The threat of being forced from the home he and his family have lived in for nearly four years is not one that worries the Rev. Brian Jacobson. He knows they will be provided for no matter what happens. “God has wired me in a way that I am simply not prone to anxiety or…
After two years of seeking a gracious and amicable resolution, and more than a year after an Administrative Commission (AC) agreed to everything but the financial terms of dismissal, a Wisconsin congregation has disaffiliated and filed a civil suit against its regional governing body while its pastor has renounced jurisdiction of the Presbyterian Church (USA)….
By Annysa Johnson In recent years, as Christian denominations voted to allow openly gay and lesbian clergy, hundreds of congregations have broken away to affiliate with more theologically conservative bodies. It is a painful process, fraught often with acrimony, recriminations and lawsuits over property. But a Presbyterian congregation in Sheboygan County and the Presbytery of…