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McCormick brings justice concerns to Presbyterian General Assembly
In addition to many who worked behind the scenes at the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), several members of the McCormick community played visible roles in bringing denomination-wide justice issues to the GA floor for vote.
This is only a summary of that good work.
Dr. Jennifer Ayres, Committee of 15 recommend adoption of Belhar Confession
McCormick Ethics Professor Dr. Jennifer Ayres served on the Special Committee of Fifteen that unanimously recommended the adoption of the Belhar Confession into the PCUSA Book of Confessions. Originally authored and adopted in the early to mid-1980s by the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, the “coloured division” of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, the Belhar Confession was the church’s most public stand against the system of apartheid.
This is the first confession to come before the General Assembly from the Global South and,...
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View All NewsNewly published Peoples’ Companion to the Bible designed for the classroom
In late 2008, Augsburg Press published what has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed editions of the Bible to hit the market in recent years. Co-edited by the Rev. Dr. Frank Yamada, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at McCormick, The Peoples’ Bible now has a companion text designed for the college classroom.
McCormick to host APARRI conference on religious identity and generational change
For the next two years, McCormick Theological Seminary and its Center for Asian American Ministry will serve as home base and host for the annual conference of the Asian Pacific American Religious Research Initiative (APARRI), the country’s largest single gathering of Asian American religious...
Future Christian leaders earn fellowships, unique training opportunities
Students at McCormick demonstrate a passion for discovering and engaging in more just, inclusive and imaginative ways of “being church” in the very midst of God’s diverse world. Four current students have been publicly recognized in the broader Church for their commitment to ministries that enliven the Gospel in the communities in which they serve.
Executive Leadership Certification Program teaches tools for real change
Leading the merger of a small church with a larger church is not your run-of-the-mill pastoral assignment, but Ann Gibbs is well equipped to navigate this challenge thanks in part to her experience in the Executive Leadership Certification program offered by McCormick Theological Seminary. Drawing...
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