Judicial crisis threatens to split PCUSA
Judicial crisis threatens to split PCUSA By John H. Adams, The Presbyterian Layman, May 13, 1999
Judicial crisis threatens to split PCUSA By John H. Adams, The Presbyterian Layman, May 13, 1999
An open letter to the General Assembly Chair Cathy Chisholm By Stephen A. Moss, The Layman Online, May 12, 1999 In the past few days, the story of the imminent award to Jane Spahr has crossed my desk, and crossed it again quite a few times. To say that I am appalled at what the…
Condoning a sin The Layman Online, May 10, 1999 “Chances are that the very clergy who are pro-homosexual would not condone adultery, fornication or prostitution,” says the Rev. Charlene Hendricks of Charlotte, NC. “Yet they will condone a sin that God in the Bible calls an abomination. If we as clergy persist in this stance,…
The Remaking of Evangelical Theology Reviewed by Robert Dooling, May 6, 1999 Honesty demands that I begin this review with a confession. I am unable to be an entirely impartial critic of The Remaking of Evangelical Theology, because the history that it recounts is too much my own history, and because many of its central…
Judge evicts Episcopal congregation By John H. Adams, The Layman Online, May 5, 1999 BROCKTON, Mass. – By defying bishops who condone same-sex marriages and non-celibate, unmarried priests, parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brockton have lost their $3-million church building and a $2.5 million bequest but not their biblical foundation. St. Paul’s is…
Evangelicals contest ‘no-boundary’ theology Parker T. Williamson, The Layman Online, May 4, 1999 ATLANTA – In the church’s celebration of diversity, is there any room for boundaries? Other than homosexual behavior, this question generated the most vigorous discussion among conference participants during the “unity in diversity” conference in Atlanta April 29 – May 1. The…
Unity in Diversity’ conference draws small crowd Parker T. Williamson, The Layman Online, May 3, 1999 ATLANTA – Touted by Presbyterian Church (USA) Vice Moderator James Mead as a “vastly diverse group,” approximately 250 Presbyterians gathered here on April 29 to celebrate something they called “unity in diversity.” Only a handful of evangelicals was present,…
Text for ‘Building Community’ is dramatically revised John H. Adams, The Layman Online, April 30, 1999 Wholesale changes have been made in Building Community Among Strangers, a study document for the Presbyterian Church (USA) that was overwhelmingly rejected by the 1998 General Assembly. About all that survives for consideration by the 1999 General Assembly is…
1999 General Assembly to consider carryover issues from 1998 By John H. Adams, The Layman Online, April 29, 1999 FORT WORTH – The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will revisit a number of old issues – including ordination standards – and consider a plethora of new ones during its annual meeting June 19-26…
Lessons from Littleton: Reaping the whirlwind of relativism A commentary by Robert P. Mills, The Layman Online, April 28, 1999 A month before two high school students murdered 12 classmates and one teacher in Littleton, Colorado, The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted Presbyterian minister Kimberly Buechner Fouse, “head of the local ACLU chapter,” expressing her desire to…