Presbyterian News Service
Conference Set for Communicators
Are you in charge of the church newsletter or website? Are you interested in acquiring more skills ? Do want to find out how to communicate more effectively while keeping costs low?
Communicators (administrative assistants, communication specialists, pastors, lay leaders, etc.) , and anyone else who might want to attend, are being invited to the second [...]
Amendment B nears defeat
LOUISVILLE – As of April 21, Amendment B – which would replace the current Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) constitutional requirement that church officers live in “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness” with a new section G-6.0106b of The Book of Order – is within a single [...]
GAC closes $9.92 million 2009 mission budget gap
Global economic crisis, strategic planning shape package of expense cuts, use of reserves
by Jerry L. Van Marter
Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE – The General Assembly Council (GAC) closed a $9.92 million shortfall in the 2009 General Assembly Mission Budget today (March 27), making budget reductions of $3.99 million and using unspent previous year revenue totaling $5.93 million.
In [...]
Editorial Response
The following is an editorial response to an article by Presbyterian News Service Reporter Jerry VanMarter on the recent decisi0n by the GA Permanent Judicial Commission concerning the case Bierschwale, et al. vs. Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area. You can read Van Marter’s artticle by going here.
To the Editor:
As members of the Committee of [...]