https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to presbyterian church en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/03/identity-theology-political-correctness-halo It was the invitation that wasn’t. Princeton Theological Seminary offered Timothy Keller its Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Witness. Hundreds of seminary students, alumni and faculty signed a petition protesting the award, after which the… Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:17:44 EDT Carlos Wilton 6d78bb6f-266b-40d0-8658-4c49ff7bd9e6 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/24/marginalization-tim-keller-when-anything-short-adulation-oppression “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Fri, 24 Mar 2017 02:51:28 EDT Anita Little 8f1577e5-2f3c-4e17-9571-ca659c11149f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/06/why-even-progressive-christianity-must-own-its-complicity-anti-lgbt-violence One morning five years ago, I was sitting in my tiny cinderblock apartment on my seminary’s campus in the middle of Texas. Across my battered, thrift-store kitchen table sat my friend John, a fellow seminarian and an openly queer Presbyterian… Wed, 06 Jul 2016 03:50:06 EDT Layton E. Williams b7fcfbb3-a2c9-4c29-b922-0fa89763d6c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/29/unfair-treatment-women-clergy-pcusa-and-presbyterian-korean-community I may leave the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in the future. Whether I do or not, I believe that my story—the story of many Korean clergywomen within the PCUSA—must be told. Just as African Americans, other ethnic minorities and white women… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:00:35 EDT Gloria Chough 0ab115ef-7cf1-4da8-abd3-387a9c4d7d1f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/28/sorrynotsorry-what-us-christian-denominations-teach-about-homosexuality The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited a fierce and ongoing public debate about whether anti-LGBT laws and rhetoric lead to violence. Yesterday’s New York Times lists some of the more horrific… Tue, 28 Jun 2016 02:00:22 EDT Stephanie Russell-Kraft 18f49f88-6788-4ed0-b679-567b7914c9b4 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/04/one-clerk-another-kim-davis-got-it-wrong Kim Davis, Clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, has been jailed for her defiance of a court order to process marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Her view is that, by refusing to process any marriage license for anyone, she is engaging… Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:29:14 EDT Carlos Wilton d610da03-43dd-45f2-89dc-5136be1f701b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/14/barbaric-v-progressive-islam-catholic-church-objects-mexican-court-ok-gay-adoption Islam: ‘Barbaric’ and Progressive The United Nations ambassadors from the US and Chile have invited members of the UN Security Council to an August 24 meeting to discuss the “barbaric treatment” of LGBT people by the so-called Islamic State. Speaking… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:05:51 EDT Peter Montgomery 7326a0e2-eefe-4280-b36a-00f618c9e4cc https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/12/religious-roots-american-environmentalism What do the Mad Max franchise, protests of the Keystone pipeline, and the idolization of Theodore Roosevelt have in common? They all reflect attitudes towards environmentalism that, according to Mark Stoll, are steeped in Christian intellectual history. In Inherit the… Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:20:27 EDT Lauren Sutton 86d1ef25-27b6-48c6-b39f-af51f7465da3 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/03/26/pcusas-nod-traditional-marriage-understandable-not-accurate The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) made headlines recently after its local presbyteries voted to, as the New York Times put it, approve same-sex marriage. This new definition will go into effect in June. Given the tensions this issue has caused, both… Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:47:03 EDT William E. Smith 3fdeb259-6030-434b-a9fc-4c2f733459b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/28/can-church-split-truly-be-gracious It was as if the congregation was asking for a divorce. They blamed the separation on a wide range of factors and feelings, but ultimately the facts were clear: the congregation was no longer in love with the PCUSA. Whatever embers of mutual love once burned were now long extinguished. Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:00:44 EDT Adam J. Copeland 7084b14e-66bc-45ef-b467-b211c62121d9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/09/presbyterians-make-right-choice-israel-divestment The symbolic decision would only alienate those needed to make change. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:50:26 EDT Jay Michaelson 74d02fd7-52aa-492a-9885-eb466280c46d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/10/09/presbyterians-re-ordain-first-openly-gay-minister Just two years ago the man who delivered the sermon at Anderson’s re-ordination was leading the charge against the ordination of gay and lesbian ministers. Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:56:56 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge b613ad3b-1e61-4d7f-b8a1-29b66102a7b4 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/09/methodists-move-toward-lgbt-inclusion A new measure doesn’t approve LGBT people for ordination, but could this be the tipping point for the Methodists as it was for the Presbyterians? Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:00:57 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge f2a162bd-64b0-4aca-bd17-aacabc6161db https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/11/historic-vote-presbyterians-allow-lgbt-clergy The pressure is now on the United Methodists. Wed, 11 May 2011 08:42:42 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge ad075e4f-45d2-4131-bfc5-2ce47438328c https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/28/pastor-now-sees-anti-gay-movement-mean-spirited A Presbyterian pastor can be a thief or an egotistical jerk, but not gay? Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:42:41 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 9d82eb5d-a30a-4c46-b360-05dd22233d66 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/21/gay-rights-evangelical-thing There is no ‘but’ in ‘all’… Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:08:49 EDT Janet Edwards cef1bc79-a17c-4a7b-9a9b-cd338b0bfe16 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/03/30/presbyterians-again-spahr-over-gay-marriage Rev. Janie Spahr will go on trial before the church for performing a legal marriage in California. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:50:47 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 6a0758e4-553b-4571-8fa6-337d3f7af386 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/11/23/tell-it-all-sister-nj-female-pcusa-pastor-gets-married-another-woman Which raises the thorny question: what will the church do about that pesky “fidelity and chastity” clause? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:50:19 EST David Gillespie 44da1cfe-362e-4eae-899e-0c8301058a2b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/05/08/needle-exchange-gets-religion Between sin and science, religious supporters of needle exchange programs confront opposition. Fri, 08 May 2009 11:51:04 EDT Sara Friedman 26ee6271-5e78-4e68-bd2e-dd4fdd942b1a https://religiondispatches.org/2009/03/30/gay-god-delusion-lgbt-equality-doesnt-require-religion A recent editorial from a lesbian seeking ordination in the Presbyterian Church is scorned by LGBT readers: Who needs the “OK” from an imaginary friend anyway? Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:11:48 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 0217f0d3-ca0a-4f4c-bebc-f275372e1e93