June, 2022 General Assembly (RGJ-008) by Presbytery of Baltimore On June 24, 2022, the General Assembly Committee on Race & Gender Justice (RGJ) heard the case for recommending the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery (GLJ) overture, “An Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and its Legacy” to the General Assembly for approval. In April, the […]
Social Justice and the Role of Liberation Theology
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4: 18-19. Liberation Theology. What is it? How […]
DC Training Day Workshops
This is an annual one-day conference in Washington, DC sponsored by the national church offices. A full day of events is scheduled, but we’re going to highlight one workshop in particular: Promoting Environmental Justice through Watershed Restoration Watersheds are creation’s original neighborhood. We are organically connected with all those up and downstream and whose lives, […]
