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 itself had spirited and difficult conversations […]
Covenant Conversation: Orange County – Coming May 4 — Sign up today!
April 10, 2019 by
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 around the country to speak a hopeful and helpful word into anxious […]
‘A Change in What Is Seen’
March 5, 2019 by
Both the hope and the challenge of the transfiguration is that we no longer can settle for the status quo and the exhausting oppression of low expectations. Transfiguration is the moment that compels disciples to expect transformative, overpowering God-presence in the community we inhabit, in the lives of those around us. To believe that we will be present for it. Indeed, that God will make it happen through us.
Covenant Network Board Statement on UMC General Conference: Prayer, Encouragement, Partnership
February 21, 2019 by
We at the Covenant Network of Presbyterians are joining with millions of others in prayer for faithful discernment, gracious conversation and a deep and abiding passion to demonstrate the love and justice of Jesus Christ.
Six Church Leaders Join CNP Board’s Ministry of Equipping, Advocacy in 2019
January 8, 2019 by
Six church leaders reflecting a range of gifts and experiences — from seminary faculty and staff to pastors of churches large and small — will join the Covenant Network of Presbyterians board in 2019. Each brings wisdom, knowledge and prophetic hope for transformation in the PCUSA.
In 2018, Progress and Lives Changed. In 2019, Hope … and Hard Work
December 26, 2018 by
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 opportunities to serve—as ministers, elders and deacons; in […]
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