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Don Stroud, heretic?? |
| Don Stroud, evangelist for That All May
Freely Serve, accused of heresy
[10-3-01]
Update: This
case has been dismissed by the investigating committee of the
Presbytery of Baltimore, but both Stroud and the complainant, Paul
Jensen, have taken steps to ensure that it won't go away. [7-30-02]
Later update:
Baltimore Presbytery judicial commission members recommend no
charges be filed against Donald Stroud. [11-19-02]
The Rev. Don Stroud, an evangelist for That All May Freely Serve, who
served as a commissioner from Baltimore Presbytery to the 213th
General Assembly, has been officially accused of heresy and acting in
willful violation of his ordination vows because he is openly gay.
The allegations were announced publicly during a
meeting of the Presbytery of Baltimore on September 27, 2001. The Stated
Clerk read the letter of accusation, from someone in the Presbytery of
Los Ranchos (Southern California) only after Stroud asked that it be
made public, and the Presbytery voted to concur.
In a statement after the meeting, Stroud said, "I
regard this action as ecclesiastically bullying. .... It is the use of
G-6.0106b as a means of harassing and intimidating me and my GLBT
sisters and brothers into silence. G-6.0106b clearly exists as a weapon
against the full inclusion of GLBT members in the Presbyterian Church
(USA)."
Jim
Tiefenthal's full report of this can be found on the TAMFS web
site.
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GA actions
ratified (or not) by the presbyteries
A number of the most important actions of the 219th
General Assembly have now been acted upon by the presbyteries,
confirming most of them as amendments to the PC(USA) Book of Order.
We provided resources to help inform the
reflection and debate, along with updates on the voting.
Our three areas of primary interest have been:
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Amendment 10-A,
which removes the current ban on
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender persons being considered as
possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
Approved! |
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Amendment 10-2,
which would add the Belhar Confession to our Book of
Confessions. Disapproved, because as an amendment
to the Book of Confessions it needed a 2/3 vote, and did not
receive that. |
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Amendment
10-1, which adopts the new Form of Government
that was approved by the Assembly. Approved. |
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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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