neither Poverty Nor Riches” – A Critical Response
This week, I am a commissioner to the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.. An item of business at the Assembly is called Neither Poverty Nor Riches: Compensation, Equity, and the Unity of the Church, (NPNR) (Item 10-10), from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP). It addresses employee compensation within the…
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The Work at Hand
Presbyterian Global Fellowship: The Work at Hand by Roger Dermody, Deputy Director of Mission During a recent meeting of the leadership team, retiring Executive Administrator Curtis Kearns led a devotional looking at the story of Nehemiah. I was struck by the parallels between the work of Nehemiah and the work of the General Assembly Mission…
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Listening to God’s Call (Introducing Roger Dermody of the GAMC)
Presbyterian News Service: Listening to God's Call New GAMC Deputy Executive Director for Mission seeks to connect churches. … Dermody acknowledged that the General Assembly often gets a bad rap among the more evangelical churches in the denomination. Unfortunately, often all folks know is "that's the convention that happens every two years where we make…