PCUSA Presbyteries voting on Proposed Amendments to Book of Church Order and Book of Confessions – No surprises so far
The current vote will be the fifth time since 1996 that the PCUSA has voted on sexual standards for ordained officers. In all four previous votes, the denomination has upheld the fidelity-chastity standard. Though many presbyteries are holding off their votes on proposed amendments to the Book of Order and Book of Confessions until next... Continue Reading
Evangelical Presbyterian Study Group on Presbytery Boundaries Meets and Reports
The Study Group was created by last summer’s 30th General Assembly “to meet through June 2012 to study potential changes of presbytery boundaries and/or the creation of new presbyteries.” The Study Group on Presbytery Boundaries (SGB) held its first meeting in Atlanta on November 5-6, 2010. The goals of this initial meeting were to establish... Continue Reading
PCUSA Presbytery of San Francisco is rethinking ‘gracious dismissal’ policy
The 219th General Assembly, which met in July 2010 in Minneapolis, approved an overture by San Francisco Presbytery that lifted up the policy as an example for other presbyteries to consider. Having just experienced the first application of its “gracious dismissal” policy, San Francisco Presbytery has approved a six-month suspension of its use to allow... Continue Reading
Update as of Nov. 22 on Presbytery Votes on BCO 14 Amendments: 17-16 in Favor of Adoption
The vote of Presbyteries on the BCO 14 amendments is now at 17-16 in favor of adopting the amendments. On November 20 the following Presbyteries voted. Susquehanna Valley voted in favor: On 14-1: Yes 28; No 21; Abstain 3. On 14-2: Yes 26; No 25; Abstain 1. Philadelphia Metro West voted against: On 14-1: Yes... Continue Reading
American Catholic bishops approve baptism accord with Mainline Reformed churches
With about 2.1 million members, the PCUSA is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S., and has already approved the agreement. The other three denominations are expected to approve it in the near future. The U.S. Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Nov. 16) approved a mutual agreement with four Reformed Protestant denominations to recognize each... Continue Reading
From downtown bar to old warehouse, new church bucks trend with a thriving first year
A number (of members) are former Auburn students who attended (Reformed University Fellowship) while at college. When they moved to Nashville, they went looking for a church with similar beliefs. There’s no cross or stained glass on the outside of the former warehouse on Second Avenue North in Nashville, no pithy spiritual messages on a... Continue Reading
Anglican leader goes to Vatican, says Anglican women priests should not be stumbling block to union with Catholics.
Catholics insist on an all-male priesthood, while several parts of the Anglican Communion — including the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada — ordain women. A week and a half after losing five Anglican bishops to the Catholic Church, the leader of the worldwide Anglican... Continue Reading
Former PCUSA congregation in California reaches property settlement after four years; original agreement $250K; final $1.1M plus legal fees
Fair Oaks PC, now a congregation in the EPC in Fair Oaks, California, has reached a property settlement with the denomination nearly four years after it began the process of departing from the PCUSA. According to the Fair Oaks Web site, negotiations with the Synod of the Pacific concluded on Nov. 8 with a handshake... Continue Reading
The Council of Edinburgh – a look at the November Plenary Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
The Key Question – is, or should be, what does the Scripture say? And what has become abundantly clear over the past couple of years…is that our current practice is by no means the only mandated practice in the Bible The Board of Trustees report (which can be found here: Report on Worship) [Editor’s note: the... Continue Reading
Free Church of Scotland to allow music and hymns after 167 years
The Reverend David Robertson, minister of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee and editor of The Record monthly magazine, has said traditional psalms would not be sacrificed if music and hymns were introduced. The Free Church of Scotland has used unaccompanied psalm singing exclusively since its formation in 1843 – until Friday, November 19. The... Continue Reading
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