By Conrad Rocha The Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) provides that ruling elders serving in a church council have “responsibility for the leadership, guidance, and government of that portion of the church that is under their jurisdiction,” so that all things will result in “the peace, purity, unity, and progress of the…
By Steve Salyards Fair warning – this probably qualifies as another one of my rants on one of the topics I rant about from time to time – Where are the ruling elders? In the last few days two documents have come out of agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that seem to overlook the…
Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA), sat down with ruling elders from across the country to answer questions regarding the state of the church and the denomination. The question-and-answer session was part of the PCUSA’s Big Tent National Elders Conference workshop that took place Aug. 3 at the Kentucky International Convention Center…