How A Gay St. Louis Pastor Triggered A War Within the Presbyterian Church In America
An interview with Greg Johnson on St. Louis Public Radio.
But since Johnson went public with his orientation in Christianity Today, pastors in his denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, have tried to banish clergy who identify as gay, even if they commit to celibacy. Johnson has fought that. He says orientation is largely fixed — but believes there is still a place for people like... Continue Reading
Overture from Southeast Alabama Presbytery Asks the 49th PCA GA to Amend BCO 16 By Adding a New Paragraph
Southeast Alabama Presbytery Asks the 49th PCA General Assembly to “Amend BCO 16 By Adding a New Paragraph.”
Southeast Alabama Presbytery approved an overture at a March 31, 2022 Called Meeting, asking the 49th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America to “amend BCO 16 by adding a new paragraph using wording from the Report of the Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality.” The Overture presents proposed wording to amend BCO... Continue Reading
A “Concluding” Action on Revoice 18?
The PCA Standing Judicial Commission concludes matters related to Revoice 18, TE Greg Johnson, and Memorial PCA Session.
The SJC recommends that Missouri Presbytery (MOP) utilize the AIC report on Human Sexuality to help protect the peace and purity of the church by acknowledging where the “statements of some speakers at Revoice 18 may have differed from the propositions in that Report.” MOP, commendably, took action to protect the peace and purity of... Continue Reading
The PCA Standing Judicial Commission Rules in Favor in A Second Missouri Case
The SJC sustained in part the compliant, Case 2020-05: TE Ryan Speck v. Missouri Presbytery, on March 3, 2022.
This matter is remanded to MOP Presbytery with instructions that it “hold a new hearing” (BCO 43-10) which need focus only on the following matters: “What steps must MOP take to make clear to the broader Church the errors that were identified in Presbytery’s various investigations with regard to some of the teachings at Revoice... Continue Reading
Overture from Hills and Plains Presbytery Asks the 49th PCA GA to Amend BCO 16 By Adding a New Paragraph
Hills and Plains Presbytery overtures the 49th PCA GA to “Amend BCO 16 By Adding a New Paragraph Using Wording from the Report of the Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality.”
Hills and Plains Presbytery approved an overture at a March 5, 2022 Called Meeting, asking the 49th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America to “amend BCO 16 by adding a new paragraph using wording from the Report of the Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality.” The Overture presents proposed wording to amend... Continue Reading
Why Did Overtures 23 and 37 Fail to Pass the PCA Presbyteries?
Some reasons why overtures 23 and 37 failed to gain the necessary 2/3 of the presbyteries.
I believe a majority of those in most PCA presbyteries are opposed to Revoice and all that it represents. The failure of Overtures 23 and 37 was not a vote for Revoice Theology. Those who denigrate the PCA with this line of thinking are ignorant of the PCA and her presbyterian procedures. I believe that... Continue Reading
Positive Schedule Changes for the 2022 PCA General Assembly
The 2022 PCA General Assembly promises to be jam-packed deliberation; the proposed schedule recommends more than three hours of extra business prior to the Thursday night session.
One permanent solution might be to amend the Rules of Assembly Operations to require the Stated Clerk to propose a docket with minimum amounts of business time for each day of the assembly. A formula requiring two to four hours of business on the first day, eight on the second, and eight before 6 pm... Continue Reading
The End of Overtures 23 & 37
An unofficial count has determined that both Overtures 23 and 37 have failed to receive the approval of 2/3 of the presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in America.
While Overtures 23 and 37 did not receive the approval of 2/3 of presbyteries, they did receive more than a majority of the presbyteries that have voted so far. The debate on the issue is not over. There are a number of presbyteries preparing to send overtures to the 49th PCA General Assembly on the... Continue Reading
Dissent, Response, & Concurrences in Speck v. Missouri Presbytery
The case was about evaluating Missouri Presbytery’s investigation of TE Johnson; the SJC has not vindicated TE Johnson as he claims.
15 of the 24 men on the SJC have now, to some extent, gone on official record to express concern over TE Johnson’s views. This development contradicts claims that TE Johnson’s views were exonerated by the SJC in Speck v. Missouri Presbytery. In the case, the SJC decision represented an adjudication regarding a particular presbytery’s... Continue Reading
More on the PCA Standing Judicial Case Regarding Missouri Presbytery and Greg Johnson
SJC members offer Dissenting and Concurring Opinions.
The Standing Judicial Commission (SJC), the highest judicatory of the Presbyterian Church in America, rendered a decision on October 21, 2021, that Missouri Presbytery did not violate the investigation requirements of the Book of Church Order and did not err when it declined to process allegations against TE Greg Johnson. The judgment answered the complaint that arose... Continue Reading
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