Covenant Network Panel at Montreat: Moving from Conversation to Action

What’s next? A panel of Presbyterians discuss moving from conversation to action

October 11, 2016 -- by Leslie Scanlon -- reposted from the Presbyterian OutlookMONTREAT, N.C. – What’s the next step? How to move from conversation in the church to action on racial equality?And what’s it like to be a person of color and an advocate for justice in the vastly-white Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)?Those were among the questions a panel of Presbyterians, moderated by Brian Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, discussed Oct. 11 at the DisGrace gathering at Montreat Conference Center. The participants:Jessica Vazquez Torres, an anti racism educator who has worked with Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training.Bruce Reyes-Chow, a former General Assembly moderator (elected in 2008) and a pastor, consultant and author from San Francisco.Denise Anderson, co-moderator of the 2016 General Assembly and pastor of Unity Presbyterian Church in Temple Hills, Maryland.Here’s some of what they had to say.To read the rest of the article, click here...