2020 Annual Report
REPORT ON THE COUNCIL’S WORK IN 2020 For a longer, more detailed version of this report, click here. The Pennsylvania Council of Churches is church bodies and agencies representing Anabaptist,…
Council Hires New Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens
Allentown Resident Brings Broad Denominational and Local Ecumenical Skills to Council The Pennsylvania Council of Churches has elected the Rev. Dr. Larry D. Pickens, former worldwide ecumenical executive for the…
Remembering Dr. King: 2020 Showed Much Remains To Achieve in Creating His Vision of ‘Beloved Community’
This is an op-ed submitted for print in the Allentown Morning-Call By REV. DR. LARRY D. PICKENS As we celebrate the life and ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…
Outgoing President Rev. Liz Bidgood Enders Reflects on Her Service
When I was asked to serve as President of the board, I agreed to do so with an awareness that the Pennsylvania Council of Churches' future was far from certain.…
Rev. Dr. Albert Myers, Former Director, Reflects on Council Mission
The Council is a collaboration among church bodies with two major emphases: First, Christians desire to be faithful: John 17:20-23 (NIV): “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray…
A Statement Calling for a Peaceful 2020 Election
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. –Jeremiah…
Pennsylvania Council of Churches’ Statement on 6/18/20 Supreme Court DACA Decision
By: Sandy Strauss The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in…
A Pastoral Call to Dismantle Racism & End Violence Against People of Color
I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.—Acts 10:34 (NRSV) I give you…
Pennsylvania Council of Churches Announces Hiring of Interim Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches has announced the hiring of The Rev. Dai Morgan as its Interim Executive Director, effective July 1, 2020. Rev. Morgan,…
A Pastoral Statement at a Time of Global Pandemic
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and…