Hiring of Lesbian Pastor Nullified / Church in India Struggles / Leakage or Hemorrhage? / Something Worth Thinking About

Several months ago we reported that a large United Presbyterian church in downtown Rochester, New York hired Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian, to serve as the congregation's co-pastor. Two decisions were taken by the Presbytery (a presbytery is a regional body of churches like our classis) approving the congregation's hiring of Spahr. In November the highest court of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ruled that a homosexually active person may not serve as a minister of any PCUSA churches. This...