Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Free Church of Scotland Minister Moves to PCA Church in Mississippi
[2] Nicene Council Offering “Martin Luther: Heretic” DVD for Cost of Shipping
[3] PCUSA Synod of Southern California Disses and Dismisses Santa Barbara Presbytery’s Plans to Re-Form as a PCUSA-ECO Presbytery
[4] Russian Presbyterians Form General Assembly
[5] PCUSA’s Stony Point Conference Center Housing 100 People Displaced by Hurricane Sandy
[6] Headlines from Christian Concern
[7] Headlines from The Christian Institute
[8] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
[9] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[10] The Religion of Peace
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[1] Free Church of Scotland Minister Moves to PCA Church in Mississippi
A former Free Church of Scotland (FCS) minister, the Rev. John Wagner, was installed as pastor of the Edwards Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)) in Edwards, Mississippi during the weekend of 10-11 November 2012.
Mr. Wagner previously served as Asst. Minister at the Free North Church (FCS) in Inverness, Scotland.
The FCS wishes the new PCA minister “…every blessing in this new sphere of service for the Lord.”
+ Free Church of Scotland, 15 North Bank Street, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2LS, 0131-226-5286, Fax: 0131-220-0597, catherine@freechurchofscotland.org.uk
+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org
[2] Nicene Council Offering “Martin Luther: Heretic” DVD for Cost of Shipping
The Nicene Council is offering the DVD Martin Luther: Heretic for only the cost of shipping, US$5.95 to U.S. addresses and US$12.95 for international orders.
Additionally, the Nicene Council is offering a sliding scale of discounts (US$25 minimum order) on other merchandise purchased through 22 November 2012.
+ Nicene Council, Box 411, Draper, Virginia 24324, 866-735-9582, admin@nicenecouncil.com
[3] PCUSA Synod of Southern California Disses and Dismisses Santa Barbara Presbytery’s Plans to Re-Form as a PCUSA-ECO Presbytery
A 15 November 2012 Layman Online article by Paula R. Kincaid titled “Synod Court Declares Plans for Union Presbytery ‘Null and Void’” reports that in a 10 November 2012 decision, the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii’s Permanent Judicial Commission sustained eighteen of the nineteen counts made against the Santa Barbara Presbytery by the session of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara, California, and twenty-eight other ministers in the presbytery, thus nullifying the presbytery’s 2 June 2012 vote of 104-38 to affiliate both with the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO)’s Presbytery of the West as a union presbytery, and the presbytery’s 106-36 vote to recognize ECO as a Reformed body.
The Synod dismissed the legitimacy of the ECO as an equal council to the parallel PCUSA entities, dismissing the ECO as being just a “special interest group”. The Synod additionally dismissed the ECO as being a Reformed body, stating that the ECO, “by requiring a signed agreement of like belief, exist[s] beyond the boundaries of what it is understood to be Reformed.”
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+ Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, 8134 New LaGrange Road, Suite 227, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, 502-425-4630, email@fellowship-pres.org
+ Santa Barbara Presbytery, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta, California 93117, 805-683-1548, Fax: 805-967-8672, jarmstrong@sbpres.org
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Synod of Southern California and Hawaii, 3325 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850, Los Angeles, California 90010, 213-483-3840, Fax: 213-483-4275, friedwilson@synod.org
[4] Russian Presbyterians Form General Assembly
Twenty-nine delegates from across Russia gathered in Moscow in October 2012 to form Russia’s first Presbyterian General Assembly. Dr. Valdimir Li, pastor of Moscow Presbyterian Church, was elected to a two-year term as the biennial assembly’s first president.
The new general assembly is hoped to make easier the registration of Russia’s Presbyterian churches, as these churches have previously had to be registered under the auspices of a variety of interdenominational umbrellas in order to be considered legal.
The new general assembly will additionally work to develop faculty for Reformed theology courses at Moscow Evangelical Christian Seminary, which currently offers only general courses.
The next general assembly meeting is scheduled for 2014 on Sakhalin Island, which is home to many Presbyterian congregations founded and sponsored by Koreans.
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[5] PCUSA’s Stony Point Conference Center Housing 100 People Displaced by Hurricane Sandy
The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)’s Stony Point Conference Center (SPCC) in Stony Point, New York is located on high ground about a one mile from the Hudson River’s widest point, and only lost power during the worst part of Hurricane Sandy. Many of those living closer to the river bank were flooded by the hurricane’s eleven-foot storm surge, and lost their houses and all of their belongings.
Due to the many people displaced by the hurricane, SPCC has for the time being set aside its role as a conference center, and is instead providing long-term housing for sixty adults and forty children. SPCC Communications Manager Paula Sandusky remarked “Some of the folks we’re working with say we should have given them a cut-off date, but that doesn’t feel right to us….We’re footing the bill for food, the overtime cost of providing three meals a day, seven days a week, plus extra heating costs.”
Donations to SPCC can be made through:
http://www.stonypointcenter.org/multifaith-community/support-us/donate#.UK1daORZX2k
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Stony Point Conference Center, 17 Cricketown Road, Stony Point, New York 10980, 845-786-5674, Fax: 845-786-5919, info@stonypointcenter.org
[6] Headlines from Christian Concern
Headlines of the past week from Christian Concern:
-- U.K. Conservative Party Chancellor George Osbourne Places ‘Same-Sex’ Marriage at Center of Tories Election Bid
-- Former U.K. Defence Minister Warns Military Chaplains Could Be Dismissed for Supporting Traditional Marriage
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
[7] Headlines from The Christian Institute
Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:
-- Victory for Christian Demoted over Gay Marriage Comments
-- Pollster Raps U.K Prime Minister over Claims Public Supports Gay Marriage
-- Starbucks in Row over Internet Porn Free-for-All
-- Texas Elementary School Kids Watch Play about ‘Gay Penguins’
+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk
[8] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:
-- Lawyer Who Altered Children’s Images to Create ‘Fake Porn’ Must Pay US$300K in Damages
-- Planned Parenthood Asks Writers, Poets to Perform at 40th Anniversary ‘Celebration’ of Roe v. Wade
-- U.S. Justice Department Offers Pro-Life Activist Plea Bargain: Limit Your Protests or Pay US$20,000
-- Alberta School Board Association Wants Compulsory Kindergarten, ‘LGBT-Inclusive Policies’
-- United Nations Agency Declares Birth Control a 'Human Right'
-- Obama Nominates Black Homosexual Judge to ‘Ensure That the Judiciary Resembles the Nation’
-- ACLU Sues to Force Elementary Libraries to Display Lesbian Advocacy Book
-- African Women Fight Back against Forced, Coerced Sterilizations
-- ACLU Sues to Force Elementary Libraries to Display Lesbian Advocacy Book
-- San Francisco Set to Vote on Ban on Public Nudity, Except at ‘Gay Pride’ Events
-- Hundreds of Thousands Rally against Gay ‘Marriage’ in France
-- U.K Education Minister Won’t Rule Out Firing Teachers Opposed to Teaching Homosexual Marriage
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[9] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Obama’s Cybersecurity Directive Could Allow Military Deployment within the U.S.
-- Horrors of FEMA Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief – Prison Camp Conditions
-- Holiday Travel Tips from the TSA: Cakes and Pies ‘Are Subject to Additional Screening’
-- The Pansexual Left and Children’s Television
-- Recent Rampage Shows Drastically Worsening Plight of India’s 285 Million ‘Untouchables’
-- Civil Union: Networks Promoting Gay Agenda
-- United Parcel Service Turns Back on Traditional Marriage and Family
-- Buddhist, Hindu Make History in New U.S. Congress
-- Swedish School’s Big Lesson Begins with Dropping Personal Pronouns
-- Minnetonka, Minnesota Principal’s Plea to High School Girls: 'Cover Your Butts Up'
-- Texas High School Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge
-- Hobby Lobby Loses to HHS Mandate in Federal Court
-- Selma, North Carolina Nurse Handcuffed after Refusing to Draw Blood from a DWI Suspect Because Officer Didn’t Have a Court Order
-- Maine Township, Illinois High school Coaches “Temporarily Reassigned” after Ritual Sodomy Incident
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+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, 212- 556-1234, executive-editor@nytimes.com
+ Star-Tribune, 425 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55488, 612-673-4000, Contact Page
[10] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- British MP Kris Hopkins Ignites Furor in the House of Commons by Finally Addressing the Gangs of Muslim Men Who Are Raping Non-Muslim Kids
-- Saudi Muslim "Prominent Religious Scholar" Tortures His Daughter, Five, to Death with Whips and Hot Metal
-- Muslims Go on Attack after Obama Re-Election
-- Arizona Court Allows Muslims to Torture Children
-- Eritrea: Christian Prisoners and Refugees Suffering Unimaginably
-- Christian Church Vandalized in Jerusalem in Spate of Attacks
-- U.S. Muslims Polled: Offenders of Muhammad Should Be Punished, Even with Death
-- Muslims Destroy Dozens of Churches, Demand Heads of All Church Pastors in Tanzania
-- Five Killed in Attack on Christian Community in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
-- Women's Equality Article Removed from Egyptian Constitution
-- Egypt's Churches Pull Out of Constitution Panel
-- Rockets Pound Israel, Gaza
-- Islamic War on Israel: Hamas, "Death to the Jews and America"
-- Saudi Man Gets Life in Prison in U.S. Bomb Plot
-- The Changing Terrain: An Interim Assessment of the Arab Spring and Its Policy Implications
-- Congressional Report Ties Middle East Terrorists to Mexican Drug Cartels
-- Former New York Mayor Ed Koch Asks if 42,600 Civilians Killed When British Bombed Hamburg, Why are British Now Calling for Israeli Restraint?
-- New World Health Organization Manual Prescribes Unsafe Abortion for Poor Women
-- President of Islamic Society of North America Joins The Humane Society of the United States’ Faith Advisory Council
-- Nigerian Army Chief Estimates Death Toll by Boko Haram at 3,000
-- Iranian Cyber Police Raid Christian Blogger’s Home: Another Christian Blogger Is Tortured to Death
-- Nuba Civilians Bombed in Christian Areas of Sudan
-- Iraq Releases Prisoner Accused of Killing U.S. Soldiers
-- How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sharia?
-- Christian Convert from Islam Beheaded in Somalia
-- Pastor, Police Inspector and Politician Murdered in Separate Gun Attacks in Nigeria
-- Muslim Brotherhood Now Targeting Jordan
-- Militant Muslims Cutting out Tongues
-- Pakistan Jihad school: Shocking Images of Children as Young as Five Being Trained as Murderers
-- New York: Convicted Jihad Mass Murder Plotter Starts Singing Qur'an Verses In Court
-- Kosovo Prime Minister Owns Harem with Fifty-Two Slaves
-- Saudi Arabia Orders Entire Family to Be Lashed
-- Six Israeli 'Collaborators' Executed Before Baying Muslim Mob in Gaza City
-- British Muslims Prepare Fatwa on 15-Year-Old Girl Shot by Obama's Peace Partners, the Taliban
-- Four California Muslims Arrested in Plot to Wage ‘Violent Jihad’ on America: Plotting to Kill Americans, Bomb Government Facilities and Public Places
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