- 170+ members meet with the Presbytery panel
- demolition plans that pitted church members against each other in angry camps
- Ewing Administrative Commission’S report overturning the raze decision
- 143-year-old sanctuary.
- vacant since being condemned as unsafe since the spring of 2007.
- the commission has given them three options for the sanctuary
- renovate it for use as a house of worship
- sell or donate it to another organization
- lease it to another organization for restoration.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Congregation looks for ways to mend rift, Ewing Presbyterian Church
NJ.com Story: Congregation looks for ways to mend rift, Ewing Presbyterian Church
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Colonial PC, (Kansas City) votes to leave PCUSA 927-27
Layman Story: Colonial leaving PCUSA
- Colonial Presbyterian Church near Kansas City
- 1,700-member
- 2-campus
- Congregation voted 927-27 Sunday to leave
- voted 914-29 to join the EPC
- the second largest congregation in Heartland Presbytery.
- 2 Sessions File complaint:
- Southminster PC, Prairie Village, KS 371 members
- First PC, Lee’s Summit, MO 546 members
- G-7.0304 and G.11-0103i
- General Assembly PJC case Sundquist et al. v. Heartland Presbytery.
- Aug. 19, Heartland’s PJC granted a stay of enforcement against Colonial
- district court in Johnson County, Kansas granted a restraining order request by Colonial
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Georgia Episcopal Church Appeals Property Ruling to State Supreme Court.
Virtue Online Story: Christ Church, The Mother Church of Georgia in Savannah, has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to review a recent ruling of the Court of Appeals upholding Judge Michael Karpf's October, 2009 decision that Christ Church holds its property in trust for the Diocese of Georgia and The Episcopal Church.
NEWS FLASH: (Layman) No more Mr. Nice Guy in Heartland
Layman Story: No more Mr. Nice Guy in Heartland:
Heartland Presbytery seems to have lost faith in its own process and replaced the administrative review committee it assigned to work through a period of discernment with Colonial Presbytery Church, as it decides whether to remain in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Monday, August 9, 2010
Two Presbyterian churches to merge
Indiana Gazette: Story about 2 churches merging in PA.
- NuMine Presbyterian Church (95 yrs)
- Rural Valley Presbyterian (175 yrs)
- -> NuValley Presbyterian Church (@ Rural building)
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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