by Brian Ellison | May 4, 2016 | PC(USA) History & Polity, Personal Testimony
By Kenneth Cuthbertson, HR (all rights reserved) I want to start by saying that I am writing this “op-ed” piece totally unsolicited, and offering it to my friends at Covenant Network. I have been saddened, though not surprised, by the painful reactions of some in the...
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 | Jun 11, 2014 | 221st GA (2014), Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions, PC(USA) History & Polity
By Ken Cuthbertson This last Sunday was Pentecost. This coming Sunday I will be in Detroit, at the 221st Presbyterian (USA) General Assembly. I will be there to advocate for the proposed “authoritative interpretation” that would allow Presbyterian pastors to use...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 7, 2013 | Marriage & Civil Unions
Some congregations are finding that the sessions of the six-week study on Christian marriage provided by the Office of Theology and Worship are difficult to complete in the usual time available on a Sunday morning. The Rev. Ken Cuthbertson has graciously shared his...
by Brian Ellison | Aug 16, 2013 | Personal Testimony
Ken Cuthbertson is a member-at-large in Santa Fe Presbytery, and a Parish Associate at Las Placitas Presbyterian Church. His book The Last Presbyterian? was published in May 2013. When he first began to realize he was gay, Ken’s response was “uh-oh.” Coming from a...
by Brian Ellison | Jun 15, 2013 | Marriage & Civil Unions, PC(USA) History & Polity, Theology
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Cuthbertson is a Minister of the Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a scholar of church history and historical theology, and a spiritual director. He is a native of Kansas and a graduate of Sterling College, Gordon-Conwell...
by Brian Ellison | Jun 15, 2013 | Marriage & Civil Unions, PC(USA) History & Polity, Theology
By Kenneth L. Cuthbertson, PhD “Marriage is to be between one Man and one Woman: neither is it lawful for any Man to have more then one Wife, nor for any Woman to have more then one Husband, at the same time.” – from The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXIV,...
by Brian Ellison | Apr 4, 2012 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Personal Testimony
By Ken Cuthbertson On Sunday afternoon, 25 March 2012, Doug Calderwood and Ken Cuthbertson were legally married in a private ceremony at Niagara Falls, NY. A minister of the United Church of Christ presided at the ceremony performed “in the context of Christian...