By Steve Salyards, The GA Junkie. The 43rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America will convene their plenary sessions [today] June, 9, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Committees of Commissioners began meeting [yesterday]. The Assembly will continue through noon on Friday. The theme of the Assembly is “Anchored in Christ. Active in Culture.” The meeting will…
In 1954, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) amended the tax code to allow religious clergy in the United States to exclude part or all of their gross income from federal taxes through an exemption called the ministerial housing allowance. In 2013, the exemption was challenged in federal court by an atheist group that alleged the exemption…
By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – At its annual General Assembly, the Presbyterian Church in America is considering 52 overtures or calls to action, including one “concerning same-sex marriage.” The same-sex marriage overture, which will be considered at PCA’s 42nd General Assembly (June 17-20), was summarized in the denomination’s quarterly magazine “By Faith.” “In response to an increasingly…
By Steve Salyards As the First of May rolls around we mark the start of the 2014 General Assembly Season. Are you ready for an interesting year of Assemblies? Here is this year’s line-up as I know it now. I will update as I clarify additional Assembly meetings. Read more at http://blog.gajunkie.com/2014/05/01/general-assembly-season-2014.aspx
By Jamon Smith The Rev. Tim Lien, pastor of Riverwood Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Tuscaloosa, is leaving the church that he’s pastored for the last decade to start a new church in Los Angeles. It will be a markedly different environment. An estimated 86.9 percent of the population in Tuscaloosa identifies itself as Protestant, according…
By Tim Hadac In a time when many churches struggle to fill the pews, a Presbyterian church in Hinsdale is expanding to Palos Heights. The Palos campus of Trinity Presbyterian Church (PCA), located within Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 12642 S. Massasoit, will host its first weekly service at 5 pm. Sunday, Feb. 9, according to…
By Andrew Webb I was recently asked to outline some of the major differences between the Presbyterian Church in the USA (PCUSA) and my own denomination the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and I came up with the following 13 point list: 1) The PCA does not ordain women to either of the offices in…
The Presbyterian landscape is changing, but much of it is just sheep shifting. The 200-year trend of loss of U.S. market share continues for all Presbyterian denominations combined. The Presbyterian family of denominations In 1967, there were already several branches in the Presbyterian family tree, but the two largest branches were the United Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA)…
Reformed Theological Seminary JACKSON, MS. – The RTS Board of Trustees has elected Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, as chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary. Duncan is currently the John E. Richards professor of systematic and historical theology at RTS in Jackson, Miss., and the senior minister of historic First Presbyterian Church (1837), where he…