The GA Junkie: Category Archive for PCA

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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  Monday, May 21, 2012
5. 2012 General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
  Sunday, May 20, 2012
6. 2012 General Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland
  Friday, May 18, 2012
7. "A Vast Diversity Of Interpretation" -- Redwoods Presbytery Expresses Their Disagreement With The Spahr II Decision
  Thursday, May 17, 2012
8. Presbyterian News Headlines For The Week Ending May 12, 2012 -- WCC, Leadership, Dismissal and Jobs
  Monday, May 14, 2012
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  Friday, May 11, 2012
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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for PCA

General Assembly Season 2012

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/1/2012 8:54 PM | Add Comment

Presbyterian News Headlines For The Week Ending April 21, 2012 -- Federal Vision, Ghana Elections and Economics

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/24/2012 12:29 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

39th General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In America

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/7/2011 12:58 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

General Assembly Season 2011

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

Web 2.0 Meets Ecclesiastical Discipline -- Where Are The Lines Of Responsible Blogging?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/22/2010 9:36 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly Of The PC(USA) -- Not Business As Usual For One Item

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/13/2010 9:32 PM | Add Comment

38th General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In America

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/29/2010 3:45 PM | Add Comment

Governing Body Reaction To The PCA Strategic Plan

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/1/2010 9:06 PM | Add Comment

The 2010 Assemblies Discussing Central Points Of Presbyterian And Reformed Thought

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/29/2010 9:34 PM | Add Comment

The PCA Strategic Plan -- How Do You Grow Larger?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/13/2010 7:10 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Financial Implications -- Decisions Coming To General Assemblies

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/11/2010 12:31 PM | Add Comment

An Interesting Section In The Strategic Plan

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/1/2010 9:29 PM | Add Comment

EPC Report Of The Interim Committee On Women Teaching Elders

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/18/2010 9:26 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Presbyterians -- Owning The Label

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/8/2010 10:32 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Meetings Of A Presbyterian General Assembly -- How Often?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/30/2010 12:27 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Final PCA SJC Decision In Bordwine v. Pacific Northwest Presbytery

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/13/2010 8:49 PM | Add Comment

Upcoming 38th General Assembly Of The PCA -- Mid-February Update: Intro and Overtures 1-5

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/19/2010 8:30 PM | Add Comment

Leadership In Presbyterian Government -- Do We Have A Name For That?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2010 2:09 PM | Add Comment

Steps In Ecclesiastical Discipline In Two PCA Presbyteries

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/3/2010 7:09 PM | View Comments (4) | 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

Standing Judicial Commission, Presbyterian Church in America, Decision In The Pacific Northwest Presbytery Case

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/10/2009 12:06 PM | Add Comment

The Continuing Ordination Standards Discussion In The Presbyterian Church In America

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/5/2009 3:15 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Developments At Coral Ridge -- What Does It Say About Confessional Standards?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/30/2009 2:09 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In America -- Moving From Committee To Plenary

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/16/2009 7:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Shared History And Blogging Presbyterians

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/30/2009 9:52 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

What Does It Take To Get Ordained Around Here?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/12/2009 12:18 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Ecclesiastical Discipline Uprightly Ministered

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2009 7:53 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Two Additional Overtures To The 37th General Assembly Of The PCA

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/29/2009 9:27 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

PCA Amendment Voting And GA Overtures

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/20/2009 12:54 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Additional Overture On Women In The Church For PCA GA Posted

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/26/2009 1:56 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Filling In The Blanks On EPC And PCA GA Overtures

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/23/2009 1:53 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Upcoming PCA General Assembly -- Mid-February Update

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/14/2009 8:42 AM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Looking Forward To GA Season -- PCA, PC Canada, EPC

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2009 7:10 PM | Add Comment

Churches Leaving The PC(USA) And The Status Of Women's Ordination

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/17/2008 1:34 PM | Add Comment

Financial Crisis Has Varing Impact On Presbyterian Investment Funds

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/12/2008 10:12 PM | Add Comment

Taking Time To Be A Moderator

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/17/2008 1:16 PM | Add Comment

Action By The Pacific Northwest Presbytery, PCA, Related To Federal Vision Theology

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/5/2008 12:25 PM | Add Comment

Another Case Of "Since 'X' Is By Definition Impossible, What You Saw Could Not Have Been 'X'"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/4/2008 9:15 PM | Add Comment

Amendments A - N -- It Is Not Just Amendment B

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/16/2008 9:23 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Women in Ordained Ministry in the Church -- Current Discussion and Some Thoughts

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/27/2008 1:04 PM | Add Comment

The 36th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America -- But wait, there's more

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/12/2008 10:08 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The 36th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America -- Debate and decision on Deaconesses

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/12/2008 1:31 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Upcoming PCA General Assembly -- Role of Women in Ministry

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/15/2008 12:51 PM | View Comments (2)

Upcoming PCA General Assembly -- Mid-April Update

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/16/2008 12:46 PM | Add Comment

Upcoming PCA General Assembly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/30/2008 5:05 PM | View Comments (4)

Decision in the PCA SJC Louisiana Presbytery Case

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/8/2008 8:39 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Variations on a Theme

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/21/2008 1:13 PM | Add Comment

Recent News from Louisiana Presbytery and the PCA SJC Trial

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/11/2008 10:55 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

PCA Overture about Diaconal Ministry and the Participation of Women

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/30/2008 3:14 PM | Add Comment

Federal Vision Controversy News -- Report that Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church Has Voted to Leave the PCA

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/28/2008 3:19 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Louisiana Presbytery Enters Mixed Plea in SJC Case

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/27/2008 6:05 PM | Add Comment

PCA SJC Indictment of Louisiana Presbytery and other developments

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/7/2008 11:04 PM | Add Comment

PCA SJC Federal Vision decisions: Update and Correction

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/19/2007 5:33 PM | Add Comment

Federal Vision Controversy: Current Events and Judicial Decisions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/6/2007 10:30 AM | Add Comment

Developments in the Federal Vision Theology debate

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/23/2007 8:53 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Headlines

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/8/2007 3:36 PM | Add Comment

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America: Approval of the Federal Vision Report

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/13/2007 1:47 PM | Add Comment

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America: Federal Vision Report

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/7/2007 7:06 AM | Add Comment

Update on the PCA Federal Vision report and other FV news

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/31/2007 8:06 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Comments from others on the PCA Federal Vision Report

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/1/2007 1:38 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Report of the PCA Ad Interim Study Committee on Federal Vision, New Perspective, and Auburn Avenue Theologies

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/26/2007 2:16 PM | Add Comment

Action by Louisiana Presbytery on the Steve Wilkins examination

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/13/2007 7:51 AM | Add Comment

Louisiana Presbytery of the PCA Re-examines Rev. Steve Wilkins regarding his Federal Vision Theology

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/16/2006 4:46 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Web site for the 35th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/6/2006 2:37 PM | Add Comment

Federal Vision Controversy

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/6/2006 1:57 PM | Add Comment

Another blogger's comments on PCA leadership

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/5/2006 3:13 PM | Add Comment

Another Call for Withdrawl of Christian Students from Public Schools by PCA GA

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/2/2006 8:13 AM | Add Comment

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