PCUSA Offices Mulling Change From ‘Racial-Ethnic’ to ‘People of Color’

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(Photo: Courtesy of PCUSA)The national office for the mainline denomination Presbyterian Church (USA), located in Louisville, Kentucky.

Presbyterian Church (USA) may soon remove the term “racial-ethnic” from offices and documents, replacing when possible with the term “people of color.”

PC(USA)’s Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns recently recommended that the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination change their terminology and office names.

The recommendation would go before the denomination’s 223rd General Assembly, scheduled to be held this June in St. Louis, Missouri.

“Direct all six agencies of the PC(USA) to move toward changing ‘racial ethnic people’ to ‘people of color’ in all documents, parlance, and programs from this point forward,” reads ACREC’s recommendation.

“Direct the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) and the Committee on the Office of General Assembly (COGA) to change…

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