By Meredith Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune Seven men filed suit Wednesday against the Chicago Presbytery and related organizations, claiming they were sexually abused by a now-deceased minister whose trail of allegations led to a multimillion-dollar settlement. The plaintiffs, three of whom filed one lawsuit and four who filed the other, allege that they were abused by Presbyterian…
By Benjamin E. Williams Special to The Layman As the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) meets in Detroit in June, it will – among other hot-button issues – be again considering its relations with Israel. One of the most disturbing overtures concerns our hymnbooks and liturgical resources. A Palestinian-American Presbyterian wrote to…
By Michelle Manchir A beloved Presbyterian campground will likely close after Chicago church officials voted to sell the grounds on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to a private developer. The vote on Saturday comes as the Chicago Presbytery aims to pay a $7.9 million debt, the result of a confidential 2007 settlement with several…
By Greg Chandler SAUGATUCK, MI – A 130-acre church camp on Lake Michigan in Saugatuck is moving closer to redevelopment for high-end lakefront homes. The city’s Planning Commission this week voted 4-2 to grant tentative approval to a site plan and special land use request from developer David Barker to establish eight home sites on…
By Scott Sullivan, The Commerical Record Presbytery of Chicago leaders have voted not to consider a nonprofit group’s $4.5-million backup offer to buy the Saugatuck Presbyterian Camps while a developer’s $10-million option on the land is still viable. The leader of that group says not at least talking is a mistake. The Presbytery, a consortium…
First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan became the first congregation to be dismissed from the Chicago Presbytery during a June 18 stated meeting. Founded in 1857, the church of approximately 160 members located north of Chicago near the border of Illinois and Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, was released from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to affiliate with…