{"id":165,"date":"2012-07-09T20:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T03:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2012-07-09T20:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T03:25:50","slug":"220th-general-assembly-of-the-pcusa-a-summary-of-summaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"220th General Assembly of the PC(USA) — A Summary Of Summaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>Well, the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church is behind us. I am taking a little while to digest a lot of what I saw and heard and will probably have at least a few things to say about it, and maybe a lot.  However, I have completed my summary sheet<\/a> that I make available to my congregation and anyone else is welcome to it as well. This year it was particularly tricky to compile because a lot happened but in the end not a lot changed. I ran out of room to mention the debut of the new hymnal, corporal punishment, the language about “repentance for sin” and the various “means of grace” that is being proposed for the ordination standards (G-2.0104a) and the immigration and social justice issues (besides the Middle East), among other things.<\/p>\n

If you want to see an official summary there is the traditional church-wide pastoral letter<\/a> from the PC(USA) leadership. UPDATE: The PC(USA) has also now issued their summary, Assembly in Brief<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have not seen other comprehensive summaries yet (please point them out if I am missing them) but there is plenty of information out there. (There is of course the published summary from the Presbyterian Outlook<\/a> available for purchase and distribution to congregations.)<\/p>\n

From the mainstream media there is a good article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you want to drink from a fire hose there are these news feeds with copious articles about individual actions and issues<\/p>\n