Christian Marriage and Civil Union - Presbyterian Coalition

Christian Marriage and Civil Union

A special committee to study Civil Unions and Christian Marriage was approved by the 218^th GA in 2008. They have released their final report, which will go to the 219^th GA in July, 2010.

We encourage you to respond by sending up an overture to the General Assembly. Contact us if you need help to do that.

The Majority Report from the Committee to the General Assembly.

The Minority Report, which we support.

Overtures

Draft Overture

on how the constitutional definition of marriage might be changed. Might your presbytery be interested in sending up such an overture?

Overture from New Covenant Presbytery

Affirming the biblical teaching on marriage.

Overture from Prospect Hill Presbytery

Affirming the biblical teaching on marriage.

The PC(USA) Constitution on Marriage

What the Book of Order Says About Marriage

What the Book of Confessions Says About Marriage

Commentary on the Work of the Special Committee

One Committee, Two Reports

A report on the committee's final meeting, by Alan Wisdom.

An Open Letter

from the Presbyterian Coalition, addressing some of the weaknesses of the report.

The Elephant in the Room

that no one really wanted to confront

It's Not Easy to Describe an Elephant

much less to confront it.

The Committee's June 2009 Meeting

Middle Way or Co-Existence?

The Committee's September 2009 Meeting

The Politics of Consensus

Following the Lead of the Lutherans

by ignoring confessional teachings

Resources on Marriage

Marriage: The First of Institutions

by Gilbert Meilaender

Marriage and the Public Good: 10 Principles

Theology Matters, May/June 2009

Is Marriage Worth Defending?

by Alan Wisdom, Director of Presbyterian Action

Is the Gay Marriage Debate Over?

by Mark Galli, Christianity Today

Revelation and Homosexual Experience

by Wolfhart Pannenberg

This Isn't Tolerance

Alan Wisdom comments on the effects on whole communities of laws that change the definition of marriage. In every case the laws have been enacted without the consent of the governed.

Some Responses to the Committee

A Letter

from the Session of Vienna Presbyterian Church; Vienna VA

A Response

from the Presbytery of Mississippi

A Letter

from Jim Berkley, pastor and member of the Coalition board

A Letter

from Alan Wisdom, Director of Presbyterian Action

A Letter

from Mark Brewer, pastor and member of the Coalition Board