Hundreds of people gathered outside of the Mohammed Ali Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on a warm, sunny Wednesday afternoon to remember those killed and wounded in Monday’s mass shooting. This time of the year usually finds the city preparing for a massive influx of attention for the Kentucky Derby with visitors and media from around the world, but not on this occasion.
The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is calling on Presbyterians across the denomination to pray for the victims of a recent fire at an immigration detention center along the Mexico/Texas border. In a brief statement released today, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, spoke out against living conditions at detention centers and urged U.S. officials to do more to protect those seeking asylum in this country.
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, is reeling today following a mass shooting at a business just two blocks away from the Presbyterian Center Monday morning. As many as four people are known to have been killed and eight others, including two police officers, were wounded. Police say the alleged shooter is also dead. The shootings began around 8:30. Few other details have been released while investigators are still on the scene.
The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. called on Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to block legislation banning transgender procedures for minors a day before he vetoed it. Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, who serves as the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), issued a statement last Thursday noting that while Beshear was
The stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) issued a statement urging Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to veto a bill banning transgender procedures for minors.