Schools renting to churches? What’s the problem?
Systems are struggling with how to schedule the annual calendar. They are struggling to get graduation rates up beyond the embarrassing level. This? This just seems like a big pile of nothing about not much. In the dictionary, this little dust-up would be found under the phrase “much ado about nothing.” A New York court... Continue Reading
Stay or Go? A Key Question in the PCUSA today
Since May 10, when Twin Cities became the decisive 87th presbytery to ratify deletion of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s “fidelity and chastity” standard, I have heard among my PCUSA friends many discussions of the urgent question: “Should I stay or should I go” from the denomination? As our May 11 press release made clear, we... Continue Reading
Indiana Supreme Court will hear Evansville EPC (former PCUSA) church property battle
Whatever the outcome of the higher court’s decision, Mills said Olivet’s legal battle will help clear murky legal waters for other churches. “We believe that’s not only going to bless us – whichever way it goes – but it’s going to make it really clear not only to other PCUSA churches that have left but... Continue Reading
“Committees of Correspondence” – PCUSA Presbytery seeks to unite others who voted no on Amendment 10A (ordination of homosexuals)
The Presbytery of Santa Barbara is promoting an initiative called Presbytery Committees of Correspondence hoping to unite those “who voted no on Amendment 10A to discern together God’s will for our future.” (Editor’s Note: The complete statement from the presbytery is recorded at the end of this article) “We believe that it is essential that... Continue Reading
Missouri court rules in favor of Kansas City PCUSA congregation in property dispute with Presbytery
(The judge) also found Colonial had not established an implied trust with the PCUSA since the denomination did not furnish the original deed and that Colonial had always retained title to property. “The court finds that it would be [the PCUSA] who would be unjustly enriched by taking possession of [Colonial’s] property,” the judge stated.... Continue Reading
Some dissatisfied with PCUSA Board of Pensions listening sessions
The Board of Pensions made no comment when asked how the committee planned to hear from other Presbyterians — many of whom are not on presbytery staffs or members of presbytery committees and who were not able to attend the two events. Although they’ve listened, members of a Presbyterian Church (USA) special committee of the... Continue Reading
Evangelicals Wade into Circumcision Debate
The National Association of Evangelicals is siding with Jews and Muslims in opposition of a proposed ban on infant male circumcision in San Francisco. “Jews, Muslims, and Christians all trace our spiritual heritage back to Abraham. Biblical circumcision begins with Abraham,” NAE President Leith Anderson said in a statement. “No American government should restrict this... Continue Reading
Large evangelical congregation in Aberdeen announces they are leaving the Church of Scotland over homosexual row
(T)he Gilcomston South congregation have written to Aberdeen Presbytery confirming their intention to leave. There is a chance they could now join another denomination. It’s thought another Aberdeen church, Hilton High, may do the same. A minister and his flock are quitting the Church of Scotland in protest at plans for gays in the pulpit.... Continue Reading
The Suicide of a Denomination
It was a long, slow, painful death. In the end, the patient pulled strongly on the plug and what little life was left exited the body with a tragic gasp. May the Presbyterian Church, USA rest in peace. But there will be very little peace in this pathetic death. Ratified by a majority of presbyteries... Continue Reading
CRC, RCA joint synod session points to Reformed groups’ warming relations
“It would take two denominations and create three: the new union, those on the left and those on the right that couldn’t go along with it,” Borgdorff said. Merging colleges, seminaries, pension plans and the like also would create “endless problems,” Granberg-Michaelson added. But neither rules out a possible future merger. On the morning of... Continue Reading
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