By Lee Shearer, Athens Banner Herald (Ga.) A regional governing body has restored the governing body of an Athens Presbyterian church which was dissolved by a lower regional administrative church agency earlier this year. The restored “session” of Central Presbyterian Church held its first meeting Sunday evening after being reinstated by the Synod of South…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — “Churches in my region are both blessed with faith and history and opportunity, and challenged by change coming at them from all sides,” said Clark Simmons, regional representative for the Southeast in his status report to the Social Responsibility and Church Relations committee of the Board of Pensions (BOP) of the Presbyterian…
A remedial complaint brought against the Presbytery of Tropical Florida (PTF) by five members of the former session of First Presbyterian Church of Miami was dismissed by the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of South Atlantic (SAPJC). The complaint revolved around the assumption of original jurisdiction by an Administrative Commission (AC) appointed by the…