The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Office of Theology and Worship has declared the denomination “agnostic around issues of homosexuality,” in its response to the recently released Nashville Statement. Written and signed by more than 150 evangelical Christian leaders, the Nashville Statement upholds the Biblical standards that marriage is between one man and one woman and “homosexual…
In 2011, responses to a Presbyterian Panel Survey showed that only 41 percent of pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA) “strongly agreed or agreed” with the statement “Only followers of Jesus Christ can be saved.” That shockingly low percentage has been cited by a majority of the churches seeking to leave the denomination and realign…
By Jeff Gissing, at JeffGissing.com I am embedding a document produced by the Office of Theology and Worship at the Presbyterian Church (USA). It’s worth reading critically in order to get a handle around what we as a denomination have actually done with respect to the ordination of people who engage in same sex sex…
When the 2012 Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly found itself unable to decide on same-sex marriage, it asked the denomination to “enter into a season of serious study and discernment concerning its meaning of Christian marriage.” The PCUSA Office of Theology and Worship has now released materials for congregations to conduct that study. The introduction…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s study on Christian marriage will be available for electronic download on April 29. The study, said Charles Wiley, coordinator for the Office of Theology and Worship (OTW), was tested in 13 churches during the past fall and winter and is now being revised with feedback from those…
Christine J. Hong recently joined the staff of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Theology, Worship and Education as the Associate for Interfaith Relations and immediately found herself in turbulent waters. A post to the internet asserting that the denomination was engaged in an update of an interfaith paper blasted the PCUSA for courting Islamists. Hong’s…