A majority of the Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have voted not to amend the current statement in the Book of Order regarding ordination.
You can read more about the proposed change in a previous post here.
Here is the breakdown of the Presbyteries voting and an analysis from the denominations news [...]
I will be off for a week beginning tomorrow as Sally and I go to Columbia Seminary for my Seminary classes 25th reunion (has it really been that long?) and the Colloquium.
With no laptop computer I probably won’t be posting much here while I’m gone — but you can follow me here and [...]
I have posted my sermon from this morning on my sermon blog. It’s the second in my Easter series on “Easter Means Changed Lives” — based on John 20:19-31 and entitled: Easter Means Changed Lives: Thomas’ Story.
Here’s a portion of it:
So — what changed Thomas?
What happened to him?
What happened was that He [...]
I shared a post this morning from Chris Walker at Evangelism Coach.org about barriers to evangelism. Here is a post he wrote about from Jonathan Dodson at Church Planting Novice on “8 Ways To Be Easily Missional”.
I realize that being missional is a buzzword that may are talking [...]
I have posted yesterday’s sermon on my sermon blog. It is based on John 20:1-18 and entitled “Easter Means Changed Lives: Mary’s Story”.
Here’s a portion of it:
The message of Easter is that it does not matter how bad things seem to be in our lives – our Church – our community [...]
I am the pastor of Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Florence, SC. I have been a Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor for over 20 years. I'm married, with no children - but 3 dogs! I enjoy meeting people, reading, blogging, watching sports, and fishing -- among other things.
The opinions you'll find here are mine alone. They do not necessarily express the views of my church, my Presbytery, my denomination, my family, my friends, or anyone else. The attempted humor you'll find here is definitely mine.
Bill Hayes
