The result was an overwhelming “No,” in what may be the first presbytery vote on an amendment to redefine the definition of marriage in the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Book of Order. By a vote of 22 in favor and 76 opposed, commissioners to the Presbytery of San Diego’s September 16 meeting, disapproved the proposed amendment which would change the…
First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu will be allowed to take a congregational vote earlier than expected on the possibility of leaving the Presbyterian Church (USA). San Diego Presbytery voted in favor of a recommendation by the Task Force working with the FPC-Honolulu session to authorize waiving the timeline for a congregational vote to seek dismissal….
By Clark Cowden, posted on his blog Four years ago, Gil Rendle wrote a book entitled Journey in the Wilderness. In this book, he describes some of the changing landscape of the church in North America today. At the end of the book, he discusses a few issues about denominations, which are interesting for us…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An amendment to delete two of the 12 protected categories in the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Churchwide Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action failed during Thursday afternoon’s Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meeting. Saying that he believed that it was important for the PCUSA to say that “people need to be Christians…
Presbyterianism has historically been described as a system of faith and practice that stands on a “three-legged stool” of theology, worship and polity. To lose one of the legs means all will ultimately fall. We have watched with grief as the theological and worship practices of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have been undermined and degraded…