Sign-ons and letters from Gradye Parsons

View official letters issued by the Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The compilation also includes correspondences from non-PC(USA) entities that he has signed on to.

• Christian Leaders Call for Permanent Protection of Bears Ears - July 14, 2016
• Stated Clerk signs on to a statement calling for the release of Baha 'i leaders in Iran - May 10, 2016 (PDF)
• Stated Clerk signs on to a letter to end the U.S. embargo on Cuba - March 10, 2016 (PDF)
• Stated Clerk endorses a call to address the Flint, Michigan water crisis - Februrary 10, 2016 (PDF)
• Heads of Communion send a letter to Barack Obama on raids - February 2, 2016 (PDF)
• PC(USA) Stated Clerk appeals to President to end raids - January 11, 2016
• Stated Clerk signs on to UCC letter to Uniform Law Commission on state uniform legislation on background checks for firearm purchases - December 16, 2015 (PDF)
• Faith community statement on resolutions of disapproval of CPP - December 1, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to President Barack Obama on climate change - November 30, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to members of the United States Congress on Syrian refugees - October 1,2015 (PDF)
• A letter to Harold Rogers, Chairman Committee on Appropriations, on syringe access - September 30, 2015 (PDF)
• Keeping Our Communities Open to American Muslims - September 2, 2015 (PDF)
• Christian Leaders Cite Pope Francis in Lead-up to GOP Debate - August 4, 2015
• A letter to President Barack Obama on Oscar López Rivera's incarceration - July 20, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to President Barack Obama on the lethal drones program - May 15, 2015 (PDF)
• U.S. Religious Leaders Support Normalization with Cuba: Urge Congress to End Embargo - April 27, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to Rand Paul from the Circle of Protection - April 7, 2015 (PDF)
• Stated Clerk signs on to PW letter to Goodell - March 9, 2015
• A letter to the Members of the House of Representatives opposing the Protection of Children Act and the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act - March 2, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to the President regarding Iran - January 29, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to Ambassador Booth regarding detained pastors in South Sudan - January 29, 2015 (PDF)
• A letter to Ambassador Whitaker regarding threats in Columbia - January 16, 2015 (PDF)

Other items

CALLING EACH OTHER ‘IN’: RACIAL JUSTICE AND THE PC(USA)

Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice recently published an interview with the former Stated Clerk, Gradye Parsons, regarding the PC(USA), race relations of the past and present, and where he's hoping to see us go. Read more.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES PODCAST

This interview with former Stated Clerk, Gradye Parsons, gives a sense of Gradye’s vision for the church, its role in the National Council of Churches, and how he views his tenure as Stated Clerk and the man who has been elected to follow him, Rev. J. Herbert Nelson. Listen now.