Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.


Today in the Mission Yearbook: January 23, 2019

PRINCETON SEMINARY - Work on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery report began in the spring of 2016.

The Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes was in his third year as president — and wanted to make more progress in seminary conversations on race.

“Some thought race was an optional concern, for people of color,” Barnes said. “Others didn’t want the conversations to be too binary” — expressing concern for Latino and Asian-American students.

With racial tension rising in the country, Barnes felt it was critical for Princeton Seminary, a residential campus where 40 percent of its 450 students are nonwhite, to deal with its story of race ...

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