Summaries with links on several items of interest concerning the coming General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and other related ministries Missionary Childcare Ministry Needed Four childcare volunteers are needed for The EPC World Outreach Family Gathering Homecoming Celebration, June 16-22, in Colorado. Over 100 missionaries attending the gathering are from 21 different countries... Continue Reading

Specifically, the report claims that the PCUSA often is shown in a “less than flattering light” by NWAC and EPC leaders. A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA), in its report to the 219th General Assembly, has accused a sister denomination of violating ecumenical etiquette and is urging dialogue in the future. The General Assembly... Continue Reading

(Speaking of Judge Griffith who issued the injunction) “He found it to be likely in issuing his preliminary injunctions and he forbids anyone from expressing disagreement with that conclusion. As set forth above this is patently unconstitutional. On April 19, the attorneys for the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP Synod) filed... Continue Reading

At its April 17, 2010 stated meeting Tennessee Valley Presbytery approved an overture requesting the 38th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America “to affirm that unordained deaconesses may serve the church.” The PCA GA will meet in Nashville, Tenn., June 29 – July 2. The overture was sent to the Presbytery for consideration... Continue Reading

The Korean Central Presbyterian Church of Vienna, Virginia is a PCA congregation with more than 3,000 members and attendance and is a member of the Korean Capital Presbytery. At press time none of the church officers have been charged. UPDATE 4-19: The Reverend Henry Koh, Coordinator of Korean Ministries for the Presbyterian Church in America,... Continue Reading

-The complaint also asks that a special committee be formed to help Muskingum Valley Presbytery reconcile with the congregation and its pastor. First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield, Ohio, has filed a remedial complaint against Muskingum Valley Presbytery over its action to dissolve the relationship between the congregation and its pastor. The complaint, filed March 29... Continue Reading

(First Baptist Church of Clarendon) is building a new church sanctuary and child-development center with eight floors of apartments on top, most of them subsidized for low- and moderate-income renters. A U.S. District Court judge threw out a First Amendment challenge to an affordable housing project above a church in Arlington County on Monday, ruling... Continue Reading

Court declares) that property ownership can only be decided by the dictates of civil law, rather than the constitution of a denomination. Declaring that property ownership can only be decided by the dictates of civil law, rather than the constitution of a denomination, the Washington County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas has again ruled in... Continue Reading

If approved, an overture from Boston Presbytery would direct the Presbyterian Church (USA) Board of Pensions to change its policies regarding benefits for the same-sex spouses and partners of ministers and church personnel. Asking for policies that do not penalize couples, the benefits would be based on the state law governing the couple’s relationship. Currently,... Continue Reading

To the Elders and Ministers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Dear Brothers: As you know, the decisions taken by our General Synod in relation to Erskine College and Theological Seminary on March 3 were quickly challenged by the Chairman of the Erskine Board of Trustees, Mr. Scott Mitchell. Within a few days Mr. Mitchell... Continue Reading