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We get letters … on forbearance

June 16, 2015Layman4 discernment, dismissal policy, Naming His Grace, Sacramento Presbytery, Viola Larson

By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog. We get Letters! Well if you are an ordained member of Journey Presbyterian Church in Folsom, California you got a letter inviting you to a meeting. The invite came by way of what was the Sacramento Presbytery’s discernment team but is now the engagement team. This is a…

Why is a supermajority – not required for changing the doctrine of the Church – imposed on congregations wanting to leave?

May 11, 2015Layman8 Bill Proctor, ChurchandWorld.com, dismissal policy, PCUSA, super-majority

By Bill Proctor, ChurchandWorld.com. Upon reading the article about the failed vote to depart the Presbyterian Church (USA), taken by the congregation at First Presbyterian in Columbus, Georgia, and the follow-up article about the pastor’s resignation and the formation of a new congregation by a group who have chosen to depart the PCUSA, I am again reminded of how out…

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We get letters … on forbearance

Why is a supermajority – not required for changing the doctrine of the Church – imposed on congregations wanting to leave?