Gun Violence

Assembly approves new social creed, the first in a century

by Mike Ferguson
Presbyterian News Service

SAN JOSE, June 27, 2008 — By a 5-to-1 margin, the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday approved “A Social Creed for the 21st Century,” exactly 100 years after the “Social Creed” of 1908 spoke to the harshness of industrial life at the turn of the last century.

Snyder describes the amount of U.S. gun violence as 'obscene'

by Mike Ferguson
Presbyterian News Service

SAN JOSE, June 23, 2008 — An overture to address the
tragedy of America’s gun violence will go before the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly.

Analysis: Gun Violence and Social Creed

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Gun Violence Overtures

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  • Overture 09-05: Addressing the Tragedy of America’s Gun Violence

    National Capital Presbytery

2008 Peacemaking Colloquium

September 15-17, 2008

2008 Peacemaking Colloquium at Stony Point Center:
Gun Violence and Gospel Values

Stony Point, NY.