Tag: William Weston
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“Presbyfest” and Missional Presbyterians
I'm on my way to Snowbird Resort in Utah this afternoon for PCUSA "Presbyfest." Over the next week, there will be the Office of the General Assembly Polity Conference, the Association of Executive Presbyter's Meeting, the joint Middle Governing Body and General Assembly Council Meeting, and the General Assembly Council Meeting itself. I will spend…
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Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church (Book Discussion Index)
The following is an index for the book discussion on Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church. Introduction Chapter 1 – Too Big Chapter 2 – Too Small Chapter 3- Just Right Chapter 4 – The Half-Finished Story of the Fidelity and Chastity Competition Chapter 5 – What is Normal in the…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 7 – A Modest Proposal: Presbyters Rule
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part III: Where can we go? Chapter 7 – A Modest Proposal: Presbyters Rule In the seventh and final chapter, Weston gives his insights into how to deal with present conflicts, what he referred to in the Introduction as the "competitive…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 6 – Practical Principles for a Competitive Church
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part III: Where can we go? Chapter 6 – Practical Principles for a Competitive Church Chapter 6 is a brief review of three significant episodes in the life of the Presbyterian Church. Weston is looking to our history for clues on…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 5 – What is Normal in the Presbyterian Church Today?
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part II: Where are we now? Chapter 5 – What is Normal in the Presbyterian Church? Weston uses the word "normal" here to mean typical for the PCUSA. I think the best place to begin with this chapter is the conclusion.…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 4 – The Half-Finished Story of the Fidelity and Chastity Competition
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part II: Where are we now? Chapter 4 – The Half-Finished Story of the Fidelity and Chastity Competition. Chapter 4 is the first of two chapters addressing the question posed by Part Two of the book: Where are we now? Weston…
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Leading From The Center: Chapter 3 – Just Right
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part I: How did we get here? Chapter 3 – Just Right: The Loyalist Constitutional Church of the Special Commission of 1925. Chapter 3 picks up where the story of Machen and friends left off in Chapter 2. The 1925 General…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 2 – Too Small
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part I: How did we get here? Chapter 2 – Too Small: The Pure Conservative Church of J. Gresham Machen. The second chapter introduces us to J. Gresham Machen, a Presbyterian professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary (1906-1929). The…
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Leading From the Center: Chapter 1 – Too Big
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church by William J. Weston Part I: How did we Get Here? Chapter 1 – Too Big: The Inclusive Liberal Church of Charles A. Briggs The first chapter introduces us to Charles A. Briggs, a Presbyterian professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York in the…
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Leading From the Center: Introduction
Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church This is the first of eight posts discussing Dr. William J. “Beau” Weston’s book Leading From the Center: Strengthening the Pillars of the Church, published in 2003. Weston is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. (He also has a great…