Holston Presbytery Affirms the Commitment to Peacemaking

Holston Presbytery adopted a resolution in which the presbytery adopted the Commitment to Peacemaking and established a Holston Presbytery Peacemaking and Discipleship Day. The resolution encouraged sessions and congregations to a renewed study of the Scriptures and the Confessions; to engage in disciplines of prayer as individuals, in small groups and in worship particularly for peace in our hearts and in our world; to create and to participate in programs of evangelism and discipleship so that the presbytery may be equipped to follow Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace; to pray for other congregations in the presbytery and to interact with each other in fellowship, worship and mission; to make a renewed commitment to evangelism; to be aware of and to study the documents approved by successive General Assemblies regarding peacemaking; to study and to covenant to abide by the document Seeking to Be Faithful Together: Guidelines for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement and to study and to adopt the Commitment to Peacemaking. The resolution also encouraged, supported and celebrated sessions and congregations who have committed themselves to evangelism in their communities and sessions and congregations who have adopted the Commitment to Peacemaking and are active in peacemaking in their communities.