{"id":870,"date":"2008-02-12T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2008-02-12T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T04:45:00","slug":"breaking-news-gapjc-decisions-that-presbyteries-must-consider-exceptions-to-ordination-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: GAPJC Decisions that Presbyteries Must Consider Exceptions to Ordination Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>:&nbsp; After reading the decisions in detail, while the presbyteries&#8217; actions were all overturned, it appears that it is more to maintain a &#8220;status quo&#8221; rather than supporting the declaring of scruples.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/gapjc\" target=\"_blank\"> Permanent Judicial Commission<\/a> of the General Assembly of the PC(USA) has just posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/gapjc\/decisions\/decisions.htm#0608\" target=\"_blank\"> decisions<\/a> in three similar cases where Presbyteries (Olympia, Pittsburgh, Washington) passed resolutions declaring the &#8220;fidelity and chastity&#8221; requirement among the essential tenets.&nbsp; In a quick read it appears that the PJC ruled against the presbyteries.&nbsp; The central decision appears to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/gapjc\/decisions\/pjc21810.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> 218-10<\/a> dealing with the Presbytery of Pittsburgh resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Three decisions will take some time to digest.&nbsp; Back with more analysis when I can find time to deal with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE:&nbsp; After reading the decisions in detail, while the presbyteries&#8217; actions were all overturned, it appears that it is more to maintain a &#8220;status quo&#8221; rather than supporting the declaring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pcusa","category-pjc-decisions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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