PCA GA: AC Committee of Commissioners Recommends Not Erecting Study Committee on Women In Ministry
The AC Committee of Commissioners votes 31-7 to recommend that the PCA General Assembly not approve the proposal to erect a study committee on women in ministry.
The Cooperative Ministries Committee (CMC) of the Presbyterian Church in America approved sending a recommendation to the PCA General Assembly that it erect a study committee on the issue of women serving in the ministry of the church. This proposal was assigned to the Committee of Commissioners (CoC) reviewing the work of the Administrative Committee... Continue Reading
PCA GA: Overtures Committee Recommends Adoption of Overture 43 On Racial Reconciliation
Overture 43 as amended and approved by the Overtures Committee is being recommended to the PCA General Assembly for its consideration
On Monday, June 20, the Overtures Committee considered these overtures and voted to recommend that Overture 43 from Potomac Presbytery be answered in the affirmative as amended, and all other overtures be answered with reference to Overture 43. The action of the Overtures Committee, which adopted it by a vote of 8 5-3, is a... Continue Reading
Review and Comparison of PCA 2016 GA Racial Repentance Overtures
Assessing overtures coming before the PCA General Assembly on repentance for racial sins in the PCA going back to the Civil Rights era.
Overtures calling for both propose we take action at both the denominational level and the local level. I find myself in favor of this approach. Admittedly without offering an extended defense of my opinion, let me briefly highlight the key considerations persuading me. First, I believe the covenantal considerations found in Ezra and Nehemiah’s examples... Continue Reading
Facts and Myths for the PCA on Racial Reconciliation
In support of Overtures 45 and 53 as the way forward as the PCA General considers the issue of racial reconciliation.
After all, how can we solve problems if we cannot state specific, identifiable, perhaps quantifiable issues that must be addressed? How can we learn about those specific problems if we do not take the time to ferret out the details and perform something like a root cause analysis? And how can we reach a final... Continue Reading
ARP Synod Approves Report On Race Relations
At its June 7-9, 2016 the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Synod approved a Report On Race Relations
The Theological & Social Concerns Committee of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church presented an extensive report at the Synod, which met June 7-9, 2016, on the issue race relations and the ARP. In addition, the following motion was also approved overwhelmingly: “We, the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, do confess the sinful... Continue Reading
The PCA’s Version of Executive Orders
Formed just 9 years ago, an emboldened CMC has rapidly started to resemble the old PCUSA’s General Assembly Council.
In any event, let it be known that the CMC is on record pace to replicate other mainline wrecking balls. Are we so sure that we are really morally superior to those past Presbyterians who now pathetically limp along? Short of such conceit, we should disprove the usurpation by acting promptly to correct or defeat... Continue Reading
80 Years Ago June 11: J. Gresham Machen Was Elected Moderator Of A New Presbyterian Denomination
On June 11, 1936, the Presbyterian Church of America (renamed the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in February 1939) was founded, electing 55-year-old professor J. Gresham Machen as its first moderator.
And as Dr. Machen took the moderator’s chair, maintaining the dignity of that office even amidst the unpretentious surroundings, there was in his face and in the hearts of us all a mark of the solemnity of the occasion. We trusted that in the power of God we were entering upon a new phase of... Continue Reading
Thornwell ‘Responds’ to Concerns About Overture 14 at the PCA General Assembly
Thornwell summarized the flaw in arguing for an analogy between civil courts and spiritual courts and provided a necessary correction to those in his time as well as our own.
Quoted below is an extract from a journal article in which Thornwell discussed the revisions proposed to the Book of Discipline. In this section, Thornwell addressed critics of the “demand and receive” language. Not only did Thornwell make clear that the committee added the language to bring clarity to existing principle but he also expressed... Continue Reading
Didn’t We Just Do This? Recent PCA Proposals to Ordain Women to Church Office – Part 3
“The question of the role of women in the Church is not a new or unstudied issue….the proposed study committee is unlikely to break new ground or shed new insights” (37th GA, 2009).
One of the contentions of the CMC is that the PCA has a history of passivity and even resistance to discussing the role of women in the church. However, a review of recent history will attest to the fact that the PCA does not have a history of passivity in discussing the role of women... Continue Reading
Didn’t We Just Do This? Recent PCA Proposals to Ordain Women to Church Office – Part 2
“The question of the role of women in the Church is not a new or unstudied issue….the proposed study committee is unlikely to break new ground or shed new insights” (37th GA, 2009).
One of the contentions of the CMC is that the PCA has a history of passivity and even resistance to discussing the role of women in the church. However, a review of recent history will attest to the fact that the PCA does not have a history of passivity in discussing the role of women... Continue Reading
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