But the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, director of the Presbyterian Church Office of Public Witness, countered that faith groups have an obligation to the poor and that environmental risks like climate change disproportionately affect poverty-stricken areas.
Findlay First PresbyterianFirst Presbyterian Church, 2330 S. Main St., will host guest preacher, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness in Washington, D.C., for the 9:30 a.m. worship service Sunday.At 10:45 a.m., Nelson will present
Date: Nov 21, 2015
Category: U.S.
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Herbert Nelson has been jailed at least four times in Ferguson over the past four years and owes the city a couple of thousand dollars for unpaid traffic tickets. He was last arrested in September and released after his mother borrowed $300 to pay for his bond.
like Medicaid and food stamps. Arrests included Jim Winkler, General Secretary of the United Methodist Churchs General Board of Church and Society; Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, Director of Public Witness for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Shalom Center in Philadelphia; Rev. J