Organize the web stories, info on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) troubles: Property Ownership, Church Withdrawals, Ordination Standards, Hierarchical vs. Connectional.
Another snippet from the new story: "Over a year later, church officials do not feel a mass exodus of congregations is as threatening today." My list is up to 35 from the time of PUP approval, June 2006. A few more started the exodus just before PUP, that I wonder if they were related.
Does Joan really believe this? Does she just say this for good PR? Is she saying this to bolster the fight? Start Trek did many shows on alternative realities, I did not think Joan actually would prove it.
| Layman Online: | |
| Legal Resource Databank | |
| Chart: Churches leaving the PCUSA | |
| Archives on property issues within the PCUSA | |
| PCUSA: Legal Strategy #1 | |
| PCUSA: Presbyteries Process #2 | |
| PCUSA: Secret Document #3 |
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If you wish to make a church announcement of a vote or lawsuit, I will need to verify. You either need to send it via a email that I can publicly verify belongs to the church, or point to a website with a news story, or official church website. Contacting the layman may be a better route.
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FEED | PCUSA List Feed | Atom Feed of Blog Posts |
| PRESBYLAW webmaster | Comments, corrections, updates | |
| NEWS | PRESBYWEB: Viewpoint | PCUSA Property Trust History Disputed By Jeffrey C. Francis |
| Memorial Park on Seperation | Bulletin Insert for May 6th | |
| Web | Kirk's Legal Docs (pdfs) | Kirk Of The Hills, Tulsa, OK |
| PCUSA Articles of Incorporation | Churches can't be a member of the PCUSA according to its own articles of incorporation | |
| Legal Strategy #1 | PC(USA)'s Legal Strategy for churches wanting to leave | |
| Presbyteries Process #2 | PC(USA)'s Process for churches wanting to leave | |
| Doc | Secret Document #3 | News about a third secret document |
| Process | Administrative Review Process from the Synod of the Northeast | |
| Presbytery Of New Covenant | Process For Addressing Churches Seeking To Withdraw From PC(USA) | |
| Wabash Valley Presbytery | Separatist Task Force | |
| Doc | PC(USA): Constitutional Musings: Note 12 | Responding Pastorally to Troubled Churches |
| Doc | PC(USA): Advisory Opinions: Note 02 | Dissent and Defiance |
| Doc | PC(USA): Advisory Opinions: Note 03 | Administrative Commission |
| PC(USA): Advisory Opinions: Note 11 | Church Property | |
| Doc | PC(USA): Advisory Opinions: Note 17 | Schism |
| Doc | PC(USA): Advisory Opinions: Note 19 | Implementing the Trust Clause for the Unity of the Church |
| Web | Presbyterian Outlook | Statement about resources prepared by the Constitutional Services Department and the Office of Legal Services at the General Assembly level of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
| Web | Stated Clerk, GAC chief urge churches not to defect from PC(USA) | We are better together in Christ's Unity |
| Type | Name | Description |
| Denomination Name | Parent | Location | Size | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - UPCUSA(N) | PUSA & UPCNA | New York City | 8,909/2,342,441 | 1958-1983 |
| Presbyterian Church in United States (Confederate) - PCUS(S) | Presbyterian Church in United States | Atlanta, Ga. | 4,250/814,931 | 1861-1983 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) PC(U.S.A) | UPCUSA(N) & PCUS(S) | Louisville, Kentucky | 11,596/3,122,213 | June 10, 1983 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church EPC | UPCUSA(N) & PCUS(S) | Livonia, MI | 67/19,000 (1982) | 1980/1981 |
| Presbyterian Church of America PCA | PCUS(S) | Lawrenceville, GA | 260/41,232 | May 18, 1973 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian U.S.A. | Willow Grove, PA | 300/20,417 | 1936 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church | Associate Presbytery/Reformed Presbytery | Greenville, SC | 250/40,392 | 1782 |
LINKS
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| News | Crosswalk | The Intersection of Faith and Life |
| News | Church Report | National business news magazine |
| News | PC(USA) News | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) News Service |
| News | Save Hollywood Pres | Links to news about PC(USA) Troubles |
| News | The Layman Online | THE News Source about PC(USA) |
| News | Layman - property | The Layman - Property Issues Archive |
| Blog | Reformed Pastor | EPC Pastor - Church Planter |
| Blog | Full Court Presby | Pastor Lance's Blog to his Congregation about PUP etc. |
| Blog | Classical Presbyterian | Blogging for the Reformed Resistance in the PC(USA) |
| Blog | Anderson Speak | Commentary on Faith, Christianity, and the PCUSA by Noel K. Anderson |
| Blog | Bayou Christian | Bill Crawford, Pastor First Presbyterian Church of Thiboduax |
| Blog | blog 137 | Pastor Dave Moody, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Sparta, IL. |
| Blog | Truth in Love Network | A group of Presbyterian elders who are concerned with the direction of the PC(USA). |
| Blog | Mark D. Roberts | Professor & Senior Pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church, CA |
| Blog | Institute on Religion and Democracy | 25 years of working to reform the social and political witness of American churches |
| Blog | The Berkley Blog | James D. Berkley, Director of Presbyterian Action |
| Blog | Tom's Thoughts | Tom Gray, Co-Pastor, Kirk of the Hills, Tulsa, OK |
| Web | Stand to Reason | Christian Ambassadors for defense for classical Christianity |
| Web | Presbyterian Forum | Working for reformation through overt political action |
| Web | Wiki:Presbyterian | Wikipedia's Presbyterian Overview |
| Web | Kirk Of The Hills, Tulsa, OK | Church in Tulsa, OK - Fighting for its Property. |
| Web | Kirk's Legal Docs (pdfs) | Kirk Of The Hills, Tulsa, OK |
| Web | Kirk Docs (text) | Kirk Of The Hills docs, Converted to text |
| Legal Strategy #1 | PC(USA)'s Legal Strategy for churches wanting to leave | |
| Presbyteries Process #2 | PC(USA)'s Process for churches wanting to leave | |
| Doc | Secret Document #3 | News about a third secret document |
| Pic | Presby Chart 1 | Chart showing the history of breakups and mergers (standard) |
| Web | Presby Chart 2 | Presbyterian Church History-Lesson 13-An Overview of Contemporary American Presbyterianism |
| Web | Presby Chart 3 (text) | History of the Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Web | Presby Chart 4 | Denomination Family Trees (Interactive) |
| Web | Presby Chart 5 | ARPC Denomination Family Tree |
| Web | Maps of Religions | List of Many Maps of 2000 Census Data on Religion |
| Pic | Map: County | Map of Denominations by County |
| Pic | Map: Presbyterian | Map of Presbyterian's as percentage of Population |
| Web | ARDA | Association of Religion Data Archives |
| PPT | Report on PUP | New Wineskin's Report on PUP |
| Report on PUP | New Wineskin's Report on PUP | |
| Book of Order | Official PDF Copy of Book of Order for PC(USA) | |
| Book of Confessions | Official PDF Copy of Book of Confessions for PC(USA) | |
| Web | Advisory Opinions | PC(USA) Stated Clerk Advisory Opinions (not binding, nor authoritative) |
| Web | PC(USA) Constitutional Musings | Office of Constitutional Services - Unofficial Thoughts |
| Web | PC(USA) Amicus Curiae Briefs | Stated Clerk & AC on Litigation - Friend of the Court Briefs |
| Web | GAPJC PC(USA) | PC(USA) General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission Decisions |
| Web | Pension Board PC(USA) | PC(USA) Board of Pensions |
| Web | Foundation PC(USA) | Presbyterian Foundation, New Covenant Trust and New Covenant Mutual Funds |
| Web | PC(USA) BOO Annotated | PC(USA) Book of Order - Annotated |
| Web | Presbyterian Coalition | Working for a Revitalized Church |
| Web | Confessing Church Movement | 1,314/434,697 |
| Web | New Wineskins | New Wineskins Association of Churches(2001) |
| Type | Name | Description |
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3 comments:
She's preaching to the choir again...
To the PCUSA loyalist crowd, that is.
I'm not so sure her perceptions are wrong. Most (loyalist) worst case scenarios had a hundred or more churches leaving. This has not materialized. And indeed, most of the issues that provoked discontent are now "old news". Yes, there is still plenty of anger and mistrust ... but it no longer seems that this will prompt action. (To say it has abated is clearly not correct ... but to say mass exodus of congregations is less threatening today may be correct.)
I not sure that the same number don't want to leave (more than 100), or that fear has driven many of them underground? I know of at least a few in EOP that are in hiding, until the Kirk case is resolved. This certainly show how EOP implements "Jesus is Love" (NOT)!
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