by Brian Ellison | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Speakers and workshops have been announced for the latest Covenant Conversation. These events help Presbyterians live into a new day in the church’s life, bringing communities together to talk about being church for ALL God’s people. Our next Covenant...
by Brian Ellison | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I looked around the room at our most recent Covenant Conversation – the one we held in Orange County, California. We were in a presbytery that has lost ten churches over the past decade in the debates over LGBTQIA ordination and marriage. We were at a church that has...
by Brian Ellison | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Join us this Saturday, May 4, for a time of learning, sharing community and discovering together what it means to be a church that truly welcomes all. The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is undertaking a new effort in partnership with congregations and councils...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Executive Director Brian Ellison delivered this sermon at University Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, on the Transfiguration of the Lord, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Click here to listen to audio of the sermon. Text: Luke 9:28-43 I grew up in the little town of...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
A special session of the United Methodist Church General Conference will be held Feb. 23-26, 2019, at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Mo., the same venue where the 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) met in 2018. As...
by Brian Ellison | Jan 8, 2019 | Covenant Network News, Uncategorized
The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is pleased to announce a new class of Directors joining its board in 2019. This group of leaders and influencers from across the PCUSA, together with ten continuing members of the Board, will guide our ministry of advocacy and...
by Brian Ellison | Dec 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
What a year it has been for LGBTQIA people in the PCUSA! And what a year for us at the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. So much has been accomplished … because of you… 2018 has been a year when openly gay and lesbian ministers have found more...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) affirms the full dignity and humanity of persons of all gender identities. By unanimous consent, the 2018 assembly approved a statement which reads, in part: “The assembly affirms the church’s obligation to...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is undertaking a new effort in partnership with congregations and councils around the country to speak a hopeful and helpful word into anxious times for church and society. Covenant Conversations will help Presbyterians live into...
by Brian Ellison | Jun 20, 2018 | 223rd GA (2018), PC(USA) History & Polity, Uncategorized
It is a new day in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)! Today, commissioners to the 223rd General Assembly (2018) approved two historic overtures. One affirms and celebrates the gifts of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the church. Another...