Next Church is coming

DALLAS, Feb. 27 — “The problem with the PC(USA) is this: Our ‘Everything Decently and in Order’ sign is choking off the ‘Reformed and Always Reforming’ sign,” Stacy Johnson told 600 participants gathered here at the second annual NEXT conf…

Call to prayer for the Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010)

From Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly: We have received word from Cindy Bolbach, Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010), that the pathology report from her recent abdominal surgery indicates a malignancy.

PJC sustains Jane Spahr same-gender marriage conviction

SAN ANTONIO — The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission – the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – has ruled that Presbyterian minister Jane Adams Spahr violated the denomination’s constitution when she performed same-ge…

PJC sustains Jane Spahr same-gender marriage conviction

SAN ANTONIO — The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission – the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – has ruled that Presbyterian minister Jane Adams Spahr violated the denomination’s constitution when she performed same-ge…

GAMC addresses gender imbalance among witnesses at congressional hearing

LOUISVILLE – The General Assembly Mission Council ended its meeting Feb. 17 with a flurry of votes, looking at both internal church issues and events in the nation. Here’s some of what happened.

Panel says it has reached a dead end in efforts to get 3 companies to change practices in Israel

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 2012 General Assembly is being asked to consider a controversial recommendation that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) divest its holdings in three companies doing business in Israel – companies that a church committee on socia…

3 Hispanic churches in Texas withdraw, may face eviction

Three churches in Mission Presbytery may all lack a center for worship this Sunday as their presbytery has responded to their “renunciation of jurisdiction” by serving an eviction notice.

MRTI recommends targeted divestment in 3 companies for nonpeaceful use of their products in Israel-Palestine

Update: On Feb. 17, the full General Assembly Mission Council approved by a voice vote the recommendation from the Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee. The recommendation on divestment now will go to the 2012 General Assembly for its co…

3 Hispanic churches in Texas withdraw, may face eviction

Three churches in Mission Presbytery may all lack a center for worship this Sunday as their presbytery has responded to their “renunciation of jurisdiction” by serving an eviction notice.

Call goes out for study of women in leadership

LOUISVILLE –
Saying that questions remain about whether women are being treated as “equal partners” in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a task force is asking the 2012 General Assembly to fund a research study to look more carefully at women i…

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