Two denominations primed to debate same-sex issues
Mainline Presbyterians and Episcopalians start meetings within the week facing similar challenges
The Episcopal Church {proposal] is… a "lifelong covenant." Clergy in dioceses with sympathetic bishops have been blessing gay couples for decades, but the proposal is to permit a trial run of an official liturgy.
Reformed Church in America strikes policy allowing ‘conscience’ objection to female ministers
Women make up only 17 percent of active ministers.
"In the long run however, I believe that we have more integrity as a denomination if we just say ‘we ordain women.' And if you can’t live within a system that ordains women, then there are a lot of denominations, and perhaps this isn’t the one for you."
Objections to PCUSA Board Of Pensions same-sex benefits begin to tally up
Will help the board estimate how many congregations…would seek coverage-objection status
We do however believe that this attempt to extend benefits is being done to declare same gender domestic partners de facto the same as spouses within a marriage of one man and one woman, and is part of a larger attempt to get the church to accept what God in the Scriptures has clearly stated is sin.
Declaration on the Special Creation of Adam and Eve
Suitable for adoption by Sessions and/or Presbyteries
The Midway Session believes that the answer to Question 17 of the Larger Catechism, “How did God create man?” is, as the 40th General Assembly declared, “sufficiently clear that Adam and Eve were real, historical human beings directly created by God.”
PCA’s Northern California Presbytery submits to GA on deaconess issue
"Board of Deacons” may only include men who are elected, ordained, and installed
Five years ago, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America took issue with an action of Northern California Presbytery and Philadelphia Presbytery in a matter related to deaconesses. The result was two years of debate about whether or not we should study the issue, and the PCA said that it did not want to do so.
Stand … or fall!
What then does the PCUSA stand for, because it would appear that she’s prone to fall for anything.
The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission decision says that there is no clear, discernible standard in God’s Word upon which the entire denomination can be held to account. Each ordaining body may decide for itself those standards, on a case by case basis, when faced with an ordinand.
A New Or Renewed Church in Scotland – Part 2
Additional thoughts on St. George's Tron, Glasgow (and others) leaving the Church of Scotland
Firstly it means that we could really do without yet another Presbyterian denomination in Scotland. Presbyterians are brilliant at speaking about church unity and using lots of fine sounding words. But boy are we good at setting up new denominations in the name of unity! Moving away from Scotland I was astounded to read about yet another Presbyterian denomination being set up in the
A Tale of Two Resolutions on the “Sinner’s Prayer”
That we promote any and all biblical means of urging sinners to call on the name of the Lord in a prayer of repentance and faith
To make it easier for you to compare the resolution that was submitted to the one that was adopted, I have reproduced them both below. Hopefully, this will help clear up some confusion and prevent further misrepresentation of what happened in New Orleans regarding the "sinner's prayer" resolution.
Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights
Gays and lesbians…lack the "distinguishing features of classes entitled to special protections."
McKissic, who is black, said it was "an unfair comparison" for gays to equate same-sex marriage with civil rights because there is not incontrovertible scientific evidence that homosexuality is an innate characteristic, like skin color. "They're equating their sin with my skin," he said
At the Southern Baptist Convention: Messengers Debate the Sinner’s Prayer
After David Platt called it "superstitious," resolution says it's no incantation.
Since the delegates (called messengers) voted by a show of ballot, no official count was taken. Baptist Press reported that "perhaps 10-20 percent of messengers voted against it." One delegate said he thought the percentage was more than that—perhaps as high as 40 percent.
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