{"id":208,"date":"2012-05-21T19:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T02:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2012-05-21T19:35:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T02:35:45","slug":"presbyterian-news-headlines-for-the-week-ending-may-19-2012-bullying-departures-and-a-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterian News Headlines For The Week Ending May 19, 2012 — Bullying, Departures and a Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA few items that caught my attention this week<\/p>\n

Church of Scotland hit by staff bullying claims<\/a><\/h3>\n

Herald Scotland, 19 May 2012
\nAs the 2012 General Assembly gets underway there are reports that a secret survey of the Kirk’s central office staff alleges “disturbing levels of bullying.”<\/p>\n

Congregations leave local Presbyterian district<\/a><\/h3>\n

Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2012
\nAt its regular stated presbytery meeting the Presbytery of Tropical Florida dismissed nine churches from the PC(USA), most to ECO.<\/p>\n

Vicksburg churches switch affiliation<\/a><\/h3>\n

My San Antonio, 19 May 2012 [Originally from the Vicksburg Post post which requires registration – link within this article.]
\nThe Presbytery of Mississippi dismissed three churches from the PC(USA) to the EPC.<\/p>\n

France will have new denomination with Protestant merger<\/a><\/h3>\n

ENI News, 16 May 2012
\nThe Reformed Church of France – the largest Protestant body in France and tracing its origin back to the Huguenots – merged with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of France to form the United Protestant Church of France.<\/p>\n

Finally, if any news item went viral this week it was the resolution of the Presbytery of the Redwoods objecting to the rebuke of Teaching Elder Jane Spahr by their PJC that was upheld on appeal to the SPJC and the GAPJC. I commented on that<\/a> and there are numerous article about it including ones from the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, Washington Post<\/a> and the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We now have two General Assemblies underway so there will be lots to talk about next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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