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The Permanent Judicial Commission of Redwoods Presbytery has ruled that Janie Adams Spahr, a minister who performed same-gender weddings in 2008 when such marriages were, for a brief time, legal in California, violated the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in doing so.
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News & Analysis
LOUISVILLE — Nearly three-dozen Christian leaders across the theological spectrum have issued a public statement saying they are "deeply troubled by the recent questioning of... Jerry L. Van Marter
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WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2010 – Western Presbyterian Church here welcomed leaders of Christian, Jewish and Muslim organizations to a press conference, in which those... Jack Haberer, Outlook editor - Monday, 30 August 2010 Read more... |
It is easy to say as a Christian we want to follow Jesus. But Outlook blogger Tom Hobson asks us which Jesus we are... - Monday, 30 August 2010 Read more... |
When the General Assembly headed home from Minneapolis, it left the definition of marriage intact in the Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church... Leslie Scanlon - Saturday, 28 August 2010 Read more... |
New Films!Film in review: “The Expendables”Film in review: “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”Film in review: “Eat, Pray, Love”Film in review: "The Switch"Film in review: “Animal... - Friday, 27 August 2010 Read more... |
What does the future hold for the institutional church in the United States, particularly “mainline Protestant” churches that once dominated the country’s cultural landscape? Chris Herlinger, Ecumenical News International - Thursday, 26 August 2010 Read more... |
MONTREAT, N.C. — Institutions and movements — secular and religious — need each other to retain their vitality, even as they frustrate each other, cutting-edge... Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service - Tuesday, 24 August 2010 Read more... |
Citizens of different political ideologies are weighing in on the proposal to build an Islamic community center with a prayer room two blocks from Ground... - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Houston (RNS) — Delegates of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has elected the denomination's director of disaster response as president, a candidate backed by its more... - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
(RNS) — A Michigan-based gay rights foundation has given more than $400,000 to the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif., to help... - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
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Reports & Resources
Jim Collins has written a new book called How the Mighty Fall (c. 2009 by Jim Collins; distributed by HarperCollins). Collins looks at businesses and... Harry J. Heintz - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
It is a hard to imagine that it’s only happened 20 times in the 135-year history of major league baseball. A perfect game. No hits,... Matthew A. Rich - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Recently I attended the sixth grade Renaissance Fair at Springfield Middle School. It was quite the event with hundreds of eleven- and twelve-year-olds dressed in... Jill Duffield - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Members and officers, my word to you is this: be entrepreneurs. Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Two years ago when my wife Barbara faced open-heart surgery, the members of our congregation, the session, and deacons jumped into action to help us... Earl S. Johnson Jr. - Sunday, 22 August 2010 Read more... |
The healthy and growing church will offer multiple and, yes, conflicting faith experiences. Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness - Monday, 9 August 2010 Read more... |
IT WILL GO DOWN IN MY MEMORY as one of the top ten all-time meaningful events in my ministry. HEIDI HUSTED ARMSTRONG - Monday, 9 August 2010 Read more... |
When Tom Hay went to Scotland in May as a representative of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) attending the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,... Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter - Monday, 26 July 2010 Read more... |
I had a conversation the other day with a good friend. He and I usually disagree on most things. Our argument began with the old... Phil Leftwich - Monday, 26 July 2010 Read more... |
If congregations want to turn around public skepticism, mission work ought to be their first priority. Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness - Monday, 26 July 2010 Read more... |
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Opinion
As I see it, the 219th General Assembly failed its math test by subtracting instead of adding. I refer to its action regarding G-6.0106b, where it subtracted instead of adding. The given reason was that all of life instead of just human sexuality should be under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And then it substituted a general statement that will be open to myriad interpretations. Fidelity in marriage and chastity in singleness are clear witnesses to a Christian view of behavior in human sexuality. Can anyone rightly deny that America is in the throes of a monsoon of sexual immorality?... Ernest H. Flaniken - Thursday, 2 September 2010 Read more... |
In view of the spurious accusations being circulated through the media, I wish to publicly affirm President (Barack) Obama as a baptized child of God and my brother in Christ. Given this truth, regardless of President Obama's policies and statements as the President of the United States, may our living faith be an ever-present challenge and consolation for him today, tomorrow, and throughout his life. Shalom. Karen BlattBeaverton, Mich. Karen Blatt - Wednesday, 25 August 2010 Read more... |
They need no exodus who dwell in the Promised Land. Jack Haberer, Outlook editor - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Bill Tammeus’ article in the July 26th issue strikes me as the most “Christian” and makes the most sense of anything I’ve read or heard from within the Presbyterian Church in recent memory. Thanks to Mr. Tammeus for writing it and to the Outlook for publishing it.Bob BallAustin, Texas Bob Ball - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
I was a commissioner to GA 219, and I do wonder how much study is going to happen in the next two years without some sort of urgency. One has to only look at both nFOG and Belhar, two issues that have been available for “study” for four years (in some form or another), and I got the sense that both people in the church and people at GA were not really as up to speed with either issue as they should have been. I can assure you, with presbytery votes on both matters due by June 2011, there is... - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
It was 1968 when a Palestinian poet, a Sephardi Jewish psychiatrist from Morocco, a smattering of Israelis of European descent and a few Christians discussed an unheard of proposition. There should be two states: an autonomous Palestine and a safe, secure Israel. The conversation took place in the New York City apartment of my friend, a German Jew, whose uncle, an SS officer, managed to get her and her elder sister of two years on a train out of Frankfurt am Main.We have always been talking and praying and acting for peace: Jews, Palestinians, Israelis, and Christians of every stripe.... Anne Schaeffer - Monday, 23 August 2010 Read more... |
Recently I heard of seven tentmakers staffing an urban church, and of seven laypeople who intentionally chose an urban church for neighborhood renewal. The latter have seminary degrees but not ordination so they really do not need a preacher/teacher. It seems to me also with the death of George Webber of N.Y. Seminary that the ecumenical/theological training he offered to laypeople with day jobs at competitive rates on nights and weekends trained clergy and laity — especially ethnic minorities and women for leadership in their home congregation and area.Joyce L. Manson, H.R.Seattle, Wash. Joyce L. Manson - Tuesday, 10 August 2010 Read more... |
The city of Minneapolis could not have been more welcoming to the two or three thousand Presbyterians who gathered for the 219th General Assembly. But her quiet twin brother, St. Paul, also threw open his arms of welcome. Jack Haberer, Outlook editor - Monday, 9 August 2010 Read more... |
Thank you so much for this very good interview with a peaceful Palestinian leader. This point of view is not often seen in our media reports, so it is a welcome report.Elizabeth RahalVienna, Va.Great interview. We'll be looking forward to an interview with a Jewish Israeli as well!Noel AndersonBakersfield, Calif. - Monday, 9 August 2010 Read more... |
I VERY much like the notion of requiring a 2/3 majority to change the Book of Order! That is outstanding! It would be a lot clearer to everyone as to where we all stand instead of having to deal with trying to change things every two years. (Personally, I think we should have G.A. only every 3 years. Let's have other years devoted to Worship, then Spiritual Growth, then Evangelism, etc., and offer regional "workshops" and a national "conference" every year on that year's "topic." We need to concentrate mostly on local congregations and enabling them to do ministry rather... Larry W. Cracraft - Monday, 9 August 2010 Read more... |
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