The Presbyterian Panel is made up of representative samples of ruling elders (“lay” leaders) currently serving on session, other members of congregations, and teaching elders (ministers of Word and Sacrament) who respond to quarterly surveys about issues that are important to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). (The session is the governing body of a Presbyterian congregation.) For reporting and analysis, teaching elders are split into two groups based on current call: pastors, serving congregations, and specialized ministers, serving elsewhere. Through the use of scientific sampling, the Panel is “re-established” every three years.
The first survey completed by new panelists …
"Marriage: A Theological Statement" is a 1980 paper of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Video commentary in the weekly series by the Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), Gradye Parsons.
Topic: The New Form of Government - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
09/19/11
Book of Order: F-1.01 - God's Mission
Book of Confessions: The Confession of 1967 - 9.32
09/26/11
Book of Order: F-1.01 - God's Mission
Book of Confessions: The Shorter Catechism - 7.001
10/03/11
Book of Order: F-1.0201 - The Authority of Christ
Book of Confessions: The Confession of 1967 - 9.10
10/10/11
Book of Order: F-1.0202 - Christ Calls and Equips the Church
Book of Confessions …
How would you like to help create a space for young adults to share their visions for the church, their faith experiences, and the creative and innovative ways young people are already doing church? Apply today to be a part of the young adult editorial team, which will envision, plan, and edit a May 2014 collaborative cross-issue of Horizons, Presbyterians Today, and Unbound – an issue not just about young adults but by young adults. Are you in?
Freedom of conscience, as we use it in the life of the church, is the right to disagree with a position of a council or councils of the church. It is derived directly from this principle that ‘God alone is Lord of the conscience’ and that our consciences are thus bound to nothing other than Scripture. Freedom of conscience is extended only to individuals and not to councils of the church and G-2.0105 of the Book of Order delineates specific limits on the freedom of conscience for those who serve in ordered ministries.
Drawing on the affirmation that we all are made in God's image, other scriptural references, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn, "You Have Made Us in Your Image" for use on Human Rights Day, December 10 or other days when human rights are celebrated and affirmed. Permission for free use if this hymn is given to churches that support the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and/or the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. For other uses, contact the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
Drawing on the affirmation that we all are made in God's image, other scriptural references, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn, "You Have Made Us in Your Image" for use on Human Rights Day, December 10 or other days when human rights are celebrated and affirmed. Permission for free use if this hymn is given to churches that support the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and/or the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. For other uses, contact the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
Use this resource packet with your congregation to observe Worlds AIDS Day on December 1, 2012:
The Calling of the Church and the New Form of Government
With greater freedom and flexibility, the new Form of Government encourages congregations and councils to focus on God’s mission and how they can faithfully participate in this mission. In offering a structure that is more horizontal than hierarchical, the new Form of Government encourages the church to be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit as it seeks to be Christ’s body and live out its calling as a community of faith, hope, love and witness.