{"id":6920,"date":"2024-09-25T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/?page_id=6920"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:17:40","slug":"covenant-network-of-presbyterians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/our-ministries\/covenant-network-of-presbyterians\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-1024x247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-1536x370.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation-1140x275.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNP-Affirming-Congregation.png 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the September 2024 meeting of the Session of Geneva Presbyterian Church, the ruling elders of Geneva Presbyterian Church voted unanimously to join the Covenant Network of Presbyterians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In so doing, Geneva joined more than 400 PCUSA congregations and thousands of individual Presbyterians who are committed to the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the life of our denomination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geneva Presbyterian Church has been, and will continue to be, committed to:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Engaging<\/strong>\u202fthe church to invite all of God\u2019s children into safe and welcoming congregational spaces of affirmation, healing, dignity and purpose;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Educating<\/strong> the church to expand our welcome of LGBTQIA+ people, to affirm their gifts for ordained office, and to uphold marriage equality for all; and&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Equipping<\/strong>\u202fthe church to bear witness to justice through advocacy and activism at the international, national and local church levels; speaking a prophetic word in anxious and divided times; and standing with others in fighting hate and oppression against any of God\u2019s children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By formally joining the Covenant Network of Presbyterians,  Geneva Presbyterian Church &#8211; a welcoming-and-affirming congregation &#8211; codifies our commitment to full inclusion for our LGTBQIA+ friends and siblings. The Covenant Network of Presbyterians has done some vitally important advocacy and educational work in the 27 years since its founding, and we&#8217;re pleased that our congregation can be a part of these endeavors moving forward. If you\u2019d like to read more about the organization and its leadership, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.covnetpres.org\/\">www.covnetpres.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to be a congregation that has taken this stand for justice and pray that we will continue to blaze new trails, in this and other areas of inclusion. This is the work that God has called us to do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the September 2024 meeting of the Session of Geneva Presbyterian Church, the ruling elders of Geneva Presbyterian Church voted unanimously to join the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. In so doing, Geneva joined more than 400 PCUSA congregations and thousands of individual Presbyterians who are committed to the full inclusion&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/our-ministries\/covenant-network-of-presbyterians\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1926,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6920"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7254,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6920\/revisions\/7254"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}