Tag: General Assembly Council
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GAC Executive Committee announces mandatory furlough, elimination of 2010 salary increases
Presbyterian News Service: GAC Executive Committee announces mandatory furlough, elimination of 2010 salary increases Moves will save nearly $1.5 million as GAC labors to balance budgets. LOUISVILLE ― In the first two moves gauged to overcome a multi-million shortfall brought on by the global economic crisis, General Assembly Council (GAC) staff members at the Presbyterian…
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PGF event should warn GAC that it has ‘major challenges’
The Layman Online: PGF event should warn GAC that it has 'major challenges' The Kronicler makes the news. SNOWBIRD, Utah — General Assembly Council members heard from two people – one fellow member and one staff member – on their experiences at the recent Presbyterian Global Fellowship (PGF) meeting. GAC Vice-chair Michael W. Kruse of…
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GAC/MGB consultation produces collaboration agreement
Presbyterian News Service: GAC/MGB consultation produces collaboration agreement Common values found that participants say will strengthen relationships. SNOWBIRD, UT — Three years into intense conversations about how to rebuild relationships between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s General Assembly Council — the 2.2 million-member denomination’s churchwide mission agency — and the denomination’s 199 middle governing bodies, the…
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‘Learning to lead together on the high seas’
Presbyterian News Service: ‘Learning to lead together on the high seas’ This is a news story about the Sunday evening presentations at the event I'm presently at in Snowbird, UT. SNOWBIRD, UT — “We are here as co-creators of a new way, sharing springs of living waters in a time of alligators,” said Presbyterian Church…
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On Becoming Missional in the Twilight of Christendom
I'm in Snowbird, Utah, at the General Assembly Council meeting for the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, all this week. Today we are having a joint meeting with the Middle Governing Body executives. We will explore what it means to be a missional church through various presentations and discussions. One of the resources we are looking at…
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Presbyterian Foundation and General Assembly Council sing Kum Ba Ya
Okay, maybe not exactly, but pretty close. A week ago, I wrote a post, My Thoughts on the General Assembly Council and Presbyterian Foundation Controversy. At the heart of the problem was determining who has final authority on interpreting restrictions on restricted funds. I won't repeat all the issues here, but Committee #8 heard proposals…
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Presbyterian Foundation and General Assembly Council Thoughts
Several here in San Jose have asked for a link to my post about the Presbyterian Foundation and the GAC. Here is a link to that article so you may find it more quickly: My Thoughts on the General Assembly Council and Presbyterian Foundation Controversy
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My Thoughts on the General Assembly Council and Presbyterian Foundation Controversy
(Non-PCUSAers, run for your lives! Presbyterian family squabbles ahead. *grin* ) Who has the authority to interpret restrictions on designated and restricted funds held by the Presbyterian Foundation for the Presbyterian Church USA? This question is coming before the General Assembly next week as a report from the Advisory Committee on the Constitution to Committee 8…
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Is the Presbyterian Church(USA) like General Motors?
The Outbox: Is the Presbyterian Church(USA) like General Motors? …What can the church learn from all of this? I think it’s safe to say, that like GM, the church has been slow to adapt to the changing culture around us. We built a church model for the previous era that worked really well at the…
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Returning from Louisville.
I've been in Louisville since Monday at the General Assembly Council meetings (Thus the rather erratic blogging.) I'll return home this afternoon and hope to return to a better groove next week.