News
articles 2006
New PCUSA mission leader
An evangelical breaks the glass
ceiling softly
Taylor's
written responses to Layman Online questions
December 28, 2006
Possibility
of mass exodus from PCUSA has heightened
December 28, 2006
Mainline
Protestant bodies lose nearly 300 congregations
December 28, 2006
Longtime
journalist Adams retires from The Layman
December 27, 2006
Counterclaim
against Kirk claims its leaders 'schemed'
December 27, 2006
Petition
in Miss. case eyes threat from PCUSA
December 18, 2006
Mississippi
congregation wins first civil court ruling in property case
December 15, 2006
Jim Berkley's Blog
What's
a responsible Presbyterian to do?
December 15, 2006
Peaks
Presbytery is 38th to receive resolution on ordination requirements
December 15, 2006
Anglican
bishop who aided PCUSA in Mideast debate faces 'mushrooming' charges
December 15, 2006
Presbyterians
lose voice in 110th U.S. Congress
December 14, 2006
Christmas
celebration for early Presbyterians? Bah, humbug
December 14, 2006
Graham
has had many ties to Presbyterians
December 14, 2006
Washington Post
Billy
Graham's family at cross-purposes over final resting place
December 14, 2006
37th
presbytery is asked to affirm 'fidelity/chastity' ordination
requirement
December 13, 2006
Presbyterians
backing gay marriage repeat old error
December 13, 2006
Turning
tide in $40-million fundraising effort will be tough
December 13, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pastor reveals anguish in last letter to his flock
Presbytery also considers property issue
December 11, 2006
Two
presbyteries approve ordination requirements; another schedules vote
December 11, 2006
E.
Oklahoma Presbytery affirms requirements for officers' behavior
December 7, 2006
Uwe Siemon-Netto Commentary
Goodbye utopia, hello Luther
December 6, 2006
Two
presbyteries affirm standards; one votes against resolutions on
ordination
December 6, 2006
Diocese
votes to change name from Episcopal to Anglican
December 5, 2006
Highland
Park halts gifts to higher governing bodies
December 4, 2006
Denomination
may spend more money to continue $40-million fund campaign
December 4, 2006
Mississippi
Presbytery votes against enforcing property clause
'Our unity rests in Christ, not in real estate'
December 1, 2006
Report
withheld from 2006 GA leans against ordination option
Kirkpatrick, who lobbied for PUP
report, didn't want survey to sway commissioners
December 1, 2006
Ordination resolutions
Santa Barbara
approves one; Seattle schedules Jan. 17 vote
December 1, 2006
Eastern
Okla. Presbytery reports on Kirk's move, and Kirk pastor responds
November 30, 2006
31st
presbytery to consider 'essential' ordination standards
November 30, 2006
Tentative
summary judgment favors minority in Calif. church
November 30, 2006
Islamic
symbol replaces cross after sale of PCUSA church
Officials spurn offers from Christian groups
November 28, 2006
Commentary
Reasons to clarify property title apart from wanting to leave PCUSA
November 27, 2006
Seven
sessions ask presbytery to stand by ordination standards
November 27, 2006
Kirkpatrick's
latest 'musing' reinforces property strategies
November 27, 2006
Baltimore
Presbytery backs same-sex civil rights
November 27, 2006
Even
in the darkest hours, a summons to thanksgiving
November 22, 2006
The
Layman Online, Briefly
Kingsport churches beat City Hall
November 21, 2006
Kirkpatrick
issues a spate of decrees to enforce his view of PCUSA constitution
November 16, 2006
Complaints
target resolutions of presbyteries that voted to abide by ordination
standards
November 16, 2006
Third
presbytery targeted, too
November 16, 2006
Presbytery
accepts former ordained gay as inquirer for PCUSA ministry
November 16, 2006
PCUSA
consultant says Jesus is not the only 'Way'
November 16, 2006
PPC
chair says book about 9/11 conspiracy is 'spurious'
November 15, 2006
Tampa
Bay Presbytery asked to affirm G-6.09106b
GA stated clerk opposes presbyteries' affirming constitutional
requirements
November 15, 2006
Ben
Lacy Rose dies at 91
November 13, 2006
Renewal
leaders release 'Nothing Can Separate Us' statement
November 10, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
Minister cites Calvin on when to
separate
November 8, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
Theological
principles of constitutionalists
November 7, 2006
Congregation
votes 72-25 to leave PCUSA
November 7, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
Professor explains purpose of
group
November 7, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
Can-do crowd takes up temple-cleansing
November 7, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
'Bad religion' needs to be 'yanked
out'
November 7, 2006
Openly
gay PUP panel member seeks to become inquirer toward ordination as
PCUSA minister
November 6, 2006
Presbytery
declares that Baton Rouge church, not PCUSA, owns congregation's
property
November 6, 2006
Session
sends Reformation Day paper to Santa Barbara Presbytery
Progressives told: Show integrity
and leave PCUSA
November 2, 2006
Three
Presbyterian ministers share leadership in effort to boost liberal
vote in election
November 1, 2006
Pittsburgh
Presbytery honors four New Wineskins pastors
October 27, 2006
Judge
denies presbytery's motion to halt civil case over Kirk property,
assets
October 27, 2006
3
more presbyteries considering resolutions on ordination standards
October 26, 2006
Analysis
repudiates 'Louisville Papers,' suggests alternative to PCUSA tactics
October 26, 2006
24th
presbytery considering resolutions on ordinations
October 25, 2006
Stated
clerk to seek financial information from clerks of sessions
October 25, 2006
Judge's
ruling expected Thursday in Kirk of the Hills-presbytery case
October 24, 2006
Mississippi
Presbytery calls for group to review report on church property
October 23, 2006
Presbytery
modifies its plan
Montreat session delays vote on dismissal proposal
October 23, 2006
Constitutional Presbyterians
East Africa
Presbyterians to send representative to meeting in Greenville, S.C.
October 23, 2006
Mid-South
Presbytery votes to affirm PCUSA ordination requirements
October 20, 2006
Legal
'hierarchical' claims contrary to PCUSA history
October 20, 2006
GAPJC
affirms complaint against 'lesbian' ordination
October 19, 2006
Louisville
Papers prompt proposals
New Wineskins report says congregations must seek to secure property
October 18, 2006
Session
asks Santa Fe Presbytery to support ordination requirements
October 18, 2006
Presbytery
considers high hurdles for letting church leave PCUSA
October 18, 2006
PCUSA
joins ECUSA in backing 'hierarchical' claims on church property
October 17, 2006
Movie
Review
Facing the Giants: miracles plus fun
October 17, 2006
Presbyteries
come up $430,000 short in '05 per-capita payments
October 16, 2006
An
interview with professor about Constitutional Presbyterians
October 16, 2006
PCUSA
ranks first in per-member giving to National Council
October 16, 2006
Task
force wants Mississippi Presbytery to cede property to control of
congregations
October 13, 2006
Stow
Presbyterian Church votes to leave the PCUSA
Congregation claims its property
October 12, 2006
Open
letter: How institutional bias prevents reform in the PCUSA
October 11, 2006
Ohio
church wins first round of legal dispute with 'hierarchical' PCUSA
October 10, 2006
Lesbian
couple reportedly wed at PCUSA seminary
October 9, 2006
Unrestricted
trust that grew tenfold was established before mainline Presbyterian
decline
October 9, 2006
Audit
report concludes top-level employee embezzled $102,000
October 4, 2006
Council
approves two committees to study incorporating relief agency
October 4, 2006
Number
of presbyteries reviewing or approving 'essentials' is growing
October 3, 2006
Layman
archives a fast way to do your research
October 3, 2006
Work
at PCUSA headquarters begins under new leadership, work structure
October 3, 2006
PCUSA
financial plight raises question about selling building
October 2, 2006
Three
more presbyteries declare 'fidelity/chastity' standards essential
October 2, 2006
Council's
executive body to evaluate fund campaign
October 2, 2006
GAC's
open meeting policy is simplified
October 2, 2006
PCUSA
receives $9.12 million bequest
October 2, 2006
Survey
discloses undercurrent of dissatisfaction with PCUSA
September 28, 2006
$150-million
'gift' is still up in the air
September 28, 2006
National
Ministries director says division was epicenter of unrest
September 28, 2006
With
little talk about problems, regional leaders seek new tack
September 28, 2006
Fund
campaign leader asks GAC to pay expenses
September 28, 2006
GAC
plans two study committees on incorporation of relief agency
September 28, 2006
Executive
committee recommends changes to GAC's open meeting policy
September 28, 2006
Executive
committee discusses ways to promote mission, funding
September 28, 2006
$40-million
fundraising campaign is threatened by uncovered expenses
September 28, 2006
Group
to push same-sex marriage, repeal of G-6.0106b at 2008 G.A.
September 28, 2006
Gray asks
General Assembly Council: 'Why do we need a denomination?'
September 28, 2006
GAC
considers ethics policy for elected members and PCUSA's employees
September 26, 2006
Presbyteries,
synod ask GAC to hold consultation on their 'viability and stability'
September 26, 2006
Ohio
session recommends disaffiliation from PCUSA
September 25, 2006
PFR
executive director announces resignation
September 25, 2006
'What
You Believe' conference for Confessing Churches postponed
September 25, 2006
Two
more presbyteries consider resolutions on following G-6.0106b
September 22, 2006
Montreat
church schedules meetings to decide if it should leave the PCUSA
September 22, 2006
Constitutional
Presbyterians announce Nov. 3-4 schedule
September 22, 2006
Charles Colson
'False
Flag' theologians: September 11 and conspiracy theories
September 22, 2006
S.C.
diocese's bishop-elect answers the tough questions
September 21, 2006
Session
asks Donegal Presbytery to say ordination standard essential
September 20, 2006
Publishing
corporation's marketers: Conspiracy book a PCUSA 'resource'
September 20, 2006
When
a judge is on the bench, Presbyterians are 'hierarchical'
September 20, 2006
Session
in New Mexico asks presbytery to affirm PCUSA ordination standard
September 19, 2006
Presbytery
motion says Kirk must submit to PCUSA hierarchy
September 18, 2006
Judge
bars presbytery from taking any action against property, leaders of
First Baton Rouge
September 15, 2006
Presbytery
lawyer says pastors at the Kirk 'can't take the church's property with
them'
September 15, 2006
PCUSA
dispatches teams to advise synod officials on property issues
September 15, 2006
Utah
Presbytery asked to affirm ordination standards, ignore GA action on
PUP report
September 15, 2006
Central
Florida Presbytery will not recognize ordinations that violate
G-6.0106b
September 14, 2006
Presbytery
to consider resolution declaring 'fidelity/chastity' standard
'essential, binding'
September 14, 2006
Battle
over ordination standards moves into the presbyteries
September 13, 2006
12
churches say GA actions represent 'grievous error,' 'departure from
Biblical and confessional principles'
September 13, 2006
Statement from the Presbyterian Lay
Committee's board of directors
A
call for Presbyterian decency and order
September 11, 2006
Kirkpatrick
advises executives to fight for his view of the constitution
September 11, 2006
Presbytery
approves resolutions on constitutional compliance, ordination, per
capita, and property
September 11, 2006
'Know
What You Believe' conference scheduled for Confessing Churches
September 8, 2006
Court
asked to declare Baton Rouge church, not PCUSA, owns its property
September 7, 2006
Kirk
of the Hills members vote overwhelmingly to leave PCUSA
August 31, 2006
Presbytery
will consider 4 resolutions in response to approval of PUP report
August 31, 2006
FOCUS
sets sights on independent schools; executive director search is under
way
August 31, 2006
Milwaukee
Presbytery releases 68-member congregation to EPC
August 30, 2006
Shadow
church? New alliances? one evangelical congregation is openly sizing
up its options
August 30, 2006
Rulings
against 'gay marriage' could change legal landscape
August 30, 2006
EPC
stated clerk nominee is refugee from the PCUSA
August 28, 2006
Corrected August 29, 2006
Richmond
session joins Virginia lobby against ban on gay marriages
August 28, 2006
Riverside
Church votes 83-0 to join the PCA
August 28, 2006
Presbytery
trying to muster 'true church' to thwart plans by Kirk of the Hills
leaders
August 28, 2006
Identity
and Integrity
An assessment of the Presbyterian Global Fellowship's response to the
Presbyterian predicament
August 25, 2006
N.Y.
judge rules church separating from PCUSA can keep its property
August 24, 2006
Unlike
1998, stated clerk rejects call for peaceful period on thorny issues
August 23, 2006
Presbytery
issues gag rule for Iowa church's pastor
Session responds by renouncing presbytery's authority over them
August 22, 2006
800
Presbyterians 'a new Reformation'
August 22, 2006
PCUSA
poll on PUP report delayed after stated clerk objected
August 22, 2006
Coalition's
'sunset' poll: Many raise their hands for separating from PCUSA
August 18, 2006
PCUSA
campaign still has negative cash flow
August 18, 2006
Pittsburgh
Presbytery has a third 'secret' document on church property issues
August 18, 2006
Kirk
of the Hills session votes to leave the PCUSA
Documents by denomination's lawyers
on hardball legal tactics cited in decision
August 17, 2006
Gray
believes presbytery's affidavits tied to PCUSA's hardball legal
strategies
August 17, 2006
Coalition
leaders lobby for 'stay in' PCUSA option
August 17, 2006
Presbyterian
News Service publishes defense of book accusing Bush of treason
August 16, 2006
Will
GAC, presbytery and synod executives address moratorium issue?
August 16, 2006
Presbytery
sidelines minister, takes reins of Iowa congregation
August 15, 2006
Iowa
congregation votes 53-26 to leave denomination
August 14, 2006
New
Wineskins moderator asks PCUSA leaders to back moratorium to allow
'real peace'
August 14, 2006
Canadian
churches being 'converted' to secular use
August 14, 2006
Church's
newspaper ad repudiates Episcopal stands
August 11, 2006
Advisory
opinion reinforces hardline stand on property
August 10, 2006
PCUSA
documents on property: 'true church' vs. 'schismatics'
Denomination lawyers call for
hardball tactics
August 9, 2006
Commentary
by attorney
Confessions offer strong property defense
August 9, 2006
Des
Moines congregation to vote on leaving PCUSA
August 9, 2006
Presbytery
calls meeting to take action against church leaving PCUSA
August 7, 2006
Former
missionary to Asia to direct mission alliance
August 7, 2006
Minister
backs call for recognition of partnerships 'in which there is more
than one conjugal partner'
August 4, 2006
Citing
recent General Assembly actions, small Iowa congregation votes to
leave the PCUSA
August 4, 2006
Korean
congregation reaches settlement with presbytery in church property
case
August 4, 2006
PCUSA
publishing arm releases book accusing President Bush of orchestrating
9/11 attacks
July 31, 2006
Confessing
Church pastor leaves pulpit to organize a new PCA congregation
July 31, 2006
Former
moderator signs ad advocating gay marriages
July 28, 2006
196
congregations, including 66 in Puerto Rico, have left UCC
July 27, 2006
Six
Episcopal dioceses seek oversight outside denomination
July 26, 2006
New
independent mission sending agency is not history repeating itself
July 26, 2006
Presbytery
votes yes, no and maybe on ordinations
July 26, 2006
Stepping
off the meaning of being a New Wineskin
July 25, 2006
New
Wineskins churches set bar high for other renewalists
July 25, 2006
Main
writer of Trinity paper 'embarrassed' by response
July 24, 2006
Williamson:
Thousands of faithful yearning for a faithful witness
July 24, 2006
New
Wineskins Association calls for 'moratorium' on acts of discipline and
coercion
July 24, 2006
New
Wineskins delegates approve dismissal clause
July 24, 2006
Elder
brother in the fight urges 'keep the main thing, the main thing'
July 24, 2006
Lawyer
raises 'serious questions' about PCUSA's property trust clause
July 24, 2006
Church
called to 'theological, ethical integrity, to confessing Biblical
truth'
July 24, 2006
World
church leaders urge New Wineskins to be 'salt and light in these dark
days'
July 24, 2006
Book
on church property law sells out during convocation
July 24, 2006
Education
about church property issues urged
July 21, 2006
Gagnon:
'Our souls are in torment'
July 21, 2006
Designate
100 percent of giving to missions, minister tells convocation
July 21, 2006
PCUSA
'has become irrelevant to the mission and ministry of the church,'
minister says
July 21, 2006
EPC
moderator applauds New Wineskins movement
July 21, 2006
New Wineskins to consider proposal seeking dismissal from PCUSA
presbyteries
July 20, 2006
After
removing shoes and going to their knees, NWI participants challenged
to follow faith, not fear
July 20, 2006
New Wineskins
Leader of
traditionalist Anglican movement to speak at convocation
July 14, 2006
Resolution
condemns GA action
Miss. presbytery to review its relationship with PCUSA
July 14, 2006
African
church leaders warn PCUSA that they may cut ties
July 13, 2006
Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D.
'I
am of the middle:' The subgroup of the 'middle' and its accommodation
to sexual immorality
July 13, 2006
Denomination
is in schism, former G.A. moderator says
July 10, 2006
The
'church of the subgroups' comes under fire at conference
July 10, 2006
Vision
for PCUSA sees an end to 'control freaks' and a focus on church 'down
to the essentials'
July 10, 2006
Anxiety,
erosion of trust pervade denomination, moderator says
July 10, 2006
Statement
on the 217th General Assembly by the Presbyterian Lay Committee
directors
Broken Covenant
July 6, 2006
Briefs on Southern Baptists
Christian Century
shows disdain over Rice's address to Baptists
July 6, 2006
Evangelical
ministers, sessions react to General Assembly decisions
July 5, 2006
New
Wineskins leaders call the church to prayer
June 29, 2006
Presbytery
rejects crackdown on congregations 'reportedly' considering leaving
PCUSA
June 28, 2006
PCUSA
constitutionalists respond to GA decision
June 28, 2006
After
criticizing commissioner, Rhee challenged by Korean pastor
June 28, 2006
PLC conference
Attorneys say congregations
should prepare to protect assets
June 13, 2006
Thousands
of petitions support traditional marriage, call for rejection of PUP
report
June 13, 2006
PLC conference
Edgy evangelicals look to
General Assembly votes
June 13, 2006
Clinton’s
CIA director to address Presbyterians on Israel divestment
June 12, 2006
Independent
mission sending alliance announced
June 12, 2006
McClure
responds to creation of an independent mission-sending alliance
June 12, 2006
Back
to the Future
Robert L. Howard Lecture Series on the Essentials of the Reformed Faith
By Parker T. Williamson
June 8, 2006
Presbytery
to vote on whether to declare 'Christian atheist's' membership
'irregular'
June 7, 2006
Pastor:
'Cannot renounce what we believe to be a movement of the Holy Spirit'
June 7, 2006
Support
for Historical Foundation at Montreat grows
June 6, 2006
2005:
A record-setting plunge in many categories
June 2, 2006
Since
1967, denomination's share of population is shrinking
June 2, 2006
Denomination
lost record 48,474 members in 2005
June 1, 2006
Pro-Palestinian
Jew lobbies for PCUSA's divestment resolution
June 1, 2006
Commentary: 'Let's Not Lose Our Head'
Forced
per-capita payments would further erode PCUSA
June 1, 2006
Groups
want 'diversity' in church growth study
May 31, 2006
Church
members reject presbytery's proposed change in property claim
May 30, 2006
Coalition co-moderator says
Renewal groups vary
approaches but may fuse after 217th GA
May 26, 2006
GA
asked to OK work to prepare new hymnal
May 26, 2006
ECUSA
to consider letting bishops take action against laity
May 25, 2006
PCUSA
advisory group opposes overtures backing current ordination
requirement
May 25, 2006
Prospect
Hill Presbytery approves warning resolution about GA
May 24, 2006
Split
vote marks election of GAC's new executive
May 24, 2006
PCUSA
groups attack proposed changes in church's property law
May 24, 2006
OGA
opposes overture on authority of Scripture
May 24, 2006
Two
PCUSA bodies support compulsory payment of per capita
May 23, 2006
Presbytery
wants congregation to cede property authority by changing church's
charter
May 23, 2006
Commentary
Under
the radar: A deficient Trinity report
May 19, 2006
Task
Force says 1729 Act basis for ordaining gays; Digest about act
disagrees
May 18, 2006
Iowa
congregation leaves PCUSA with its property
May 18, 2006
Views
of ministers, elders differ on Mideast, terrorism
May 18, 2006
In
two columns, three former GAPJC members say PUP's recommendation 5 is
flawed
May 17, 2006
'Gay
church' leader gives up on ministry in Owensboro, Ky.
May 17, 2006
Former
GA moderator expected to be elected Hudson River executive
May 16, 2006
Presbytery
approves list of 'essential tenets' for candidates for ministry
May 15, 2006
New
Presbyterian group plans meeting Aug. 17-19
May 12, 2006
Task
force member lectures others on faith
May 12, 2006
Task Force-Coalition debate
Questions
about scrupling and essentials are debated
May 12, 2006
Report of morning session
PUP
members give views on sex outside of marriage
May 12, 2006
Session
says GA adoption of PUP report 'would be a grievous and irrevocable
error'
May 11, 2006
PCUSA's
Washington Office is taking time to review publications, programs
May 11, 2006
From the
General
Assembly Council's Web site:
Search
committee nominates 'management visionary' for GAC executive director
May 10, 2006
Five
PUP members face interrogation by Coalition
May 9, 2006
Commentary
The
'less is more' rationale for GAC's Mission Work Plan
May 8, 2006
March
campaign figures: Expenses still outpace gifts
May 3, 2006
Budget
proposal: Cut staff by 75, missionaries by 55
May 1, 2006
PCUSA
sending 408 staff, agency people to 217th GA
May 1, 2006
Council
OKs moderator's appeal to GA on Mideast
April 29, 2006
Council
calls for study of separate relief corporation
April 29, 2006
GAC
decides to lobby against three overtures
April 29, 2006
Detterick
had told council budget priorities based on essentials, not
individuals
April 28, 2006
Moderator
proposes response to 2004 divestment resolution
April 27, 2006
An
analysis of the PUP report
April 27, 2006
Data is
sketchy, but estimate suggests mission budget would decrease by 20
percent from 2006
April 27, 2006
Council
expected to meet privately on budget issues
April 26, 2006
Two
more overtures oppose PUP proposal
April 25, 2006
Overture
wants every Presbyterian to give day's pay for urban ministry
April 24, 2006
New
leaders are named for $40-million campaign
April 24, 2006
Pastors
of large congregations ready 'for redefinition' of unity
April 19, 2006
For
retiring Detterick, evangelism has been his unheeded message
April 18, 2006
After
Presbyterian church reneges on deal, Anglican group settles into
mansion
April 18, 2006
Seminar
scheduled May 6 on task force report and New Wineskins Initiative
April 18, 2006
New
Wineskins Initiative releases drafts on unity, confessions and
networking
April 17, 2006
Minister
says WSJ quote gave misleading impression
April 13, 2006
Leaders
for GA committees are named by Ufford-Chase
April 13, 2006
Mission
teams from West Coast in a hurry to help Gulf victims
April 13, 2006
Highland
Park to work against PUP's proposal
April 13, 2006
Eastern
Oklahoma Presbytery files affidavits on local church property
April 12, 2006
Presbyterian
group issues appeal to congregations
April 10, 2006
Historical
Foundation: 21 overtures, fund campaign back Montreat archives
April 10, 2006
PCUSA
disaster relief group approves seven-year plan for spending
contributions
April 7, 2006
Episcopal
bishop: 'Regret' statement won't be enough to maintain Anglican ties
April 6, 2006
GA
will be asked to name FOG group to abridge, overhaul Book of Order
April 5, 2006
Presbytery
drops charges against ex-Hollywood pastor
April 4, 2006
Meenan
doesn't close door to another church body
April 4, 2006
Overtures
to 217th GA nearly double last 5 years
April 4, 2006
Ousted
senior minister in Hollywood renounces jurisdiction of PCUSA
March 31, 2006
Pastor
defends admitting atheist into membership
March 29, 2006
Atlanta
minister joins race for GA moderator
March 29, 2006
Committee
investigates membership status of 'Christian-atheist'
March 27, 2006
Commentary on Jane Spahr case
'God pursued me with compassion'
March 27, 2006
Another
PCUSA session fires warning shot on PUP report
March 24, 2006
Lay
Committee endorses Coalition statement calling Spahr decision
'stunning for its disregard of Presbyterian constitutional law'
March 24, 2006
Former
moderator's book calls for ordaining and marrying GLBTs
March 24, 2006
Session
adopts San Diego-like statement on future PCUSA ties
March 24, 2006
San
Diego opposes PUP recommendation; eyes future ties with PCUSA
March 22, 2006
Presbytery
wants several votes by GA on PUP report
March 20, 2006
Trinity
paper invites female view of Trinity
March 20, 2006
Group
calls Spahr decision schismatic and a threat to constitutional
connection
March 16, 2006
Two
more overtures would change strategy for divestment policy
March 15, 2006
Presbytery
wants GA to back union in long battle with hog plant
March 15, 2006
Overture
asks staff to cease ignoring GA mandates to use Bible in teaching
about sex
March 15, 2006
'Christian
atheist' gets his time in the spotlight
March 14, 2006
Divestment
overtures range from 'yes' to 'no'
March 14, 2006
Member
of More Light congregation admits that he doesn't believe in God
March 13, 2006
Denomination
schedules long pre-assembly presentations on task force report,
divestment
March 10, 2006
UCC has
lost 97 congregations since vote for same-sex marriages
March 9, 2006
Specific
charges detailed in complaint against pastor
March 9, 2006
Former
Hollywood pastors face trial by presbytery court
March 8, 2006
Advisory
panel says GA has power to approve PUP report
March 8, 2006
Whither
the WCC?
A concluding commentary
March 8, 2006
Report from WCC
Evangelical
leader challenges dead-end street 'ecumenism'
March 7, 2006
California
commission acquits minister who performed same-gender weddings
March 6, 2006
Redwoods
Presbytery contradicts decision by PCUSA's highest court
March 6, 2006
The
California Presbytery of the Redwoods trial participants
March 6, 2006
Briefly
After
alleged theft, church adopts plan to protect finances
March 2, 2006
New
Wineskins Initiative drafts paper on pastors
March 2, 2006
Trial
of lesbian on same-sex wedding charges under way
March 2, 2006
Peacemaking
conference canceled because of funds
March 1, 2006
Overture
wants PCUSA to ask tough questions about PUP recommendation
March 1, 2006
Overture:
Take Caterpillar off hit list and applaud corporation
March 1, 2006
Theologian
fought against dilution of church's witness and confession
March 1, 2006
Presbyterian
(PCA) minister brings revival to Manhattan
February 28, 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
PCUSA
campaign hits $23.9 million, but its expenses outpace contributions
February 27, 2006
Judge
says law favoring PCUSA in property cases is probably unconstitutional
February 27, 2006
Report from WCC
Statement suggests moral
equivalency between terrorism, military responses
February 27, 2006
Report from WCC
Cartoons spawn call
for interfaith respect
February 27, 2006
Report from WCC
WCC reaffirms liberation
theology and decries U.S. sanctions against Cuba
February 24, 2006
Report from WCC
WCC calls for UN reforms
February 24, 2006
WCC
elects eight presidents; UCC activist chosen for U.S.
February 24, 2006
23rd
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
February 24, 2006
Report from WCC
Red-ink report approved
More money will be requested from member churches
February 23, 2006
Overture
would let departing congregations retain property
February 23, 2006
Report from WCC
Mixed message on HIV/AIDS
February 22, 2006
Report from WCC
Peace rally prays to no one
in particular
February 22, 2006
Commentary from WCC
'Mantras and slogans:' Voices of
peace
February 22, 2006
Report from WCC
Tutu: 'God is not a Christian'
February 22, 2006
2006 General Convention
Will ECUSA express regret for
openly gay bishop or will it elect another one?
February 22, 2006
PCUSA
leaders urge Hamas toward peace, but don't condemn terrorist group
February 21, 2006
PCUSA
report: Katrina gifts exceed $20 million
February 21, 2006
High
court affirms lower court ruling that permits sect to use drug in
rituals
February 21, 2006
Another
California congregation votes to leave Episcopal Church
February 20, 2006
Report from WCC
U.S. delegates confess 'shame'
over country's sins; Kirkpatrick concurs
February 20, 2006
Report from WCC
Brazil's president addresses
WCC; Communist flags flank Lula's entry
February 20, 2006
Report from WCC
Salvation Army leader: 'People know
where we stand'
February 20, 2006
More
than half of the overtures to GA deal with three issues: ordination,
task force, divestment
February 20, 2006
Tropical
Florida asks commissioners to reject PUP task force's final report
February 17, 2006
Texas
overture says task force erred in disregarding 'essential'
February 17, 2006
Book Review
Standing firm amidst a
crumbling denomination
February 17, 2006
Report from WCC
Capitalism
'unmasked' as 'savage, barbarous system'
State-controlled economics
showcased as preferred alternative
February 17, 2006
Publishing
body produces 'Thoughtful Christian' studies
February 16, 2006
Report from WCC
WCC leader advocates feminist
economics instead of free market
February 15, 2006
Report from WCC
Aram I: Find Christ Beyond
Christianity
February 15, 2006
Report from WCC
Slogans
abound at convening of WCC Assembly
February 15, 2006
22nd
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
February 15, 2006
Report
says Presbyterian racial-ethnic schools troubled
February 14, 2006
Controversial
feminist play gets second boost from PCUSA
February 14, 2006
Methodological
blinders
Priests of the anti-ID cult
February 14, 2006
Bishop:
ECUSA-PCUSA separation is a 'scandal'
February 14, 2006
Proposed
Presbyterian relief corporation delayed by council
February 13, 2006
Big
losses projected in PCUSA
Estimates: 2005 decline of 65,000; 2006 decline of 85,000
February 13, 2006
Moderator
wants GAC to address divestment and head off a fight
February 11, 2006
General
Assembly Council takes first steps toward downsizing
February 11, 2006
GAC
approves revised work plan for 2007-08
February 11, 2006
Tweaking
begins on plan for downsizing the GAC
February 10, 2006
Open
letter: Chaplains in the shadow of the White House
February 10, 2006
San
Joaquin to General Assembly: Affirm Scripture, Lordship of Jesus
February 10, 2006
Missouri
minister elected GAC chair for two years
February 9, 2006
Fish
bowl experience allows GAC to question reorganization
February 9, 2006
Work
begins on GAC's '07-08 work plan, budget
February 9, 2006
GAC
given model for leadership: Jesus
February 9, 2006
Philadelphia
approves overture to change PUP recommendations
February 9, 2006
The
rise of corporate-speak
February 8, 2006
April
will begin crunch time for PCUSA budget
February 8, 2006
Overture
would limit staff role in GAC, other meetings
February 7, 2006
Open letter on PUP report
An objection
also to what the task force does not say
February 6, 2006
New
divestment overture backs '04 resolution in part
February 6, 2006
Pittsburgh
overture wants G-6.0106b to be 'essential'
February 6, 2006
Money,
restructuring are on GAC's agenda
February 2, 2006
Movie
Review: The End of the Spear
February 2, 2006
'Discovering
the Incarnate Savior of the World' focus of conference
February 2, 2006
NCC
issues its own view about the state of the union
February 1, 2006
James
Presbytery leaders issue warning about conduct
February 1, 2006
Overture
seeks environmental 'essential' in Book of Order
January 31, 2006
Chicago
overture: Steer stock funds to peace firms
January 31, 2006
Overture
proposal would allow congregations to change presbyteries
January 31, 2006
21
presbyteries seek repeal of ordination requirement
January 31, 2006
'When must we leave the church'
Orthodox
Presbyterian Church answers a member of the PCUSA
January 30, 2006
Ex-Iraqi
general, noted U.S. Christian writer tell story of WMDs and serving
Hussein
January 30, 2006
Hollywood's
former senior pastor holds 'no bitterness'
January 30, 2006
Episcopal
debates stretch over leadership, finances
January 26, 2006
Church
property bill opposed by PCUSA vanishes in Virginia
January 26, 2006
Reformed
theologian: When 'must' you leave?
January 26, 2006
UCC
renewal group disputes denomination's exodus number
January 25, 2006
Commentary
in journal says PCUSA's turmoil over sexuality is a symptom of deeper
problems
January 25, 2006
Response during California 'dialogue'
Task Force proposal
would increase distrust, fragmentation
January 25, 2006
Panel
decides not to try pastor in same-sex rites
January 25, 2006
UCC
has lost 49 congregations since its vote on gay marriages
January 25, 2006
Boston
presbytery votes 42-40 to repeal G-6.0106b and AI
January 24, 2006
Second
overture to save Montreat archives proposed
January 24, 2006
After
10 days in June, will PCUSA, ECUSA stem slide?
January 24, 2006
Historic
Falls Church releases letter calling on bishop to repent
January 23, 2006
Calif.
overture says task force erred in disregarding 'essential'
January 23, 2006
Mid-Tenn.
Presbytery votes against repealing G-6.0106b
January 23, 2006
Newton
overture declares Muslims, Jews, Christians worship same God
January 23, 2006
Overture
wants Montreat Historical Center maintained
January 23, 2006
Episcopal
PUP-like panel calls for 'amicable divorce' if necessary
January 20, 2006
A pilot's allegory
PCUSA's
risky flight pattern
January 20, 2006
Independent
scholar says Palestine's Christians under siege by radical Islamists
January 20, 2006
Proposed
overture would radically change theological task force's
recommendations
January 19, 2006
Session
wants a national canvass on gay ordination
January 19, 2006
4
churches in Pittsburgh area form New Wineskins Ministry Network
January 19, 2006
Bishop
issues ultimatum calling on church to abandon its property
January 18, 2006
Saluda
session wants to send GA a resolution with a warning
January 18, 2006
Text
of overture to delete gay-unfriendly AI statements
January 18, 2006
Task
force report omits Scripture on homosexuality
January 17, 2006
Open letter on Hollywood Presbyterian
crisis
A
warning to congregations that believe they are strong
January 17, 2006
Presbytery
wants unfriendly language removed from AI
January 17, 2006
Panel
members coaching each other on questions
January 16, 2006
Task
force members told of time constraints for making their case
January 16, 2006
Co-moderator's
opposition to executive session evaporates
January 16, 2006
Expanded
version of views about homosexuality discussed
January 16, 2006
Consensus
decision-making urged in Cincinnati vote on proposed overtures
January 13, 2006
PUP
hones answers to the tough questions
January 12, 2006
17th
presbytery seeks repeal of PCUSA ordination standard
January 12, 2006
Task
force members tell how they feel about winding down
January 11, 2006
Overture
seeks to condemn America's 'mistreatment of prisoners'
January 10, 2006
Second
wave of churches leaving diocese in Florida
January 9, 2006
Overture
would spell out what ordination law means
January 9, 2006
Writer
asks: What's so right about holding on to differing convictions?
January 6, 2006
Chaplains
take non-political tack for PCUSA's anti-torture event
January 6, 2006
Task
force member expands his work on ordination issue
January 6, 2006
Overture
wants amendment backing traditional marriage
January 5, 2006
PUP
to consider another report on human sexuality
January 5, 2006
PUP
co-moderator comments on the willing and the arrogant
January 4, 2006
Pa.
Supreme Court issues mixed ruling in Episcopal case
January 3, 2006
Baltimore
Presbytery voids church's agreement with new Anglican congregation
January 3, 2006
Web-based
Calvinistic group asks sessions to consider 7 questions
January 3, 2006
Florida
camp cancels Muslim group's retreat
January 3, 2006
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