by Brian Ellison | May 17, 2013 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions
Doug Nave Covenant Network of Presbyterians Regional Conference First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York May 11, 2013 Marriage is in trouble. Although recent statistics show a bit of improvement, almost half of all marriages in the U.S. still end in...
by Brian Ellison | May 5, 2013 | Covenant Network News, Marriage & Civil Unions
The last in the Covenant Network’s series of ten regional conferences is coming up Saturday, May 11. Featuring two accomplished attorneys who have been active in working for equality for the LGBTQ community, “What Now: Marriage Equality for Presbyterians...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 14, 2012 | PC(USA) History & Polity
A Synod Permanent Judicial Commission has struck down one presbytery’s plan to form a union with a “presbytery” of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, saying that “the requirements of ECO… exist beyond the boundaries of...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 31, 2012 | Amendment 10-A, Covenant Network News, Marriage & Civil Unions, Ordination Process, PC(USA) History & Polity
The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission has issued rulings in several significant cases. 221-02 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through Presbytery of Newark v. Laurie McNeill Most of the PC(USA) judicial cases involving marriage have addressed ministers...
by Brian Ellison | Sep 21, 2012 | PC(USA) History & Polity
Can a PC(USA) presbytery form a “union” with a “presbytery” that has been set up by a group that is not recognized as a denomination, and that has no existing congregations, ministers, seminaries, or programs? Why would a presbytery want to do that? At least part of...
by Brian Ellison | May 2, 2012 | Ordination Process, PC(USA) History & Polity
The Board of Covenant Network is deeply gratified that the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission today upheld the decision of the Presbytery of San Francisco to ordain Lisa Larges as a Teaching Elder in the church. This decision brings to a final conclusion...
by Brian Ellison | Apr 11, 2012 | Ordination Process, PC(USA) History & Polity
Few servants of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have experienced such a long and winding road to ordination as Lisa Larges. On April 27, the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission will hear arguments in yet another proceeding arising from objections to the...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 11, 2010 | Ordination Process
By a 7-2 majority, the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of Lakes & Prairies has upheld John Knox Presbytery’s decision in February 2010 to approve for ordination as Minister of the Word and Sacrament Scott Anderson, a partnered gay man. In his...
by Brian Ellison | Jul 3, 2010 | 219th GA (2010)
“THAT’S FOR SURE” Doug Nave Covenant Network Convocation Dinner General Assembly – Minneapolis July 2, 2010 They call it “coming out” – the process of discovering and accepting who you are, and then sharing that identity with other people. “Coming out” always...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 10, 2006 | Ordination Process, PC(USA) History & Polity
What General Assembly Called Us To Be and To Do A Plenary Dialogue Between Cynthia M. Campbell, President, McCormick Theological Seminary, and Douglas A. Nave, Esq., Member of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York Covenant Network Annual Conference – 2006...