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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 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

Musings On Middle Governing Bodies

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/26/2010 1:13 PM | View Comments (2) | 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 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Sixth Candidate For Moderator And Other Details

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/26/2010 12:21 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

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Fifth Candidate For Moderator

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/11/2010 9:35 PM | Add Comment

Financial Implications -- Decisions Coming To General Assemblies

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

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Third And Fourth Candidates For Moderator

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/10/2010 5:20 PM | Add Comment

National Day Of Prayer -- And A Tiny Bit Of History From The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2010 12:44 PM | Add Comment

PC(USA) Ecumenical Statment Not Approved By the USCCB

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/3/2010 1:04 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

You Never Know Where A Story Will Take You -- Finding The Presbyterian Connections

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/3/2010 12:28 PM | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- Recommendations Of The Committee On Ecumenical Relations Regarding The Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/27/2010 7:25 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- Brief Updates For Late April

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/23/2010 8:29 AM | View Comments (2) | 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

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- The Power Of Interpretation

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/15/2010 5:37 PM | 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

Follow-up To The Oakfield Sale -- The Going Price Of An Historic Church Building In Upstate NY

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/2/2010 2:51 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- A Survey Of The Landscape

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/31/2010 5:55 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

Changes In Theological Perspective Among PC(USA) Members

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/27/2010 12:31 PM | Add Comment

An Interesting Tale Of Stewardship, Property, And The PC(USA) Trust Clause

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/21/2010 2:17 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Indiana Court Awards Property To Particular Church And Not PC(USA) Presbytery And Synod

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/14/2010 4:50 PM | Add Comment

Seminaries Supporting The PC(USA) - How Are They Represented In The Congregations

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/24/2010 7:29 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Seminaries Supporting The PC(USA) - Gathering Numbers

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/23/2010 10:00 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Statistics Going Viral

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/16/2010 11:41 PM | View Comments (3) | 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

Looking Ahead: 219th General Assembly Of The PC(USA) - The Second Moderator Candidate

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/12/2010 1:19 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Re-envisioning The Process

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/8/2010 1:34 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The New Presbyterian Panel Survey From The PC(USA) -- An Interesting Editorial Addition

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/6/2010 10:36 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

Looking Ahead: 219th General Assembly Of The PC(USA) - The First Moderator Candidate

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/25/2009 1:50 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Some Brief Updates

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/24/2009 7:48 PM | Add Comment

Three Decisions From The GA Permanent Judicial Commission Of The PC(USA) -- Ordination Standards And More

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/4/2009 5:30 PM | Add Comment

Breaking News: PC(USA) GAPJC Decisions Published

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/3/2009 2:50 PM | View Comments (2) | 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

Exit Strategy? Parallels In Institutional Realignment And Consequences

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/24/2009 11:17 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Considering the Belhar Confession -- The PC(USA), RCA And CRC Are All In The Process

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/12/2009 7:52 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

The PC(USA) New Revised Form Of Government -- Introductory Thoughts And The Revised Foundations

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/8/2009 12:41 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- The Assembly Business Is Now Live

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/7/2009 9:00 AM | Add Comment

PC(USA) Committees And Task Forces Getting Ready For GA

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/24/2009 1:04 PM | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- The Build-up Begins

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/7/2009 7:18 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Presbytery Judicial Decision In A Same-sex Marriage Case

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/5/2009 1:06 PM | Add Comment

Sorting Out What The Actions Of The General Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland Mean

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/4/2009 1:09 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

What Changed In The Sixties? The Implications For The Mainline

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/21/2009 12:45 PM | Add Comment

What Is Your Strategy For Mission? Some Thoughts On The Call Of Clergy In The Mainline Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/21/2009 9:07 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

EPC General Assembly, PC(USA) Membership Statistics, Ecumenical Relations -- Yes, There Is A Thread There

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/29/2009 10:17 PM | View Comments (3)

The 29th General Assembly Of The Evangelical Presbyterian Church -- Upcoming Next Week

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/22/2009 10:23 PM | Add Comment

PC(USA) Releases 2008 Membership Statistics

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/18/2009 6:45 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Presbyterians Do Things Differently

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/2/2009 8:51 PM | 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

Presbyterians Amid Web 2.0 -- The Institution And The Web

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/21/2009 1:05 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Voting Trends For Amendment 08-B -- Part 3 - Breakout Sessions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/19/2009 6:25 PM | 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

Voting Trends For Amendment 08-B -- Part 2 - Summary Statistics For The Presbyteries

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2009 9:04 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Voting Trends For Amendment 08-B -- Part 1 - Summary Statistics

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/28/2009 12:56 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Episcopal Polity Statement From The Anglican Communion Institute -- The Rest Of The Story?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/27/2009 12:37 PM | Add Comment

Amendment 08-B One Vote From Failing With More Presbyteries Switching Votes Yesterday

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/22/2009 8:43 AM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Reflections On The Amendment 08-B Voting -- Preliminary Musings On The Text

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/5/2009 3:09 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Presbytery Voting In The PC(USA) -- All But B And I Have Passed

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/3/2009 8:08 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Appointments To PC(USA) Special Committees And Task Forces

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/3/2009 2:55 PM | Add Comment

Economic Downturn Impacts The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/29/2009 8:49 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Two Sign Posts On The Journey With Standards For Ordained Office: 1 - PC(USA) and the Synod of the Pacific

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/24/2009 9:13 PM | Add Comment

The Latest Issue Of Presbyterians Today

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/23/2009 6:55 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Word Of Hope From The Amendment 08-B Voting Trends

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/17/2009 7:41 PM | Add Comment

PC(USA) Amendment Voting Update

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/11/2009 11:45 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Decisions From The PC(USA) GAPJC

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/5/2009 1:35 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Brief Update on PC(USA) Amendment 08-B Voting -- A Tale Of Two Weekends

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/1/2009 1:45 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Amendment 08-B Voting At The Half-Way Mark

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/27/2009 10:38 PM | Add Comment

Loss Of Identity In The PC(USA)?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/20/2009 11:00 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Amendment 08-B Voting At The One-Third Mark

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/17/2009 1:16 PM | View Comments (9) | Add Comment

An Account Of The Amendment 08-B Process In The Presbytery of Western North Carolina

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/3/2009 6:41 PM | Add Comment

Amendment 08-B Voting At The 20% Mark

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2009 1:16 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Young Evangelicals And The Presbyterian Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/22/2009 3:08 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Some Brief Observations On PC(USA) Amendment 08-B Voting

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/21/2009 1:17 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Gracious Witness -- The World Does See It

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/13/2009 10:28 AM | Add Comment

Controversy Over A Pastoral Call In The Church Of Scotland

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/9/2009 1:55 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Presbyteries Considering Ecumenical Statements

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/6/2009 4:17 PM | Add Comment

California Supreme Court Decision: Denomination Controls The Property

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/5/2009 2:06 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Looking Ahead To Monday

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/3/2009 1:24 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Passings -- Jane Parker Huber

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/7/2008 5:04 PM | Add Comment

A Look At Some Details In the PC(USA) Membership Changes

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/30/2008 6:08 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Being Synod-cal

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/26/2008 10:41 PM | Add Comment

An Interesting Trend In PC(USA) Amendment Voting

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/17/2008 1:55 PM | View Comments (4) | 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

Passings -- Rev. Louis Evans Jr.

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/17/2008 7:52 AM | Add Comment

Prayers For the Moderator's Extended Family

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/16/2008 7:45 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Financial Crisis Has Varing Impact On Presbyterian Investment Funds

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

Passings -- Evan Silverstein, PNS Reporter

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/10/2008 12:23 PM | Add Comment

New PC(USA) GAPJC Decisions -- Administrative Commissions In The Spotlight

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/8/2008 7:05 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Amendment Voting Begins

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/23/2008 9:38 AM | Add Comment

The Legal Cases Over Property -- Counting The Cost

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/22/2008 8:30 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Taking Time To Be A Moderator

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

Property Cases Argued Before The California Supreme Court Today

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/8/2008 3:11 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Disagreement Over The Belhar Declaration In South Africa -- Implications For The PC(USA) Consideration?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/5/2008 8:22 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

Pittsburgh PJC Decision Appears To Be Based on Spahr v Redwoods

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/2/2008 2:08 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Watching the Pittsburgh PJC Trial and Inaccurate Media Headlines

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/2/2008 8:19 AM | Add Comment

Connectedness in the Covenant Community: Part 1 -- The Big Picture

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/1/2008 9:33 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

A Bit More On Property Cases

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/12/2008 9:49 PM | Add Comment
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