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New Guidelines for Examination Published

November 9, 2011

As sessions and presbyteries begin to implement the revised Form of Government, including the substitution of G-2.0104b for the obsolete G-6.0106b, the Covenant Network of Presbyterians offers an updated edition of its resource Guidelines for Examination of Church Officers.

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Archbishop Tutu praises the PCUSA

October 12, 2011

Eminent South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has written Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons in support of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s recent change in ordination standards: 23 September 2011 The Rev. Gradye Parsons Stated Clerk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 100 Witherspoon Street Louisville KY 40202-1396 Dear Brother in Christ, I am writing you [...]

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Synod PJC upholds San Francisco Presbytery’s decision – again

September 22, 2011

The Covenant Network of Presbyterians rejoices in the decision of the Synod of the Pacific Permanent Judicial Commission (SPJC) moving Candidate Lisa Larges one step closer to ordination as a teaching elder. The SPJC ruled this week that the Presbytery of San Francisco’s approval of Ms. Larges for ordination “is constitutionally valid.” Ms. Larges’ first trip [...]

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GAPJC Ordination Rulings

August 3, 2011

STATEMENT FROM THE CO-MODERATORS of the COVENANT NETWORK OF PRESBYTERIANS We would like to express gratitude for the hopeful step forward taken in two recent rulings from the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission, following hearings on July 29 in Louisville. As a result of these rulings (details of which may be found at on the [...]

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Welcoming the Amended Book of Order

June 27, 2011

While the deadline for reporting results to the Stated Clerk is July 10 – one year from the adjournment of the 219th General Assembly, which sent them to the presbyteries, and the same day that amendments to the Book of Order go into effect – all the proposed amendments have already received approval from a majority of the [...]

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PCUSA Leaders Address the Church on the Approval of Amendment 10-A

May 12, 2011

“It is Jesus Christ who calls individuals to ordained ministries, and all those who are called to ordained office continue to acknowledge Jesus as Lord of all and Head of the church. It is this same Jesus Christ who is the foundation of our faith and to whom we cling.”

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