Office of Public Witness calls for support of the For the People Act, which includes voting reforms
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
Element5 Digital via Unsplash
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness is calling on people to support a democracy reform package that has just been reintroduced by the House of Representatives.
The For the People Act (H.R. 1) was originally introduced and passed by the House at the beginning of the 116
th Congress in 2019, but was never brought up in the United States Senate. According to its text, the bill would âexpand Americansâ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for other purposes.â
A Presbyterian is praying in the House
January 6, 2021
The Rev. Margaret Grun Kibben, the new Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, is the 16th Presbyterian and first woman to serve
by Tammy Warren | Presbyterian News Service
At the 40th anniversary of Women in Military Chaplaincy ceremony in 2013, Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben (left) enjoys a moment with the Rev. Dianna Pohlman-Bell, the first female chaplain of the Department of Defense and the Navy. Last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Kibben House Chaplain, the first woman to hold that office and the 16th Presbyterian. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tony Rosa/Released)
You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.
We don’t have comments turned on everywhere anymore. We have recently relaunched the commenting experience at
America and are aiming for a more focused commenting experience with better moderation by opening comments on a select number of articles each day.
But we still want your feedback. You can join the conversation about this article with us in social media on Twitter or Facebook, or in one of our Facebook discussion groups for various topics.
Or send us feedback on this article with one of the options below:
Feedback type
Submit a letter to the editor
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben named as first woman to serve as House chaplain
A Presbyterian minister and longtime chaplain will be the first woman to serve as House chaplain. Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben preaches at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 10, 2019. Video screengrab via Cathedral.org
December 31, 2020
(RNS) A longtime military officer and minister has been named the new chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday (Dec. 31).
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben will be the first woman to serve as chaplain of either chamber of Congress, according to Pelosi’s announcement. Kibben, an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, has previously serviced as the U.S. Navy’s chief chaplain and chaplain of the Marine Corps.
Mark Steyn sounds off on Tucker Carlson Tonight
Georgia Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock spoke at events organized by a religious group that called on Christians to repent for military action in Iraq between at least 2007 and 2009.
Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was part of a group called the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, seeking to foster a serious nationwide discussion on following Jesus in matters of conscience and duty, violence and nonviolence, war and peace through its Conscience in War project.
Warnock spoke at a March 2007 Christian Peace Witness event at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., according to multiple reports. One video from Fox 5 D.C. showed Warnock (time stamp: 2:05) speaking at the altar of the cathedral during the event.