{"id":1049,"date":"2006-12-11T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2006-12-11T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T04:14:00","slug":"so-where-is-the-pcusa-in-the-ordination-standards-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"So where is the PC(USA) in the ordination standards debate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a growing number of presbyteries discussing the adoption of policies affirming the Book of Order wording, specifically G-6.0106b, as their standards for ordination I have not been keeping this blog up-to-date on these happenings.  I will comment on two specific and noteworthy developments in a moment.  However, if you want to keep up on what is happening the Layman Online<\/a> has been following this closely and is compiling a table showing the status of these resolutions in the different presbyteries (Current table embedded in today’s article<\/a>).  According to the Layman’s count as of today the topic has been raised in 36 presbyteries with 16 “affirming constitutional standards,” three disapproving, one disapproving but to vote again, and the rest still in process.<\/p>\n

In new developments, I wanted to note that the affirmative decisions by five of these presbyteries have been challenged as remedial cases in Synod PJC’s.  Specifically the actions of Sacramento Presbytery<\/a> (mentioned in the summary of their December 5th presbytery meeting<\/a>) and Presbytery of San Joaquin<\/a> have been appealed to the PJC of the Synod of the Pacific<\/a>.  The actions of the Presbytery of the Mid-South<\/a> have been appealed to the Synod of Living Waters<\/a>.  And a case has been filed with the Synod of the Trinity<\/a> over Pittsburgh Presbytery’s<\/a> actions and with the Synod of Alaska-Northwest<\/a> over Presbytery of Olympia’s<\/a> action (mentioned in the Full Court Presbyterian<\/a> blog).  In the case of Pittsburgh Presbytery the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a> mentions in their article on the refiling of charges in the Edwards case that the Synod PJC has issued an injunction stopping enforcement of the policy.<\/p>\n

On the opposite end of the activity, we have a refreshing second or third-hand report of planned non-action.  In the article from the PC(USA) news service<\/a> about the confirmation of the Rev. Tom Taylor as Deputy Executive Director of GAC for Mission there is the following paragraph:<\/p>\n

(GAC Executive Committee Members) Asked… about the efforts of some presbyteries to adopt
\ntheir own “essential tenets,” including in San Gabriel’s neighboring
\nSan Diego Presbytery, Taylor said such a list has not come to floor of
\nSan Gabriel. “One pastor was trying to push it, but a group of us
\nevangelicals don’t agree and told him so it’s dead in the water.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So at least for the moment there appears to be one presbytery, San Gabriel<\/a>, where essential tenets will not be brought up for debate and a vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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