by Brian Ellison | Mar 10, 2015 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony, Sermon, Uncategorized
The Rev. Margaret LaMotte Torrence, Interim Pastor of Black Mountain (NC) Presbyterian Church, preached this sermon on February 1, 2015, the day after the Presbytery of Western North Carolina affirmed Amendment 14-F. Her comments at the presbytery meeting are...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 5, 2015 | Covenant Congregations, Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony
When the Presbytery of Northeast Georgia met to consider Amendment 14-F, both the Pastor of Nacoochee Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Robert W. Prim, and Ruling Elder Theodore Brothers shared their testimony. Bob Prim: God is love, and those who abide in...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 2, 2015 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony
Debbie and Mike Regele prepared these remarks for the debate on the Marriage Amendment 14-F at the Presbytery of Los Ranchos. Debbie is a ruling elder from Laguna Presbyterian Church. Mike, a teaching elder, is president and CEO of DecisionInsite, LLC, which...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 19, 2015 | Marriage & Civil Unions, PC(USA) History & Polity, Personal Testimony
By the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Cuthbertson My thoughts as we approach our presbytery vote on Amendment 14-F this Saturday are focused in two directions. First, I hope for passage. Historically we have tended to vote strongly in support of such items. A second issue is the...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 11, 2015 | Covenant Network News, Marriage & Civil Unions, PC(USA) History & Polity
By Brian Ellison, Executive Director You can help make February one of the most important months in the decades-long journey for inclusion, equality and love in the Presbyterian Church. By the end of the month of February, more than half the presbyteries will have...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 10, 2015 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony
Ben Fitzgerald-Fye is Director of Mission Services for Goodwill Industries of North Central PA, Inc., and a Ruling Elder at the Presbyterian Church of Punxsutawney; his husband, Sean, is a Deacon. Ben shared this reflection after he and Sean attended the Regional...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 2, 2015 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions, Sermon
A Sermon on Colossians 3:12-17 Rev. Kenneth E. Kovacs, Ph.D. Preached at the Covenant Network Regional Conference, University Presbyterian Church, Baton Rouge, LA 24th January 2015 After the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians, the so-called “Love Chapter,” the third...
by Brian Ellison | Dec 15, 2014 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions
The Covenant Network is pleased to offer a four-part video series featuring the Rev. Dr. Mark Achtemeier, author of The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical’s Change of Heart, discussing how his journey with the Scriptures led him away from his initial...
by Brian Ellison | Dec 1, 2014 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions, Sermon
A Sermon by the Rev. Brian D. Ellison Covenant Network of Presbyterians Regional Conference College Hill Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma November 15, 2014 Text: Matthew 25:14-30 There’s a church I know in the Pacific Northwest. It is a church that loves to...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 25, 2014 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony
Ben Fitzgerald-Fye, Ruling Elder Until the age of 28, I was an agnostic, an atheist, and whatever other non-Christian thing came my way as I embarked on a determined path of anti-religious revolution. I did not grow up in a necessarily religious family and my view of...
