10/28/2025
📰 📣 Presbyterian News Service - Zo Presbyterian Church is chartered in the PC(USA)
On October 12, the "Service of Constitution, conducted in multiple languages and punctuated by spirited hymns, marked a historic milestone: the chartering of the first Zo Presbyterian Church in the PC(USA)."
“The roots of this church reach back to Myanmar’s mountains, but its branches already stretch throughout Atlanta and are growing toward Baltimore, toward Indianapolis and toward the world,” Lane said. “Where others saw displacement, God saw dispersal — seed scattered to grow new life in unexpected soil.”
Lane is the daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Lianchinkhup Taithul, who founded the Zo Presbyterian Church before his fatal car accident. Upon his death, Lane felt called to attend seminary, seek ordination and lead the community, becoming the first Zo woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
The chartering represents the culmination of years of faithful work that began with a single visit to a presbytery office. The Rev. Dr. Lindsay Armstrong, executive director of the PC(USA)’s New Church Development Commission, recalled that pivotal moment. “When Rev. Dr. Lianchinkhup walked into my office years ago, he carried more than a dream — he carried a people’s hope,” Armstrong said. “Today, that hope has been realized.”
🔗 Story: https://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2025/10/28/zo-church-chartered-pcusa
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