First Presbyterian Church of Altus, OK

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Presbyterians For Renewal
June 27, 2008
Votes on Ordination Standards

Re-shaping the PC(USA)
The General Assembly has voted to approve all three major items related to ordination standards:

1) The GA added a new authoritative interpretation of the constitution that is specifically designed to allow sessions and presbyteries to ordain persons who do not abide by the constitutional standards for ordination;

2) The GA has removed an existing authoritative interpretation that prohibits homosexual practice for church officers.

These two actions are immediately effective.

3) The GA voted to send to the presbyteries an amendment to the constitution, namely the deletion of the “Fidelity and Chastity” standard and the addition of language that says a sincere effort to obey one’s personal interpretation of scripture is the standard for ordination.

Given these and previous actions of the General Assembly, it is difficult to imagine what more the GA could do to speak clearly about the state of the PC(USA). PFR’s initial response is below.

VISIT: GA2008.COM for more information.

I have fixed the events calendar to the right side of the screen. The new “Church Calendar” link will take you to our calendar page.

-Joel

For those of you using Internet Explorer: you may have noticed a pop up saying “Developer key validation failed.”

Please ignore this, click “OK” and it will go away. This is a known issue that stems form the new mini-calendar that you can see to the right side of the screen that has “Upcoming Events”. I am actively working the isse and hope to have it resolved soon.

Safari & FireFox users may or may not see this pop up.

- Joel

We now have photos up of our beautiful sanctuary. Please check them out in the Photos page. You can access it by clicking on “Who we are” to the left and then on the “Photos” link. Enjoy!

- Joel