The GA Junkie: Category Archive for governing bodies

The GA Junkie

The Politics of Presbyterianism

define:GA Junkie
Pronounced "gee-eh-jun-key"
GA: Abbrv. for General Assembly, the highest governing body in many presbyterian style churches
A GA Junkie is someone who closely follows the politics of Presbyterianism
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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for governing bodies

"A Vast Diversity Of Interpretation" -- Redwoods Presbytery Expresses Their Disagreement With The Spahr II Decision

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/17/2012 12:17 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

PC(USA) GAPJC Decision -- Hwang v. Synod Of Southern California And Hawaii

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/20/2012 9:26 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Synod PJC Decisions -- Per Capita And Property

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/31/2012 9:46 AM | Add Comment

The Airline Industry As A Model For The American Mainline Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/21/2011 2:14 PM | Add Comment

Musings On The FOP NRB Polity Document - 1. Can I Declare An Exception?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/13/2011 7:10 PM | Add Comment

The Fellowship Gathering -- Through The Tweets Dimly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/30/2011 12:27 PM | View Comments (9) | Add Comment

Fellowship PC(USA) Gathering -- Some Things To Pay Attention To

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/15/2011 10:24 PM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Mutual Society -- Payout Begins And The Cost Of The Failure

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/3/2011 1:03 PM | Add Comment

New Ordination Standards Language In The PC(USA) And The Discussion Of Standards

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/8/2011 10:12 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Couple Of Changes In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/10/2011 11:04 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

General Assembly Season 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/3/2011 12:30 PM | Add Comment

The General Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland -- Discussion Over Ordination Standards

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/28/2011 9:38 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Whither The PC(USA)? Wither The PC(USA)?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/18/2011 6:01 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

The PC(USA) Does Appear To Have A "Lightning Rod"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/30/2011 12:11 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

A Brief Update On Cross-Issue Correlation In PC(USA) Amendment Voting

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/15/2011 6:32 PM | Add Comment

The Fog Around nFOG

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/9/2011 10:16 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Strong Cross-Issue Correlation In PC(USA) Amendment Voting To Date

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/11/2011 11:00 AM | Add Comment

An Interesting Invitation And Some Of My Preliminary Reactions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2011 4:25 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Very Preliminary Look At Amendment Voting In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/23/2011 10:22 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Tensions In Nigeria Lead To New Presbyterian Branch

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/11/2011 8:05 PM | Add Comment

More Updates Regarding Blantyre Synod, CCAP

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/15/2010 8:52 PM | Add Comment

Update On Issues In Blantyre Synod, CCAP

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/2/2010 1:14 PM | Add Comment

Mixing Politics and Religion In The CCAP - Or - Who Speaks For The Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/24/2010 10:51 PM | Add Comment

Constitutional Voting In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/19/2010 1:14 PM | Add Comment

Officers Of The Church -- Prepetual Or Three-And-Out?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/15/2010 9:42 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Special Commission On Middle Governing Bodies Gets To Work

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/11/2010 11:41 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

74th General Synod Of The Bible Presbyterian Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/4/2010 8:28 AM | Add Comment

Moderator Designate Of The General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/2/2010 4:06 PM | Add Comment

Called Meeting Of The General Synod Of The ARP

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/2/2010 2:23 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

News From The CCAP: Synods Become Flexible And An Ecumenical Alliance To Monitor Democracy

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/20/2010 1:53 PM | Add Comment

Presbytery Merger In The Presbyterian Church Of Aotearoa New Zealand And Some Polity Observations

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/1/2010 2:13 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- Synods: An Expanding Or Contracting Universe?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/2/2009 1:08 PM | Add Comment

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