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Presbyterian Lay Committee's 2008 Faith and Life Conference brochure For more information, or scholarship applications, contact Deb Corley by e-mail or call 1-800-368-0110. Sign Up For Free E-mail Alerts! NEW Taking orders now. Who owns your church property? Taking orders now. PCUSA documents on property: "The Louisville Papers" Articles on property issues Chart: Churches leaving the PCUSA Chart: Churches seeking property only Legal Resource Databank Pension Benefits Answers To Questions You've Pondered, But Didn't Know Whom To Ask The Confessing Church Movement List of congregations Join Movement Call opportunities bulletin board Comprehensive assessment of per capita in the PCUSA "Responding Faithfully: Making Decisions about Financial Support of PCUSA Governing Bodies in Times of Disorder" Faithful Stewardship In Troubled Times This handbook offers general guidelines on how to exercise faithful stewardship. The Evangelical Resource Catalog It's not too late to register! Standing Firm in Truth and Unity The Presbyterian Lay Committee's 35th Annual Faith and Life Conference Top Stories First Presbyterian Church of Thibodaux, La. Louisiana church seeking dismissal from PCUSA votes to disaffiliate after synod's action R. Laird Harris, 1911-2008 Founder of Bible Presbyterian denomination, translator of NIV Bible dies peacefully at 97 News from the Presbyterian Church (USA) (more articles) May 7 letters to the editor Fair and balanced An open letter regarding the Synod of the Sun's administrative commission for South La. Presbytery GA PJC decision in the Redwoods same-sex 'wedding' case New pastor drawn to El Paso church's service focus (El Paso Times, May 2) 'Alternate reality' or 'inevitable full equality'? Internet reactions to Spahr decision vary widely Court says Spahr didn't violate constitution because ceremonies weren't weddings The Empire Strikes Back: Synod's Action, EPC-related overture show hostility of Louisville toward local congregations Riverside Church in Linn Grove will keep its church (Iowa Pilot-Tribune, Apr 29) 'Alternate reality' or 'inevitable full equality'? Internet reactions to Spahr decision vary widely Moorpark Presbyterian Church (CA) vandalism a suspected hate crime (Ventura County Star, Apr 22) St. Paul's (Somerset, Pa.) still waiting for permission to leave the PCUSA (The Johnston Tribune-Democrat, Apr 23) Riverside Church in Linn Grove will keep its church (Iowa Pilot-Tribune, Apr 29) Classical Presbyterian blog South Louisiana under siege: Synod of the Sun takes the reins Pennsylvania congregation in 'prayerful waiting' phase as it seeks to leave the PCUSA for the EPC Church social activism is pledged as Presbyterians mark Earth Day Vandals strike Presbyterian church in California News from around the Church (more articles) Episcopal split comes down to locked Connecticut church (Hartford Courant, May 3) New Mexico Episcopal church loses everything to diocese in gay debate (Alamogordo Daily News, May 3) Gay activists shut down APA panel (Washington Times, May 2) Irish Christian leaders barred from Jerusalem's Western Wall (Associated Press, May 1)
News from the Presbyterian Church (USA) Missionaries to increase for first time since 1959 under new mission budget General Assembly Council GAC votes down bid to incorporate PDA General Assembly Council Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program reviews delayed General Assembly Council 2 candidates for moderator greet GAC commissioners General Assembly Council Vocation Mission Committee hears about PCUSA's leader development efforts General Assembly Council GAC, COGA to seek disapproval of overture seeking to eliminate per-capita as part of mission-funding system	News from around the Church AME Church to hold convention in St. Louis despite boycott pleas (Associated Press, April 30) Thinking Christianly about economic stimulus payments (Challies.com blog, May 1) Rev. Jeremiah Wright The Perils of Patronizing – Michael Gerson (Washington Post, May 2) Rev. Jeremiah Wright National Black Presbyterian Caucus (PCUSA) stands with Rev. Jeremiah Wright Rev. Jeremiah Wright Wrongs: Lessons from Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Thabiti Anyabwile blog, Apr 29) United Methodists retain stance on homosexuality (United Methodist News Service, Apr 30) Proposed settlement has breakaway group leaving Fla. Episcopal church by July 1 (Vero Beach Press Journal, Apr 30) Religion a figment of human imagination, anthropologist claims (ABC News, April 28)
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