Stated Clerk commends Whole Foods and CIW on agreement

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and Whole Foods Market have reached a landmark agreement to improve wages and working conditions for farmworkers in the Florida tomato fields.

In a statement about the agreement, Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, said, "By voluntarily stepping forward, Whole Foods Market has signaled that 'the time is now' for members of the grocery industry to join in forging a more just and sustainable food system together with the farmworkers."

Read the Stated Clerk's entire statement on the CIW and Whole Foods Market.

Learn more about the content of the CIW and Whole Foods Market agreement.

2008 moderators' conference: "Leadership in the 21st century"

This year's moderators' conference will be held November 21-23, 2008, in Louisville, KY.

What is a moderators' conference?

The 209th General Assembly (1997) voted to encourage "that an annual gathering be called by the Moderator of the General Assembly ... and that this conference be held in Louisville, providing moderators the opportunity to meet and talk with national staff" (Commissioners' Resolution 97-3: Minutes 1997, Part I, p. 738).

Find out more about this year's event.

Looking for GA actions?

Commissioners and advisory delegates to the recent 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) considered and made decisions on many important issues before the church.

Every action taken by the assembly is available through PC-biz, the electronic system used to access GA business. News and photos from the assembly are also available.

In addition, you may be interested in learning more about Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008).

Stated Clerk releases 2007 PC(USA) statistics

The annual churchwide statistics for 2007 are now available.

New advisory opinion issued

The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly has issued Advisory Opinion #22, which talks about recent actions of the 218th General Assembly in relation to G-6.0106b and G-6.0108 of the Book of Order.

Read Advisory Opinion #22.

Web site offers resources for interpreting GA per capita

What is per capita? Why is it important? What do General Assembly per capita dollars provide?

Find the answers to these and other frequently asked questions about per capita on a new Web site that focuses on this funding source, which is how Presbyterians mutually share the costs of coming together to discern the Spirit’s leading for the future.

Explore the per capita Web site.

Photo directory of presbytery and synod staff is valuable resource

A photo directory of presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks is available online through the Office of Governing Body Relations. The directory is intended to facilitate relationships, identify someone at a meeting or simply to know the person on the other end of the telephone or email.

Browse through the photo directory of presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks.