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Highland Park session says the PC(USA)
is "delinquent" and must affirm "Jesus Christ as the only
Savior and Lord."
Re-enforcing the conservative outcry following Dirk
Ficca's thoughtful consideration of Christian attitudes toward other
faiths at last summer's Peacemaking Conference, the session of Highland
Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas has called on the General Assembly
Council to reaffirm what the session views as the only truly orthodox
view: that Christ is the only way to salvation.
Further, they call on the GAC to require that all GA
entities, including the Peacemaking Program, adhere to that formula
"by working towards the proclamation of that witness."
Click
here for the report in The Presbyterian Layman.
A little background
The Highland Park church, one of the largest
congregations in the PC(USA), has long been a focal point of the
conservative movement in the denomination. The late Rev. Dr. B. Clayton
Bell, who was pastor there from 1973 until his recent retirement, played
a leading role in the formation of such conservative organizations as
the Covenant Fellowship of Presbyterians (in the Presbyterian Church
U.S.), and Presbyterians for Renewal. In the aftermath of the
ReImagining Conference in 1994, he led a conservative coalition which
called for the resignation of GAC executive director James Brown, and
his congregation withheld $1 million in contributions to the national
church.
Highland Park will apparently continue to guard the
orthodoxy (as they understand it) of the Presbyterian Church, now
focusing not on sexuality, nor on right-wing politics, but on a narrow
insistence on the monopoly of self-proclaimed Christians on the grace of
God.
For more background on Highland Park Church, see A
Moment to Decide, pages 24 and 64-66.
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
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send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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