By Steve Salyards, The GA Junkie. Over the last couple of weeks the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has released two sets of data that will be the focus of attention at the upcoming General Assembly. At some point in the next few of months I hope to really drill…
By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook. A state court judge in Kentucky has lifted a stay in the defamation case that Eric Hoey, a former director of Evangelism and Church Growth for the Presbyterian Church (USA), filed against the denomination. The PCUSA promptly appealed that ruling to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The church’s lawyers…
By Gregg Brekke, The Presbyterian News Service. The lawyer for Roger Dermody, former deputy executive director for mission at the Presbyterian Mission Agency, has filed an appeal in his defamation suit against the Presbyterian Church (USA), A Corporation. The appeal was submitted to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky on Oct. 21, 2015. The suit,…
A judge has granted the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s motion for summary judgment in the defamation case filed by former employee Roger Dermody. On Sept. 21, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Judith E. McDonald-Burkman ruled that “after a careful review of the record, applicable law and the Court being otherwise sufficiently advised, IT is hereby ordered and…
By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook. The Presbyterian Mission Agency has been rocked in recent months by a trifecta of investigations and a lot of criticism involving the 1001 New Worshiping Communities program, the Special Offerings 2015 advertising campaign and overspending for the last Presbyterian Youth Triennium. That’s leading some to ask harder systemic questions about why so many problems…
By Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service A prominent Nashville attorney has been hired by the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s (PMAB) Executive Committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the unauthorized establishment of an independent corporation in southern California. The corporation was designed to benefit the 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement of the Presbyterian Church…
By Linda Valentine, Executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency A recent incident involving the Presbyterian Centers for New Church Innovation Inc. (PCNCI) has caused much pain and distrust. It has left lingering questions among supporters of 1001 New Worshiping Communities and the church at large. We at the Presbyterian Mission Agency began this process…
By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook An internal investigation has found that four employees of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s national staff were involved in an unauthorized plan in which funds were channeled from the denomination to an outside entity. The four – all connected with the PCUSA’s evangelism efforts at the top levels – have…
By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog In a rather embellished story, two of the first Moravian missionaries on their way to live among and preach the gospel to the slaves of St. Thomas Island, cried out to those watching their ship leave, “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!” The two…
By the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli, Bringing the Word to Life One of the first things a counselor (of any type) will tell you is that if you want to change a behavior, the best place to start is by monitoring what your current behavior is. If you want to change your eating habits, for…