While presbyteries across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) currently vote on whether to approve the addition of the Belhar Confession to The Book of Confessions, another confessional document already in the book has been studied in meticulous detail.
The General Assembly Special Committee on the Heidelberg Catechism concluded its meeting Wednesday after deciding unanimously to recommend that the PC(USA) replace the current translation of the nearly 450-year-old catechism with a new common translation.
The General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage has released the draft of its preliminary report to the 219th General Assembly (2010).
The group approved the draft late into the final evening of their September 14-17 meeting.
The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, has issued the following statement in light of the national attention on health care reform:
The current public debate about health care has led several people to ask what the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has said about this issue.
What is the place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community?
It is a question the General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage is posing to the church for input.
It is also one piece of the mandate the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gave the committee when the assembly called on its Moderator to appoint the group.
What is the place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community?
It is a question the General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage is posing to the church for input.
It is also one piece of the mandate the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gave the committee when the assembly called on its Moderator to appoint the group.
Ten thousand is the word limit for reports to a General Assembly.
The limit came up more than once during a recent meeting of the General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage.
This was the group's second meeting since the Reverend Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), appointed the members less than six months ago.
“I was afraid we’d be everywhere or nowhere, but we are off to a great start.”
Those were the words of the Rev. James (Jim) Szeyller (Charlotte Presbytery), chairperson of the General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage.
His comment was made to committee members near the end of their first meeting since being named to the committee by the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008).
The 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) called for the formation of a Committee to Prepare a Comprehensive Study Focused on Israel Palestine. The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th GA, and his two immediate predecessors, the Rev. Joan Gray and Elder Rick Ufford-Chase, have named the following individuals to serve on the committee.
The 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) called for the formation of a Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage. The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th GA, has named the following individuals to serve on the committee.
The General Assembly Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage is set to hold its first meeting next week.
The committee will convene Tuesday morning, March 17, at the Hampton Inn Downtown and work through Thursday morning.