Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Victoria PC seeks dismissal from the Presbytery of the James

Layman Story: Virginia church seeks dismissal from the Presbytery of the James

Summary:

  • Victoria PC (VA) - 29 members, no "minister"
  • Property: $350,000
  • One stop light town - no lawyer
  • Administrative Commission on Agenda for Sept 4 (Thur 4pm)
  • James offered to appoint an interim pastor for two year evaluation.
  • A retired Baptist minister has been doing the preaching for the last couple of months
  • Presbytery of the James
    • Called Meeting Packet(PDF)
    • 113 churches
    • 10 African-American congregations
    • 1 Korean congregation
    • 1 Arabic-speaking fellowship
    • 28,000 members
    • 240 ministers
    • 30 educators
    • Budget 2007: 1,716,327
  • Synod of the Mid-Atlantic
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4 comments:

  1. Reformed CatholicSeptember 4, 2008 at 10:30 PM

    In the vein of maybe a cigar is just a cigar, perhaps the A.C. being formed is just for the purpose of finding out what the intentions of the Session and members are?

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  2. JimSeptember 5, 2008 at 8:47 AM

    An AC has no "power", unless the Presbytery specifically gives it power. The Agenda "motion" does not give it any power.

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  3. Reformed CatholicSeptember 8, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    So, its just being formed to gather information, or is the Presbytery just doing a 'pro forma' (excuse the pun) to keep Louisville off their backs ??

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  4. AnonymousNovember 10, 2008 at 6:59 AM

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