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Index: Per capita

Comprehensive assessment
of per capita in the PCUSA

"Responding Faithfully: Making Decisions about Financial Support of PCUSA Governing Bodies in Times of Disorder"
Highland Park halts gifts to higher governing bodies
December 4, 2006

Presbyteries come up $430,000 short in '05 per-capita payments
October 16, 2006

Presbytery approves resolutions on constitutional compliance, ordination, per capita, and property
September 11, 2006

Designate 100 percent of giving to missions, minister tells convocation
July 21, 2006

Commentary: 'Let's Not Lose Our Head'
Forced per-capita payments would further erode PCUSA
June 1, 2006

Two PCUSA bodies support compulsory payment of per capita
May 23, 2006

From the April 2006 issue of The Layman
Why our session decided to withhold our per capita
May 8, 2006

PCUSA nears half-life as exodus accelerates
February 28, 2006

Session of PCUSA's 5th largest church withholds its per capita
February 27, 2006

Baltimore votes against G-6.0106b, for change in per-capita requirements
November 17, 2005

Baltimore considers overture to require local per capita
November 16, 2005

Kirkpatrick thanks presbyteries paying full per capita, calls it 'maintaining the covenant connection'
May 26, 2005

PCUSA's highest court voids presbytery policy mandating per capita
The ruling
October 20, 2004

Brief calls Heartland per-capita policy coercive, unconstitutional
The brief
September 21, 2004

Heartland Presbytery files brief in per-capita case
August 20, 2004

After clerk's threat, per-capita receipts in 2002 are bolstered
May 19, 2004

Heartland presbytery appeals decision on per-capita ruling
May 11, 2004

Faithful Stewardship
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This handbook offers general guidelines on how to exercise faithful stewardship that glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ and carries out his Great Commission.
Synod court rules Heartland policy was unconstitutional
April 6, 2004

Decision on Heartland Policy is mailed to case participants
April 5, 2004

Arguments scheduled today in Heartland per-capita case
April 2, 2004

Presbytery says its policy didn't usurp session's power
February 25, 2004

Complaint says presbytery violated PCUSA Constitution
February 25, 2004

Decisions of the General Assembly
Permanent Judicial Commission


A. Kirk Johnston, Laurie Johnston, and Session of First United Presbyterian Church, Paola, Kansas v Heartland Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
(2004)

John Minihan and J. Randall Richards v. The Presbytery of Scioto Valley
(2003)

Session of Central Presbyterian Church v. Presbytery of Long Island
(1992)

Westminster United Presbyterian Church v. the Presbytery of Detroit
(1976)

Other PJC decisions

Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of Mid America's decision and order in the case of:
Rev. Kirk A. Johnston; Rev. Laurie Johnston; Session, First United Presbyterian Church, Paola, Kansas; and Rev. Thomas F. Sparks v. Heartland Presbytery (2004)
Overture would relieve presbyteries from paying tab for local churches
February 24, 2004

Three Fla. congregations decide not to pay per capita
December 19, 2003

An open letter to Kirkpatrick, Detterick on per capita
December 19, 2003

Stated clerk no longer uses threat in his new opinion on per capita
December 17, 2003

Presbytery considers changing its rule on per-capita payments
December 11, 2003

Money issue is at the heart of invalidation proposal
December 10, 2003

Presbytery's Committee on Ministry also seeks invalidation of Williamson's ministry
December 9, 2003

Presbytery panel would strip Williamson of his ordination
December 5, 2003

Heartland churches re-direct per-capita and mission offerings
December 1, 2003

Presbytery diverts mission money to pay per capita
November 19, 2003

Divert funds, Presbyterian group urges churches
October 30, 2003

Per-capita shortfall is increasing rapidly
October 29, 2003

Lay Committee urges Presbyterians to consider redirecting gifts
'A Declaration of Conscience'
October 28, 2003

Presbytery continues punishing churches withholding per capita
September 16, 2003

Minister challenges presbytery refusal to OK loan for expansion
September 8, 2003

Heartland policy ignores per-capita law
August 27, 2003

PCUSA court affirms voluntary nature of paying per capita bills
July 15, 2003 Presbytery's per-capita tactics spawned schism in local church
July 15, 2003

Appeal brief warns per-capita tax could spawn 'cataclysmic event'
July 10, 2003

Comprehensive assessment of per capita available online
July 10, 2003

PCUSA's highest court will hear per-capita case
July 8, 2003

Per capita increased to $5.51 per member
June 2, 2003

Per-capita payments decline sharply from 2000 to 2002
May 13, 2003

Washington Presbytery allows dissent on per-capita payments
April 29, 2003

Presbytery policy punishes sessions withholding per capita
April 24, 2003

Court-ordered per-capita payment appealed in Ohio
January 24, 2003

Committee predicts more membership losses, fewer contributions
January 15, 2003

Synod court says sessions 'responsible' for per capita
December 12, 2002

Trial of per-capita case to be held in synod court
December 6, 2002

Per capita: How long a gift? How soon a tax?
Column by Peggy Hedden, vice chair of the Presbyterian Lay Committee
July 19, 2002


Per-capita apportionments raised for 2003 and 2004
July 19, 2002

Presbyterians file complaint on per capita
July 19, 2002

Assembly reaffirms voluntary nature of per-capita giving
June 20, 2002

G.A. committee maintains status quo on per capita
June 18, 2002

Two PCUSA bodies ambush overture on paying per-capita
May 24, 2002

PCUSA says 2001 giving 'encouraging' – but is it?
May 1, 2002

California minister: Enforce constitution or lose per capita
April 8, 2002

Coalition letter 'corrects' clerk's statements about the constitution
March 14, 2002

Presbytery votes to compel churches to pay per-capita
February 6, 2002

Clerk got it partially right
Editorial from The Layman, February 2002

Proposal seeks to hike per capita 2.8 percent
January 30, 2002

Stated clerk now urges other clerks to uphold constitution
January 4, 2002

What's ahead for evangelicals in the Presbyterian Church (USA)?
October 4, 2001

Per-capita rate is $5.25 per member
July 6, 2001

Per-capita to remain voluntary
June 16, 2001

Proposed amendments reflect troubling trends
An analysis by Robert P. Mills, The Presbyterian Layman
May 24, 2001

22-cent per-capita increase proposed for 2002 budget
February 20, 2001

Proposal to force sessions to pay per capita will not be heard by 2000 Assembly
March 20, 2000

Overture calls for referendum to require per-capita payments
February 1, 2000

Session cuts off GA funding following Women of Faith awards
June 20, 1999

$530,000 from per capita proposed for official publication
The Presbyterian Layman, March-April 1998

Stated Clerk rallies troops to defend the Syracuse GA
The Presbyterian Layman,Jan./Feb., 1998

GA official warns of possible ‘disciplinary actions’
The Presbyterian Layman, Nov./Dec., 1997

An unconstitutional Constitution?
Editorial from The Presbyterian Layman, Nov./Dec., 1997

Stated Clerk decries growing movement to redirect funds
The Presbyterian Layman, Sept./Oct., 1997

Pocketbook protests
Editorial from The Presbyterian Layman, Sept./Oct., 1997

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