217th
General Assembly (2006)
Birmingham,
Alabama
June 15-22, 2006
General
Assembly news
Statement on the 217th GA by
the Presbyterian Lay Committee directors
Broken
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Assembly
approves marijuana, condemns suicide bombings
June 27, 2006
GA
rejects past actions favoring late-term abortion
June 23, 2006
Ufford-Chase's
bid to reconsider divestment resolution is defeated
June 23, 2006
Attempt
to blame media for uproar over PCUSA divestment policy stifled
June 23, 2006
Goose
and the gander treated differently by the assembly
June 22, 2006
Per-capita
remains voluntary
June 22, 2006
More
information needed from groups requesting exhibit space at assemblies
June 22, 2006
'I
don't know if we can ever trust you again' over the plain meaning of
marriage, Gagnon says
June 22, 2006
Detterick
moves to calm concerns over payment of $150 million gift
June 22, 2006
'Presbyterianism
has been turned on its head,' New Wineskins says in condemning PUP
vote
June 22, 2006
Renewal
leaders call PUP vote 'a profound deviation from Biblical
requirements'
June 21, 2006
'Something
in it for everyone,' task force member says after GA approves PUP
report
June 21, 2006
Wanted:
Military chaplains to minister to people in uniform
June 21, 2006
'I
love what you are fighting for,' moderator tells Presbyterians for
Restoring Creation
June 21, 2006
GA
says ordaining bodies can shun ban on choosing gays as elders,
deacons, ministers
June 20, 2006
General
Assembly votes to leave 'fidelity-chastity' in the constitution
June 20, 2006
GA briefs
Writer
who helped repair family paper is spurned
June 20, 2006
Commentary
An
amazing grace slows the show
June 20, 2006
Peace
group commends committee's statement on Israel and Palestine
June 20, 2006
General
Assembly dismantles overture calling for affirming 'common Abrahamic
heritage
June 20, 2006
Staff
church growth study approved
June 20, 2006
Christian
education, educating elder overtures referred to theology office
June 20, 2006
GA
approves Bible-based sex curricula, but allows reproductive health
information
June 20, 2006
People
dealing with same-sex attraction by being faithful to Scripture called
'heroes of the church'
June 20, 2006
OneByOne
hears testimony about how God can bring healing to people's lives
June 20, 2006
Gagnon:
'Lie,' 'duplicity' and 'deception' underlie new book by Jack Rogers
promoting homosexuality
June 20, 2006
Trinity
paper is 'received' by GA, but not approved
June 19, 2006
Committee
approves PUP report 41-22; minority will carry debate to assembly
floor
June 19, 2006
Committee
answers overture on deleting sections of AI with earlier actions on
G-6, AI
June 19, 2006
Committee
supports more detailed requirements for non-profit groups seeking G.A.
exhibit space
June 19, 2006
Renewal
leader outlines 'fatal flaw' in final report of PUP task force
June 19, 2006
Committee
supports plan to close Historical Society center in Montreat
June 19, 2006
Panel
rejects proposal that 'Muslims, Jews and Christians worship the same
God'
June 19, 2006
'Tending
the flame: Women called to lead' celebrated at Women of Faith
breakfast
June 19, 2006
Former
moderator declares her argument with adversary in public hallway was
private
June 18, 2006
Ufford-Chase
to head peace activists
June 18, 2006
Panel
shuns 'divestment' word in proposed Israeli-Palestinian policy
June 18, 2006
Assembly
committee votes to leave ordination requirement in Book of Order
June 17, 2006
GA
committee votes against three overtures affirming traditional marriage
June 17, 2006
Panel
rejects Baltimore overture seeking to make per-capita payments
mandatory
June 17, 2006
'Become
agents of transformation,' ecumenical breakfast crowd told
June 17, 2006
Panel
discusses divestment issue
June 17, 2006
PUP
testifies before assembly committee
June 17, 2006
Former
CIA director, peace activists testify on divestment policy
June 17, 2006
'Do
not quench the Spirit,' Ufford-Chase urges assembly
June 17, 2006
Plan
to close Historical Foundation, distribute its holdings criticized
June 17, 2006
Speakers
oppose overture seeking to make per capita payments mandatory
June 17, 2006
Optimism,
'hearing once-silent voices' themes of Covenant Network luncheon
June 17, 2006
Kirkpatrick
praises first biennial assembly as providing 'major benefits to the
church'
June 17, 2006
Panel
rejects overture seeking accounting safeguards on
investment/divestment issues
June 17, 2006
$150
million gift targets church growth
June 17, 2006
PLC
statement on mission alliance
June 17, 2006
New
moderator a mix of passion and polity
June 16, 2006
Commissioners
lobbied by PUP Task Force
June 16, 2006
Adoption
instead of abortion, speakers urge crowd at Presbyterian Pro-Life
dinner
June 16, 2006
Beheaded
reporter's father urges anti-divestment vote
June 16, 2006
Gray
elected moderator of 217th General Assembly
June 15, 2006
Covenant
Network calls for 'the purity of unity'
June 15, 2006
Pre-General
Assembly news
An
open letter to General Assembly commissioners
June 1, 2006
Pro-Palestinian
Jew lobbies for PCUSA's divestment resolution
June 1, 2006
Commentary: 'Let's Not Lose Our Head'
Forced per-capita payments would further erode PCUSA
June 1, 2006
Groups
want 'diversity' in church growth study
May 31, 2006
GA
asked to OK work to prepare new hymnal
May 26, 2006
PCUSA
advisory group opposes overtures backing current ordination
requirement
May 25, 2006
PCUSA
groups attack proposed changes in church's property law
May 24, 2006
OGA
opposes overture on authority of Scripture
May 24, 2006
Two
PCUSA bodies support compulsory payment of per capita
May 23, 2006
Commentary
Under the radar: A deficient Trinity report
May 19, 2006
Session
says GA adoption of PUP report 'would be a grievous and irrevocable
error'
May 11, 2006
Budget
proposal: Cut staff by 75, missionaries by 55
May 1, 2006
PCUSA
sending 408 staff, agency people to 217th GA
May 1, 2006
Council
OKs moderator's appeal to GA on Mideast
April 29, 2006
GAC
decides to lobby against three overtures
April 29, 2006
Moderator
proposes response to 2004 divestment resolution
April 27, 2006
Two
more overtures oppose PUP proposal
April 25, 2006
Overture
wants every Presbyterian to give day's pay for urban ministry
April 24, 2006
Leaders
for GA committees are named by Ufford-Chase
April 13, 2006
Historical
Foundation: 21 overtures, fund campaign back Montreat archives
April 10, 2006
GA
will be asked to name FOG group to abridge, overhaul Book of Order
April 5, 2006
Overtures
to 217th GA nearly double last 5 years
April 4, 2006
Atlanta
minister joins race for GA moderator
March 29, 2006
Another
PCUSA session fires warning shot on PUP report
March 24, 2006
Session
adopts San Diego-like statement on future PCUSA ties
March 24, 2006
San Diego
opposes PUP recommendation; eyes future ties with PCUSA
March 22, 2006
Presbytery
wants several votes by GA on PUP report
March 20, 2006
Trinity
paper invites female view of Trinity
March 20, 2006
Presbytery
wants GA to back union in long battle with hog plant
March 15, 2006
Overture
asks staff to cease ignoring GA mandates to use Bible in teaching
about sex
March 15, 2006
Divestment
overtures range from 'yes' to 'no'
March 14, 2006
Denomination
schedules long pre-assembly presentations on task force report,
divestment
March 10, 2006
Overture
wants PCUSA to ask tough questions about PUP recommendation
March 1, 2006
Overture:
Take Caterpillar off hit list and applaud corporation
March 1, 2006
Overture
would let departing congregations retain property
February 23, 2006
More
than half of the overtures to GA deal with three issues: ordination,
task force, divestment
February 20, 2006
Tropical
Florida asks commissioners to reject PUP task force's final report
February 17, 2006
Texas
overture says task force erred in disregarding 'essential'
February 17, 2006
22nd
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
February 15, 2006
San
Joaquin to General Assembly: Affirm Scripture, Lordship of Jesus
February 10, 2006
Philadelphia
approves overture to change PUP recommendations
February 9, 2006
Overture
would limit staff role in GAC, other meetings
February 7, 2006
New
divestment overture backs '04 resolution in part
February 6, 2006
Pittsburgh
overture wants G-6.0106b to be 'essential'
February 6, 2006
Overture
seeks environmental 'essential' in Book of Order
January 31, 2006
Chicago
overture: Steer stock funds to peace firms
January 31, 2006
Overture
proposal would allow congregations to change presbyteries
January 31, 2006
21
presbyteries seek repeal of ordination requirement
January 31, 2006
Boston
presbytery votes 42-40 to repeal G-6.0106b and AI
January 24, 2006
Second
overture to save Montreat archives proposed
January 24, 2006
Calif.
overture says task force erred in disregarding 'essential'
January 23, 2006
Mid-Tenn.
Presbytery votes against repealing G-6.0106b
January 23, 2006
Newton
overture declares Muslims, Jews, Christians worship same God
January 23, 2006
Overture
wants Montreat Historical Center maintained
January 23, 2006
Proposed
overture would radically change theological task force's
recommendations
January 19, 2006
Session
wants a national canvass on gay ordination
January 19, 2006
Saluda
session wants to send GA a resolution with a warning
January 17, 2006
Text
of overture to delete gay-unfriendly AI statements
January 17, 2006
Presbytery
wants unfriendly language removed from AI
January 17, 2006
Consensus
decision-making urged in Cincinnati vote on proposed overtures
January 13, 2006
17th
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
January 12, 2006
Overture
seeks to condemn America's 'mistreatment of prisoners'
January 10, 2006
Overture
would spell out what ordination law means
January 9, 2006
Overture
wants amendment backing traditional marriage
January 5, 2006
16th
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
December 29, 2005
Overture
asks that Christian educators become officers
December 14, 2005
Presbytery's
overture calls for changes in PUP proposals
December 12, 2005
Hudson
River wants to scrap ordination standard it defies
December 8, 2005
UCC
pastor elected commissioner to GA
December 5, 2005
Redstone
Presbytery overtures call for clear marriage statement, Biblical
counseling, no partial-birth abortions
November 30, 2005
2
new candidates announced; 3 now vie for moderator
November 28, 2005
14th presbytery
seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
November 28, 2005
Presbytery
committee opposes overture to toss out property clause
November 21, 2005
Four
overtures target 2004 divestment policy
November 21, 2005
Overture proposal would allow congregations to change presbyteries
November 18, 2005
Baltimore
votes against G-6.0106b, for change in per-capita requirements
November 17, 2005
Baltimore
considers overture to require local per capita
November 16, 2005
San
Diego receives resolution, could lead to break with PCUSA
November 16, 2005
12
presbyteries approve overtures seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
November 16, 2005
2
more presbyteries approve overtures seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
November 15, 2005
Presbytery
to consider resolution that could lead to leaving PCUSA
November 4, 2005
Sessions
asked to propose overtures to presbyteries to replace Book of
Order with New Wineskins constitution
November 2, 2005
Alabama
presbytery votes down overture on property
November 1, 2005
Two
conferences planned as followups to 2006 GA and PCUSA's turbulence
October 25, 2005
San
Diego may consider overture in response to task force report
October 20, 2005
8th
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
September 30, 2005
7th
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
September 20, 2005
Iowa
pastor first to announce as a candidate for moderator
September 13, 2005
Fifth
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
August 24, 2005
Presbytery
approves overture seeking to limit accusations of wrongdoing
July 7, 2005
Fourth
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
July 1, 2005
Third presbytery passes overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
June 30, 2005
Another
presbytery passes overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b, authoritative
interpretation
June 29, 2005
Group:
'Irresponsible' and 'sad and poor stewardship' if sessions don't
approve overtures to delete G-6.0106b
June 7, 2005
More
Light cites 'groundswell of support,' looks ahead to 2006 General
Assembly
May 27, 2005
Presbytery
of Mississippi approves overture seeking to rescind or modify Israeli
divestment action
May 26, 2005
Format
of next General Assembly will include some major changes
March 31, 2005
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