The Addressing Violence in the USA Committee spent the entire day reflecting on gun violence, the impact it has, and how individual Christians, churches, and the national denomination are called to respond, including potentially divesting from sporting goods stores and department stores that sell firearms.
The long-awaited overture, pending the assembly’s approval, paves the way for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) agencies to speak with their investment dollars after many years of negotiations resulted in less-than-desired environmental concessions from large energy companies.