An article by Rick Plasterer on Juicy Ecumenism, dated 28 June 2024, reporting the Presbyterian Church in America's 51st General Assembly giving final approval to Overture 23, which had already been ratified by the denomination's 88 presbyteries 76 to 2 in the 2023-2024 interim between General Assemblies, barring men who describe themselves with identity language such as same-sex attracted or gay Christian from ordained office regardless of celibacy.
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Independent religion-news journalism specializing in mainline and evangelical denominational reporting, not affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America, corroborating and dating the amendment's final passage that byFaith reported as a presbytery-stage overture. NotesCited for the Presbyterian Church in America's reading within the Presbyterianism sexuality-position synthesis, corroborating byFaith.
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PublisherJuicy Ecumenism (Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://juicyecumenism.com/2024/06/28/the-presbyterian-church-in-america-moves-forward/
Source Typejournalism
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