News
articles 2005
Muslim
group at presbyteries' camp prompts protests
December 30, 2005
16th
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
December 29, 2005
Open letter to session
Resigning Hollywood
member says administrative commission, presbytery violated Book of
Order
December 27, 2005
Chicago
Presbytery's visit with Hezbollah threatens condominium tower project
December 19, 2005
Chronicles
of Narnia review: An invitation to 'deeper magic'
December 19, 2005
Overture
asks that Christian educators become officers
December 14, 2005
Bethlehem
Lutheran pastor plays an ongoing role in PCUSA's Middle East politics
December 14, 2005
Protestant-Catholic
group asks PCUSA to cease Hezbollah contacts
December 13, 2005
Columbia
Seminary to house Montreat historical collection
December 13, 2005
Presbytery's
overture calls for changes in PUP proposals
December 12, 2005
Hollywood
congregation votes to accept ministers' resignations
December 12, 2005
Marine
colonel says their letter causes 'more harm' than good
December 12, 2005
Text
of Col. Lammers' letter
December 12, 2005
General
describes situation in Iraq
December 12, 2005
Hudson
River wants to scrap ordination standard it defies
December 8, 2005
Moderator,
stated clerk blame kidnappings on U.S.
December 7, 2005
Hollywood
congregation to vote on ending calls of two ministers
December 7, 2005
Anonymous
group suggests a 'newpcus'
December 5, 2005
Jewish
groups step up criticism as PCUSA attempts to calm furor
December 5, 2005
UCC
pastor elected commissioner to GA
December 5, 2005
Presbyterians
say meeting in Middle East isn't official
December 2, 2005
Book Review
A
Whiff of Heresy: Samuel Angus and the Presbyterian Church in New South
Wales
November 30, 2005
Redstone
Presbytery overtures call for clear marriage statement, Biblical
counseling, no partial-birth abortions
November 30, 2005
Bloesch
criticizes 'penetration of secularism' in Protestant churches
November 29, 2005
PCUSA News Briefs
Advocate
for homosexual behavior tells students not to use Scripture
November 29, 2005
2
new candidates announced; 3 now vie for moderator
November 28, 2005
14th
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
November 28, 2005
Another
Presbyterian group meets with Hezbollah leader
November 23, 2005
Renewalists
say sexual practices' compromise a 'false, cheap peace'
November 22, 2005
Anglican Orthodoxy Dispute
Declared extinct, Episcopal parish leaders refuse to hand over keys
November 22, 2005
Diocese
tried to forbid eucharist
November 22, 2005
Once
exiled from Sudan, ecumenical leader becomes adviser to nation's head
November 22, 2005
Reprint from The Layman,
July/August 1998
Exiled Sudanese prince trains
Christians for return to homeland
November 22, 2005
Presbytery
committee opposes overture to toss out property clause
November 21, 2005
Renewal
leaders' statement criticizing PUP report continues to gain
endorsements
November 21, 2005
Four
overtures target 2004 divestment policy
November 21, 2005
Overture
proposal would allow congregations to change presbyteries
November 18, 2005
Baltimore
votes against G-6.0106b, for change in per-capita requirements
November 17, 2005
Minnesota
church wants to leave with its property
November 17, 2005
Coalition
Gathering: Feeling the wedge effect
PUP's task force report wet-blankets traditionally ebullient
affair
November 17, 2005
Baltimore
considers overture to require local per capita
November 16, 2005
Donegal
Presbytery votes evangelical out of ministry
Defrocked
minister's plea to presbytery
November 16, 2005
San
Diego receives resolution, could lead to break with PCUSA
November 16, 2005
12
presbyteries approve overtures seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
November 16, 2005
2
more presbyteries approve overtures seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
November 15, 2005
BACK
TO DOBBS FERRY
Church in forefront of defiance
scene of ordination of gay pastor
November 14, 2005
While
mainline Protestants lose members, others are gaining them
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
'Road
out of the Episcopal Church USA is a one-way street,' conference told
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
Liberal
critics call theological conservatives 'neo-Puritan' fundamentalists
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
Gay
bishop calls speakers promoting a Biblical Anglicanism 'voices that
are speaking for division'
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
Property
issues hover in the background during 'Hope and a Future' conference
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
'Hope
stands on the Word,' conference crowd told
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
Warren
calls for 'new reformation' to spread the Christian faith
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
Themes
at 'Hope and a Future' echo those of Gathering IX
November 14, 2005
Anglican Conference
'We
will stand with you,' primates tell conservative Anglicans
November 14, 2005
Synod
court dismisses Heartland dispute over ordination of elder
November 11, 2005
2,000 Anglicans have hope for future
'The
logjam is about to break,' bishop tells 'Hope and Future' conference
November 11, 2005
Archbishop
of Canterbury recognizes networks as 'full members of the Anglican
Communion'
November 11, 2005
Conference
highlights 'historic alliance between the American evangelical
mainstream and Anglicanism in the Global South'
November 11, 2005
Network
dismisses as 'conspiracy theories' reports about worst-case scenario
strategies
November 11, 2005
African
primates remind Anglicans about the church of the martyrs and
missionaries
November 11, 2005
MAINLINE BRIEFS
UCC
may stem membership slide by gaining a 'Cathedral'
November 10, 2005
Church's
session decides no more marriages; gays, straights to be treated the
same
November 9, 2005
Synod
requires Baltimore Presbytery to review work of homosexual minister
November 9, 2005
Presbytery
to consider resolution that could lead to leaving PCUSA
November 4, 2005
Homosexual
minister who helped rile PCUSA takes issue to Episcopalians
November 3, 2005
Congregation
on the slide to memorialize transgenders
November 3, 2005
Sessions
asked to propose overtures to presbyteries to replace Book of Order
with New Wineskins constitution
November 2, 2005
Seminary
presidents offer brief approval of PUP report
November 1, 2005
Conservatives
claim victory in two Methodist rulings
November 1, 2005
Alabama
presbytery votes down overture on property
November 1, 2005
Methodist
Judicial Council defrocks lesbian minister in Pennsylvania
October 31, 2005
The PCUSA and Israel-Palestine
Anti-Semitic
remarks made at Presbyterian college event
October 31, 2005
Stated
clerk 'deeply appalled' by Iranian leader's statement
October 31, 2005
Six
congregations leaving ECUSA … with property?
October 28, 2005
Suit
targets minister, Fifth Avenue church
October 28, 2005
Evangelical
pastor notified that he has been 'kicked out'
October 28, 2005
Terrorism,
threats to Israel haven't waylaid PCUSA's movement toward divestment
October 27, 2005
Coalition Gathering IX
'Reclaiming
Our First Love' and previewing the 217th GA
October 26, 2005
PCUSA
campaign: Pledges rise sharply, but cash deficit continues
October 26, 2005
NCC
gets more money from liberal groups than churches
October 26, 2005
Another
Lutheran pastor heads to Catholic Church
October 25, 2005
Two
conferences planned as followups to 2006 GA and PCUSA's turbulence
October 25, 2005
Open letter:
Defendant's statement on
same-sex marriage criticized
October 24, 2005
What Others Are Saying
1. PCUSA: schism or fragmentation?
2. Hate crimes: targeting Bible-believers?
October 21, 2005
Joining Hearts & Hands
Low-giving
Louisville area presbytery signs on for $1 million
October 21, 2005
San
Diego may consider overture in response to task force report
October 20, 2005
Poll:
Church not losing 'people to the secular world,' but because of
increased focus on faith and 'to relate to God'
October 20, 2005
PCUSA
mission workers will have to raise own funds
October 19, 2005
Minister
accused of marrying gay couples states his defense
October 19, 2005
Review:
Lies That Go Unchallenged
Colson is enlisting cultural warriors
October 19, 2005
Lutherans
say no to Reformed churches' invitation to joint meeting
October 17, 2005
Presbyterians
endorse renewal leaders statement on PUP report
October 17, 2005
Presbyterian
congregation leaves denomination, but it's not PCUSA loss
October 17, 2005
Synod
to receive report on Baltimore Presbytery's accepting gay minister
October 14, 2005
After
antagonists crush his career, pastor's friends on brink of ending it
October 13, 2005
Kirkpatrick
says group he leads needs money or its future is bleak
October 11, 2005
Rhee's
mission prompts some hostility and some progress
October 5, 2005
Nominee
for Supreme Court 'faithful' at evangelical church
October 4, 2005
Analysis
of the PUP Task Force's historical problem
October 3, 2005
Session
of Hollywood church asks pastors to tender resignations
October 3, 2005
Hudson
River Presbytery approves openly gay man for ordination
September 30, 2005
Council
wants Winnebago Presbytery to oppose same-sex marriage ban proposed in
Wisconsin
September 30, 2005
8th
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
September 30, 2005
Mainline-backed
group affirms abortion as 'moral religious choice'
September 29, 2005
Draft
document on abbreviated Book of Order seeks to 'provide more
flexibility in favor of presbyteries'
September 29, 2005
Presbytery
exec says he will make churches pay for schism
September 28, 2005
Rhee
says he'll provide pastoral help for minority in church split
September 28, 2005
New
Wineskins leaders call for 2nd convocation on the heels of the 217th
General Assembly
September 28, 2005
PCUSA
theologian plans study linked to 'confusion about church's identity'
September 27, 2005
Retired
prof says Christians got 'wrong message' from gospel
September 26, 2005
GA
vice moderator describes flight from devastated New Orleans
September 26, 2005
Mission
funding declines prompt proposal for 173 PCUSA fundraisers
September 26, 2005
An open letter to the PCUSA
'I am a heterosexist and
my other habits are good'
An apologetic response to the exceptional ordination of practicing
homosexuals
September 26, 2005
Kirkpatrick,
others use Katrina's devastation to again criticize federal budget
priorities
September 23, 2005
Quartet
conducts one-way show on task force report
September 23, 2005
Washington
Office says government 'condones and participates in torture'
September 23, 2005
Child
molestation victims ask for apology and help
September 23, 2005
New
Wineskins calls on Presbyterians to 'begin to live out our vision
right where God has us today'
September 23, 2005
Sacramento
becomes PCUSA meeting center to offset penalties
September 22, 2005
PCUSA
tree-saving wizardry means 'Les' paperwork for GAC
September 22, 2005
Detterick:
Future funding shortage will require some 'bold dreams'
September 22, 2005
Katrina,
evangelism, mission boost 'Joining Hearts & Hands'
September 22, 2005
Moderator:
Without Katrina, are there tipping points for the PCUSA?
September 22, 2005
Churches
continue Katrina relief efforts, but keep a wary eye on Hurricane Rita
September 22, 2005
An
open letter to Presbyterians as Rita bears down on the Gulf coast
September 22, 2005
'Plans
under way to close' Historical Foundation and distribute its property
and holdings, group warns
September 21, 2005
Ecumenical
group travels to Mideast in wake of divestment controversy
September 21, 2005
Judge:
Episcopal diocese must pay legal fees for defecting congregation
September 20, 2005
7th
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
September 20, 2005
Kirkpatrick
says task force report 'offers great hope' for the PCUSA
September 19, 2005
Love
of the Church is driving force behind New Wineskins
September 19, 2005
California
court finds 'no express trust' regarding property in favor of PCUSA
September 16, 2005
Renewal
group says PUP recommendation will, in effect, introduce 'local
option'
September 16, 2005
Richmond
congregation gives $90,000 for relief in Mississippi
September 15, 2005
Witherspoon
Society downplays 'essentials,' calls for deletion of AI and G-6.0106b
September 15, 2005
Book Review
Christabel
Pankhurst: Fundamentalism and Feminism in Coalition
September 15, 2005
An
open letter to Presbyterian Friends in Katrina's wake
'Maybe resurrection is the proper term'
September 14, 2005
Kairos
Journal honors primates of the Global South
September 14, 2005
Protest
is filed after presbytery accepts lesbian activist as member
September 14, 2005
Coalition
Gathering IX scheduled in Orlando, Fla.
September 14, 2005
Iowa
pastor first to announce as a candidate for moderator
September 13, 2005
J.
I. Packer: 'The dike gave way!'
September 12, 2005
Os
Guinness: 'Kissing Judases' pursue suicidal path
September 12, 2005
From
Vicksburg to Biloxi, Presbyterian relief is flowing
September 12, 2005
Katrina's
wake buoys faith-based ministries
September 8, 2005
Liberal
activist chosen as ACSWP coordinator
September 8, 2005
2
pro-gay ordination groups tread gently on PUP report
September 8, 2005
Church
in New York extends call to openly gay man as interim minister
September 8, 2005
Prof. Robert A.J. Gagnon
A
local option Trojan Horse
September 7, 2005
Pittsburgh
seminary prof criticizes task force report
September 7, 2005
Gay
activist group cites 'abusive power' in attacking report of PUP task
force
September 7, 2005
Hollywood
administrative panel moves toward its final report
September 7, 2005
Keeping
track of ministry in Louisiana's now-largest city
September 6, 2005
10
PCUSA congregations face uncertain future in New Orleans
September 6, 2005
Fifth
Avenue minister resigns from Princeton seminary board
September 1, 2005
Lay
Committee CEO offers reflections on task force report
September 1, 2005
Coalition
names Schlossberg as executive director
September 1, 2005
Spahr
facing pretrial hearing for performing same-sex marriage
September 1, 2005
Gay
activist calls task force recommendations 'a call to continue
prejudice and discrimination'
September 1, 2005
Fifth
Ave. pastor steps aside while presbytery investigates alleged
relationship with woman
August 31, 2005
Leader
of renewal group says task force proposal will create 'a more rather
than less divided church'
August 31, 2005
Coalition
says task force's recommendation 'appears to permit what the
Constitution currently prohibits'
August 30, 2005
More
Light calls task force recommendation 'deeply insulting,' urges
deletion of G-6.0106b
August 30, 2005
Clergy
and church members file formal charges against bishop
August 26, 2005
6
churches back lesbian couple seeking same-sex marriage approval
August 26, 2005
Task
force proposal on ordination comes close to local option
August 25, 2005
Templeton's
born-again son takes control of the famous foundation
August 25, 2005
Task
Force releases final report and recommendations
August 25, 2005
Task
Force members question statement about gay couples in 'committed'
relationships
August 24, 2005
Fifth
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
August 24, 2005
California
church seeks to change PCUSA's 'form of blackmail' in property trust
clause
August 24, 2005
General
Assembly Council member: discussion book could fire up more discontent
August 23, 2005
Book Review
The
Divine Dramatist: George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern
Evangelicalism
August 16, 2005
Judge
says defecting Episcopal congregation owns its property
August 16, 2005
Chronology
of the Theological Task Force
August 15, 2005
Lay
Committee is apparent target of Kirkpatrick's attack
August 15, 2005
California
judge says parish that left Episcopal Church owns its property
August 12, 2005
Leading
Lutheran scholar: ELCA's liberal drift causing 'brain drain' from
denomination
August 9, 2005
PCUSA
targets 5 corporations for divestment consideration
August 8, 2005
More
Light takes PUP to task for silence on disciplinary cases
August 8, 2005
Mainline news briefs
Gay church may join UCC, but three
drop out
August 4, 2005
New
York church joins fight for gay ordination
August 4, 2005
Moderator's
view: Feeding miracle was 'sharing' food
August 1, 2005
Task
force decision-making process eluded observers
August 1, 2005
Pastor
who lost renewal battle in Miami dies at 45
July 27, 2005
Stated
clerks void stay in Hollywood case despite Book of Order
July 27, 2005
Hollywood's
stated clerk resigns in 'political battles'
July 27, 2005
Brutal
language used in disruption of service
July 25, 2005
Reminded
of mandate, task force goes back to the future
July 25, 2005
Senate
Democrats, mainline Protestant leaders join hands on 'A Word to the
Faithful' Web site
July 22, 2005
California
congregation links from Web site to homosexual 'adults only' search
engine
July 22, 2005
Judicial
complaint filed against PCUSA minister for officiating at same-sex
marriage ceremony
July 22, 2005
Task
Force has no proposal on issue of ordaining homosexuals
July 20, 2005
First
PUP draft lightly addresses gay ordination, liberation theology
July 20, 2005
Task
force releases 2 draft reports
July 19, 2005
Washington
Office criticizes proposals to overhaul Social Security system
July 19, 2005
Giddings
Ivory pushes agenda regarding judicial appointments
July 18, 2005
Washington
Office backs bill seeking withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
July 18, 2005
Former
GA moderator joins pro-gay group in Virginia
July 14, 2005
Progeny
outperform PCUSA in missions, giving and growing
July 14, 2005
PCUSA
campaign pledges rise sharply, but cash flow is slow
July 13, 2005
California
court authorizes depositions of PCUSA officials in property dispute
July 11, 2005
Moderator
regrets his presence fueled Torrance church conflict
July 11, 2005
Mission
Presbytery calls for new investigation in gay-marriage case
July 8, 2005
Presbytery
approves overture seeking to limit accusations of wrongdoing
July 7, 2005
Moderator
Ufford-Chase, minority group disrupts worship service
July 6, 2005
PFR
executive faults New Wineskins for including 'gnosticism' in materials
July 6, 2005
Task
force members indicate commitment to unity may trump ban on gay
ordinations
July 6, 2005
United
Church of Christ endorses same-sex marriage
July 5, 2005
Fourth
presbytery approves overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b,
authoritative interpretation
July 1, 2005
Third
presbytery passes overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b, authoritative
interpretation
June 30, 2005
Presbytery's
stated clerk declares return of pastors 'violation of leave'
June 29, 2005
Targeted
Caterpillar boosts PCUSA holdings by $737,548
June 29, 2005
Another
presbytery passes overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b, authoritative
interpretation
June 29, 2005
New
Wineskins put constitution online
June 29, 2005
Hollywood
pastors return to church after midnight runs
June 27, 2005
Presbyterian
group says PCUSA falsely portraying Israeli-Palestinian conflict
June 27, 2005
Book Review
Toward
A Sure Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Dilemma of Biblical Criticism
June 24, 2005
Orthodox
study proposes leaving WCC and NCC
June 23, 2005
Theological
Task Force to receive draft proposals
June 23, 2005
Is
Christ divine? UCC assembly will put it to a vote
June 22, 2005
Discussion
questions online for 'Two Faiths' statement
June 22, 2005
33rd General Assembly
PCA
assembly votes against anti-public school proposal
June 22, 2005
PCUSA
loses 43,175 members during 2004; 2nd highest since reunion
June 21, 2005
Presbyterian
Lay Committee issues statement on pluralism
June 21, 2005
Study
for proposed history center at Montreat says funding unlikely
June 21, 2005
Critic
of New Wineskins undergoes a conversion
June 21, 2005
Good
Samaritan validates needy person – not necessarily his beliefs
June 21, 2005
Congregations'
sessions would have final say on changes to New Wineskins'
Constitution
June 20, 2005
Lawyers
trace church property law changes and challenge PCUSA resource for
enforcing trust clause
June 20, 2005
Message
from the world Church: 'Stop the infection'
June 20, 2005
Seminary
professor says PCUSA task force will follow Lutherans on ordaining
active homosexuals
June 18, 2005
New
Wineskins holds its first National Network (assembly)
June 18, 2005
Message
from Africa: 'Stand firm'
June 17, 2005
Presbyterian
Church of Brazil prays for its prodigal mother
June 17, 2005
Proposed
Wineskins constitution calls for major overhaul of PCUSA
June 17, 2005
New
Wineskins leader declares: 'Now is the time!'
June 16, 2005
Commentary
His
Name is Jesus
June 16, 2005
Scottish
Presbyterian, Methodist publisher encourage convocation
June 16, 2005
Evangelist
presbyter says it's time to move into unchartered waters
June 16, 2005
Egyptian
pastor: Go back to your first love to see Jesus
June 16, 2005
New
Wineskins Convocation opens with evangelicals and some monitors
June 16, 2005
Before
meeting begins, key question is where New Wineskins are headed
June 15, 2005
New
Wineskins releases proposed constitution for review by delegates
June 15, 2005
New
Wineskins convocation set to kick off Wednesday
June 14, 2005
Kirkpatrick
unveils details on plan to abbreviate the Book of Order
June 14, 2005
Portrait
of John Leith presented to Union Theological Seminary
June 13, 2005
The
taller they are, the harder they fall
June 10, 2005
‘Ready
made coffins’ sold on Kenyan streets, but faith is alive
June 10, 2005
Dundori
Church seeks to share living water
June 10, 2005
A new
(old) model in new church development
June 9, 2005
Organizers
expect hundreds at convocation considering 'bold new design' for PCUSA
June 9, 2005
Petition
seeks to have Washington Office issue clarification on marriage and
homosexuality
June 8, 2005
Group:
'Irresponsible' and 'sad and poor stewardship' if sessions don't
approve overtures to delete G-6.0106b
June 7, 2005
LGBT
group plans 'Reconciling Dialogue Project' in response to
'discriminatory and hurtful societal and church policies'
June 7, 2005
Convocation
on renewal nears
June 6, 2005
Presbytery
'implores' each church to confirm its property is held in trust for
PCUSA
June 3, 2005
Episcopal
church leader rejects Jesus 'as the only way to God and a saving
faith'
June 3, 2005
Hudson
River takes over congregation that declares independence from PCUSA
June 2, 2005
Churches
can bring 'the life-transforming power of the Gospel to our society,'
renewal leader says
June 2, 2005
Washington
Office urges Presbyterians to push for recognition of civil unions for
gays
June 1, 2005
Book Review
W. Stanford Reid: An Evangelical Calvinist in the Academy
June 1, 2005
New
York City church holds 'Clown Eucharist'
May 31, 2005
Confessing
Churches give $6,000 toward New Wineskins Initiative
May 31, 2005
More
Light cites 'groundswell of support,' looks ahead to 2006 General
Assembly
May 27, 2005
Group
starts 'Ecclesia' alternative worship after leaders leave Hollywood
Presbyterian
May 27, 2005
Cincinnati
pastor commits to pray for spiritual revival
May 27, 2005
Presbytery
of Mississippi approves overture seeking to rescind or modify Israeli
divestment action
May 26, 2005
Kirkpatrick
thanks presbyteries paying full per capita, calls it 'maintaining the
covenant connection'
May 26, 2005
Speakers,
addresses outlined for New Wineskins convocation
May 26, 2005
Book Review
A Call For Continuity: The Theological Contribution of James Orr
May 26, 2005
Survey:
Members, elders oppose PCUSA's action to divest stock in companies
doing business in Israel
May 25, 2005
Alternative
worship group picks up the pieces after leaders leave Hollywood
Presbyterian
May 25, 2005
Convocation
organizers praying that God 'will bring us to a place of common vision
and heart'
May 24, 2005
Delegates
asked to 'meditate on God's Word' before attending New Wineskins
Convocation
May 20, 2005
New
York City pastor schedules 'Clown Eucharist' at church
May 20, 2005
Washington
Office weighs in on congressional filibuster fight
May 19, 2005
Corrected version of previous story
Hollywood panel members not directly
linked to MLP
May 18, 2005
Biblical
faith, evangelism on agenda at New Wineskins convocation
May 18, 2005
In
gentle takeover, presbytery commission lets pastor remain
May 17, 2005
Worship
group leaves Hollywood Presbyterian
May 16, 2005
Corrected version of previous story
Presbytery's
second vote backs decision to sideline two ministers
May 13, 2005
Draft
documents to be revised, voted on during New Wineskins convocation
May 13, 2005
Hollywood
session's complaint wants commission action voided
May 12, 2005
Evangelical
leaders from around the world to speak at New Wineskins convocation
May 11, 2005
Leader
in Latin American evangelism to speak at New Wineskins convocation
May 6, 2005
Rhee
says he was never asked to be church's interim pastor
May 5, 2005
Ministers
ordered to leave Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Administrative Commission assumes
original jurisdiction of congregation
May 4, 2005
Presbytery
rejects COM recommendation to oust 2 ministers at Hollywood church
Administrative Commission named to oversee
congregation
May 4, 2005
Renewal,
evangelism to be tackled at New Wineskins convocation
May 3, 2005
Minister:
Hollywood Presbyterian Church won't be the same after presbytery
meeting
May 2, 2005
Presbytery
bans regular meetings, searches for new mission strategy
April 29, 2005
Methodists
to reinstate defrocked minister
April 29, 2005
PCUSA
seeks to take over largest Korean congregation, place Syngman Rhee in
pulpit
April 28, 2005
Evangelical
leaders from United States to speak at New Wineskins convocation
April 27, 2005
Heartland
Presbytery passes overture seeking to delete G-6.0106b, authoritative
interpretation
April 26, 2005
Cash
deficit continues to grow in $40-million PCUSA campaign
April 25, 2005
New
Wineskins group offers scholarships to convocation
April 25, 2005
31
of PCUSA's largest 100 are Confessing Churches
April 25, 2005
Hollywood
elders ask Pacific Presbytery to cancel meeting
April 22, 2005
Largest
Korean church in PCUSA files property claim in Calif. court
April 21, 2005
Leader
of fast-growing East Africa church to speak at New Wineskins
convocation
April 21, 2005
In
rare transition, church considers becoming Pentecostal congregation
April 21, 2005
Leader
in global Christian evangelism to speak at New Wineskins convocation
April 20, 2005
Congregation
to vote June 5 on whether to leave PCUSA
April 20, 2005
Commentary
Benedict
XVI is no 'panzer pope'
April 20, 2005
Former
trustee says 'deceptive process' behind Davidson vote
April 20, 2005
Davidson
president, alumni agree on 'power' of liberal arts
April 20, 2005
Property
issue to be tackled at New Wineskins convocation
April 19, 2005
Noted
evangelical leader dies after a long illness
April 18, 2005
Supreme
Court to review sect's use of drug in rituals
April 18, 2005
Excerpts
from alumni letters in Davidson trustee debate
April 18, 2005
Davidson
religion faculty upset about Reformed chair
April 14, 2005
N.Y.
church leaves with warning to PCUSA and presbytery: Don't try to take
over property
April 14, 2005
Washington Dispatch
Passion,
Presbyterian style
April 14, 2005
Stated
clerk issues advisory opinion reinforcing written criteria for
presbyteries
April 14, 2005
Charlotte
newspaper publishes anonymous attacks against Belk
April 14, 2005
Investigating
committee declines trial in gay-marriage accusation
April 13, 2005
ELCA
panel recommends that church makes exceptions to allow gay ordination
April 13, 2005
Commentary
The
Lutheran Sexuality Report – Denominational Disaster
April 13, 2005
Presbytery
seeks to oust two pastors at Hollywood Presbyterian
April 12, 2005
Leading
Davidson benefactor quits board to protest trustee vote
April 12, 2005
Fernando
Ortega to be worship leader at New Wineskins convocation in June
April 11, 2005
PCUSA's
highest court rules presbyteries must have written criteria for
validated ministries
GAPJC rejects presbytery's
argument, orders reconciliation in Williamson case
April 6, 2005
New
Wineskins group asks sessions to affirm draft documents in advance of
convocation
April 5, 2005
Open letter:
Ottati's
provisional, temporary and relative authority is nearly no authority
at all
April 5, 2005
Uwe Siemon-Netto
John
Paul II was 'my pope,' too
April 4, 2005
GAC
personnel subcommittee raises issues concerning to Hezbollah trip
April 1, 2005
Presbytery
ends support for messianic congregation
April 1, 2005
Council
restructuring plans: ABC or fill in the blanks
April 1, 2005
GAC
executive committee resolves conflicts of interest of two members
April 1, 2005
Fundraiser
runs into animosity, but often finds a 'common goal'
April 1, 2005
GAC
debates Hezbollah meeting, firings in closed-door session
March 31, 2005
Council
looking at new ways to evaluate PCUSA programs
March 31, 2005
Jesus
is identifiable in our midst Ufford-Chase tells COGA/GAC
March 31, 2005
Format
of next General Assembly will include some major changes
March 31, 2005
GAC
may revisit the terminations of staff fired over Hezbollah meeting
March 30, 2005
Interim
report says affinity groups in PCUSA should not identify donors
March 30, 2005
PCUSA's
highest court will hear final arguments in Williamson case
March 30, 2005
COGA
says stated clerk election was 'fair, open,' and followed rules
March 30, 2005
New
Wineskins Initiative begins registrations for June convocation
March 29, 2005
Church
sessions endorse New Wineskins' draft documents in advance of
convocation
March 24, 2005
New
Wineskins Initiative releases draft document on ethical imperatives
March 24, 2005
UPI's Uwe Siemon-Netto
No
juice at the first Communion
March 23, 2005
Ghost
Ranch seeks approval for profit-making visitor center
March 23, 2005
San
Diego Presbytery condemns statement denouncing Confessing Church
Movement
March 22, 2005
Council
to consider additional Muslim-Christian presentations
March 22, 2005
Activist
for gays, Re-imagining movement among GAC candidates
March 21, 2005
Baptist
theologian quotes late Presbyterian scholar on sexuality
March 18, 2005
Presbyterian
publishing executive condemns Confessing Churches
March 18, 2005
Essential
tenets draft document released in advance of New Wineskins convocation
March 16, 2005
Open letter to the Church:
PRMI team in China encounters dynamic faith in Jesus Christ
March 10, 2005
Task
force writing groups, assignments are disclosed
March 10, 2005
Judge
has not issued ruling in California property dispute
March 9, 2005
Task
force doesn't reveal who'll write 4 segments or what they will be
about
March 8, 2005
Theologians
urge ELCA to reject homosexuality proposals
March 8, 2005
Task
force team to draft final report – going where?
March 7, 2005
'Severing'
clause in task force report draws a second look
March 4, 2005
Gagnon
responds to Achtemeier
March 2, 2005
Task
force votes to close half of its 3-day meeting
March 2, 2005
Achtemeier
responds to Gagnon
March 2, 2005
Reflections
on the Achtemeier-Layman Controversy
March 1, 2005
New
Wineskins group begins releasing documents in advance of convocation
Ethical imperatives, faith
essentials, others prepared
February 28, 2005
World
Anglican group calls for end of gay ordinations, same-sex unions by
U.S. and Canadian Episcopalians
February 25, 2005
Task
Force meeting goal is to start work toward report
February 25, 2005
Jewish
leaders condemn WCC for backing Israeli-divestment plan
February 25, 2005
Confessing
Church Movement increases as more congregations join
February 25, 2005
Shenango
Presbytery cuts off G.A. from undesignated mission funding
February 24, 2005
Milwaukee
Presbytery approves ordination of lesbian activist
February 23, 2005
Presbytery
wants PCUSA to withdraw from, end support for groups promoting
abortion rights
February 23, 2005
Church
property dispute runs counter to Beulah land
February 18, 2005
Davidson
president compares trustees' vote to admitting African Americans,
women
February 18, 2005
Laredo
congregation leaving PCUSA to affiliate with EPC
February 17, 2005
Fourth-generation
evangelist points gospel at North Koreans
February 17, 2005
Wiesenthal Center to PCUSA:
'Give
Mideast peace a chance – drop divestment plan'
February 17, 2005
Court
asked to ban sect backed by Kirkpatrick from using hallucinogenic
drugs in rituals
February 17, 2005
Perseverance
Church members to persevere in other congregations
February 17, 2005
Presbytery
of Milwaukee opposes state's proposed ban on same-sex marriages
February 15, 2005
Presbytery
to consider ordaining lesbian, 'Re-Imagining' activist
February 15, 2005
Critics
of PCUSA conference say presentations were one-sided
February 15, 2005
PCUSA
conference seeks to prepare synod, presbytery leaders on controversial
issue
February 9, 2005
Davidson
College has gone far on road to secularization
February 9, 2005
Achtemeier's response to Layman
Article's claims 'categorically false'
February 9, 2005
Williamson's response to Achtemeier
Retraction,
apology not warranted
February 9, 2005
Davidson
College board votes to have non-Christian trustees
February 8, 2005
Virginia
Senate: No to gay marriages; wait on considering church property law
February 8, 2005
Former
Presbyterian minister faces daunting task at Habitat
February 8, 2005
The
Passion finds a place among Templeton nominees
February 8, 2005
PCUSA
task force member declares his 'departure from Biblical tradition'
February 7, 2005
Judge
denies temporary injunction in PCUSA church property dispute
February 7, 2005
Kirkpatrick
urges President Bush, Congress to back homosexual unions
February 4, 2005
Separatist
congregation asks for injunction to protect property
February 3, 2005
‘The
People of the Word’ to be focus of annual conference
February 3, 2005
Covenant
Network has major voice on mental illness panel
February 2, 2005
Virginia
legislature considering church property law measure
February 2, 2005
Top
PCUSA court rejects presbytery's request to dismiss Williamson appeal
February 2, 2005
Presbyterian News Service
Review
team calls Detterick’s actions ‘fully compliant’
Committee upholds process for staff
firings
February 2, 2005
Commentary
In
Iraq, 'martyrs' and martyrs
January 31, 2005
Episcopal
fight over use of church property now includes suit against vestries
January 31, 2005
Professor:
Group's resolution misrepresents Biblical witness
January 31, 2005
Seminary
says group unwittingly met Hezbollah leader in Lebanon
January 27, 2005
Expatriate
Lebanese rebukes Syrian account of seminary students' meeting with
Hezbollah
January 27, 2005
$40-million
PCUSA campaign still costing more than it's raising
January 26, 2005
Seminary
group led by former, current PCUSA staff members also met with,
praised Hezbollah
January 26, 2005
Separatist
PCA and EPC voted against property trusts
January 25, 2005
United
Methodist bishop: Abortion is a 'moral horror'
January 25, 2005
PCUSA,
presbytery seek to put diversion of $770,000 in presbytery funds in
best light
January 24, 2005
Presbyterian
Church has been at center of property disputes before Supreme Court
January 24, 2005
Commentary
A cell phone mecca
January 24, 2005
Commentary
Attitude adjustments
January 24, 2005
638
Presbyterians have signed petition opposing divestment
January 18, 2005
Baltimore
Presbytery rescinds vote to back same-sex marriages
January 14, 2005
2004
General Assembly sent mixed signals on 'marriage'
January 14, 2005
Lutherans
call for more dialogue and local option on gay ministers
January 13, 2005
Expect
aggressive defense of property law by PCUSA
January 13, 2005
Witch
says Layman Online thwarted seminary acceptance
January 13, 2005
Korean
congregation leaves PCUSA, seeks to keep property
January 12, 2005
Tsunami
brings horror of death, deep hope in Christ to Indian family
January 11, 2005
Congressional
'miracle' rebuts PCUSA's Korean stance
January 10, 2005
Wycliffe
volunteers are building schools for missionaries' children
January 10, 2005
Non-believers
see need to work with 'progressive' Christians
January 10, 2005
Complaint
against Andrews dismissed; two sessions skirmish through letters
January 5, 2005
Commentary
Are
there Muslim Samaritans?
January 6, 2005
Remedial
complaint says Baltimore Presbytery cannot back homosexual marriages
January 5, 2005
PCUSA
earmarks $220,000 for tsunami relief, seeks more
January 4, 2005
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