Grace Presbytery has stripped Joseph B. Rightmyer of his ordination as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). The presbytery’s Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC) ruling found Rightmyer guilty on eight counts related to the process that resulted in the departure of Highland Park Presbyterian Church from the denomination. A letter from Grace presbytery reads,…
Yes, I’ve already heard the joke: “An order of Abbots? What about an order of Costellos? What we really need is some comic relief!” But the creation of an order of Abbots by the Fellowship Community is no joke. It is intentionally designed to restore much needed encouragement for those called to continuing service as…
After the official Synod meeting of the ECO: Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, the Dallas Gathering continued for another two days and included The Fellowship of Presbyterians, which birthed ECO, but which is now conjoined with Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR) as the Fellowship Community. That admixture made for awkward moments, like when Paul Detterman, who…
As Clevelanders awoke on the 6th day of May, 2013 – a very normal Monday awaited them. Or, so they thought. The forecast called for temps in the 60s, typical weather for this time of the year. The sports page reported on the Indians’ loss to the night before to their division rivals, the Minnesota…