We are a Session of male and female, youth, young adult, adult, divorced, single, and married elected leaders of our congregation. While we join you in lamenting the decline in church membership in the PCUSA, we celebrate new members of different age, ethnicity, immigration status, culture, and sexual orientation that are revitalizing our and many congregations in our denomination. And while we join you in lamenting the decline of higher governing bodies in the PCUSA, which are, as you describe them “losing financial strength, staffing, and viability as presbyteries, synods, and national offices,” we also lament the concurrent withdrawal by some congregations from their financial obligations to support the ministries of the larger church … Click here to read full article.
Breaking News Article: The Session of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta responds to the pastors’ White Paper
We, the Session of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, write in response to your initial and clarification letters of February 2 and 7.
