On Sunday (10/27/13), Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas overwhelmingly voted to “terminate its voluntary affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA),” and join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The vote to leave the PCUSA was 1,337 (89 percent) in favor; 170 (11 percent) against. The vote for joining ECO was 1,335 in…
By Viola Larson The Presbyterian News Service reports that on October 14-16 during the annual Polity Conference, Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons preached about Ahaz and his refusal of a sign from the prophet Isaiah. He spoke of a sign needed by those in leadership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and concluded that the sign, unlike…
By Robert Austell and Tami Nelson The Layman So here’s a bit of a story-within-a-story. My friend, Carmen Fowler LaBerge, e-mailed and asked if I knew anyone who might attend and write up the “Faith Seeking Understanding” event at Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte this past weekend. I know Carmen well enough to know that,…
By Mary Holder Naegeli The study of history was never my strong suit in high school, and though I had a couple of world-renowned history professors at Stanford, the discipline did not capture my imagination. I was at the time much better suited as a mathematical sciences major (first) and ultimately music major. Problem sets…
By Cathy Lynn Grossman WASHINGTON (RNS) Who are the mainline Protestants today? Vintage Protestants? The VPCC — Vanishing Progressive Christian Church? The Legacy Church? Half a century ago, the denominations under the mainline umbrella dominated the American faith landscape. Now, after decades of declining numbers, only about one in five U.S. adults identifies with a…
A Korean Presbyterian congregation has transferred its membership to another presbytery. Long Island Presbytery (LIP) in New York, following a recommendation by its Committee on Ministry (COM), approved the request of Arumdaun Church to transfer its membership to the non-geographic Eastern Korean Presbytery (EKP). The action took place during the June 25 stated meeting of…
By Niraj Warikoo Six years ago, Richard Jewell and his wife moved from Lathrup Village to downtown Detroit to live in a condo near the river. Their children had grown, and they were looking for a new perspective on life, excited to hear about people moving back to the city. “It just seemed like the…
Compassionate prophetic discipleship is a matter of sharing the Gospel with others, going out to tell the story of Jesus Christ while being a presence for God to show how He can change lives. It also was the theme of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) meeting Sept. 25-27 in Louisville, Ky., that Ray Jones…
Members of Highland Park Presbyterian Church (HPPC) in Dallas, Texas will vote Oct. 27 on whether it should leave its present denomination and join a new Presbyterian family. The vote follows a resolution, unanimously approved by the congregation’s 49-member session, stating that it “believes God has called HPPC to terminate its voluntary affiliation with the…
Written by The Rev. Dick Randall, the Tahoe Daily Tribune Incline Village’s oldest church has just become Incline’s newest place of worship. The church has operated in Incline Village for nearly 49 years as Incline Village Community Presbyterian Church, Community Presbyterian Church and currently The Village Church. During all those years, the church was connected…