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Due to the gravity and complexity of the issues involved, the Committee believes that a more perfected version of the resolution would better serve the Assembly.
Be it therefore resolved, that the 43rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America does recognize and confess our church’s covenantal and generational involvement in and complicity with racial injustice inside and outside of our churches during the Civil Rights period.
On June 8th, the Overtures Committee passed a substitute version of Overture 10 by a vote of 94-0-1. The added language is as follows: That the Assembly receive and spread on its Minutes this and all other overtures memorializing teaching elders who passed into glory during the past year, and we recommend that the Assembly…
We have our disagreements, of course, but those are small compared to the things we hold in common.
Every year, Dr. David Coffin provides a guide to help his congregation pray for General Assembly. He has graciously given us permission to publish it for use accross the PCA.
“I was a clinical do-gooder,” 23-year-old Bryan Lemon admits. “I was always the good kid. Didn’t push the limits too much … just very consumed by seeking the approval of others and making others happy.”
Obama Says He’d Strike Down All Bans on Same-Sex Marriage
By Katherine Weber, Christian Post Reporter
In an impromptu White House press conference on Friday, President Barack Obama spoke on his administration’s recent decision to file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, saying there is “no good reason” for a ban on same-sex marriage.
Some Republicans to Ask Supreme Court to Back Gay Marriage
By Napp Nazworth, Christian Post Reporter
A group of Republicans have filed a “friend of the court” brief making a “conservative case” for gay marriage.
HHS Announces Changes to Birth Control Mandate; Conservatives Pan ‘Inadequate’ Proposals
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter
The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday proposed accommodations for religious groups concerning the controversial contraceptive mandate, but a number of religious freedom advocacy groups have said that the proposals do not go far enough.
Researchers: Even Amicable Divorces Take Toll on Children and Their Religious Attendance
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter
Seeking to highlight a phenomenon that has become so common that it’s often overlooked by clergy, a new analysis of data about children of divorce reveals that kids raised in happy, intact marriages are twice as likely to worship later in life than children whose parents divorce amicably.