http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:08:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The New Wineskins Association of Churches Leadership Team Response to the 218th General Assembly Theologically unhinged - The 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has become theologically unhinged from our Biblical and Reformation foundation. The actions of this Assembly are schismatic. They foster division within our denomination and threaten the ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=27 June 23, 2008 RE: To Approve Item 07-13 Transfer of Ministers and Congregations to Transitional Presbyteries — From the General Presbyter/Stated Clerk, Presbytery of Charlotte. Dear Commissioners of the 218th General Assembly, Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! On May 6, 2008, the Advisory Committee ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=26 June 2008 Dear sisters and brothers in the Faith, Greetings to you in the name of Jesus, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Would you join us in a season of meditation, prayer, and fasting for the Church and for the gospel of Jesus Christ? Specifically would you pray and fast ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=25 by Pastor Jim Henkel [Note: In June, 2008, the General Assembly will be considering a replacement of the entire second part of the Constitution, the Book of Order (except for certain provisions relating to ordination and to property), as proposed by a task force. The assembly could pass the ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=24 Ten Reasons Why the Achtemeier Overture Is Extremist and Invalid Dr. Robert A.J. Gagnon has completed an analysis of the Achtemeier overture to General Assembly from John Knox Presbytery. Of particular interest to New Wineskins are these two final points regarding Essential Tenets of the Reformed Faith. This series of papers ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=23 by Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, gagnon@pts.edu I am a professor at a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminary. Let’s suppose I make the following announcement in a class at the start of the term: Class, you are, of course, obliged to follow the requirements for classroom behavior and work outlined ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=22 Thomas Edison, the man credited with inventing the modern incandescent light bulb, tried over 6,000 different materials for the filament before he settled on the one that would burn for 1,500 hours and give off 16 watts of light. Which filament did he eventually settle on? The last ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=20 January 4, 2008 I don't get it. Heartland Presbytery approved three motions. First, it removed the Rev. Kirk Johnston from its rolls, making him no longer a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. That's draconian. Second, it deleted the just-removed Rev. Johnston from its rolls again, just for good measure, I suppose. Isn't that like ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=21 The Problems Faced By Small New Wineskins Churches (And Others Who Would Like To Be) in the PC(USA) Michael R. “Mac” McCarty As more large and middle-sized churches begin to progress toward dismissal or disaffiliate from the PC(USA), some small congregations find that they are effectively denied relief by the entrenched bureaucracy. ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=19 Dear friends, Hopefully we can put into words what has been going through our minds these last few weeks and months. First, those of us in the New Wineskins who have left the PCUSA want to ask your forgiveness if we have been short with you, less than encouraging in ... http://www.newwineskinsassociation.com/demo/wordpress/?p=18