The Civil Union & Marriage Committee conducted open hearings, heard from Overture Advocates and started a discernment process about the legislation. Please view the live blog for more details.
The Confessions of the Church Committee passed Overture 18-03, Report of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Heidelberg Catechism to the 220th General Assembly (2012). The Belhar Confession will be considered tomorrow.
MLP Board Member Madeline Jervis provided the following report from the Mid-Councils Review Committee.
It was an orientation and learning session throughout the day. In the afternoon they were learning about the missional purpose of non-geographic presbyteries. Members of the commission thought that non-geographic presbyteries would break us out of our old patterns. We believe these should be for missional purposes only. It is unfortunate that recent political developments have caused people to forget about our missional purpose.
Overture advocates from Stockton and Santa Barbara are calling for flexible boundaries for union congregations and presbyeries to hold on to their freedom of conscience so that when there is a conflict between the standards of the relevant denominations, the church leaders can make “wise and godly” decisions about which standard they will apply.
There was strong resistance to dissolving the synod structure.
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