GA news — Committee Group Four finishes; Concluding plenaries begin

Faithful readers, Committee Group Four, the last committee group, finished its work on Saturday and the concluding plenaries begin today. Stay up-to-date with all of this news and more with the Outlook! In Christ, The Outlook team

Financial Resources Committee does not support creating a commission with the power to unify two top church agencies; votes for a task force instead by Leslie Scanlon Moving Forward/Vision 2020 Committee recommends more equitable sharing of unrestricted funds between PMA and OGA by Jerry Van Marter General Assembly 225 planning team releases online plenary schedule by Gregg Brekke Financial Resources Committee recommends PC(USA) explore different funding models by Leslie Scanlon IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... General Assembly Ministry Coordination Committee recommends ‘Plan Omega’ for GA 226 Assembly to receive proposal opposite from this year’s assembly – online committee meetings with in-person plenaries. — Eric Ledermann Assembly Committee approves five Moving Forward implementation steps The Vision 2020 Guiding Statement implementation moves were also approved. — Jerry Van Marter The Committee on General Assembly Ministry Coordination says “words matter” Among other business, the committee voted to bestow awards, change the nomenclature of “AIDS” to “HIV” in PC(USA) publications and work towards a more inclusive understanding of family. — Eric Ledermann General Assembly Entity Policies and Procedures Committee considers the Organization for Mission and finishes their work Complicated discussions lead to consensus on structural review and an earlier-than-anticipated completion of committee business. — Stephen Salyards

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