{"content":[{"text":"ACTIONS OF CALVARY PRESBYTERY \n Spring 2021","bbox":{"left":0.342042,"top":0.097014,"width":0.31614099999999995,"height":0.03450399999999999}},{"text":"Woodruff Road Church, Carl D. Robbins, pastor hosted the (149th) stated meeting beginning at 9am in the \n church’s sanctuary. It was a clear but cold spring day for the quarterly meeting of our Upcountry PCA \n Family. There were 86 commissioners (38 RE’s / 48 TE’s) from 30 churches in attendance. Dr. Richard \n W. Winston (Roebuck) served with distinction as Moderator. The senior Teaching Elder present was \n Joseph Pipa (GPTS) and the senior Ruling Elder present was David Woodard (Clemson). 25 visitors \n were honored, including Tim Townsend, President of the PCA Foundation who gave the order of the day \n on the PCA’s donor directed investment and advisory fund. A delicious lunch of BBQ with fixins’ \n complemented by outstanding hospitality was enjoyed by all. The Presbytery loves coming to the Five \n Forks region in Greenville County where the most stated meetings have been held by a church. It was one \n of the longest presbytery meetings in recent history.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.144893,"width":0.7636020000000001,"height":0.16238199999999997}},{"text":"John Owen Butler (Lebanon) gave a fine exhortation from Psalm 100; the Lord’s Supper was (again) not \n observed because of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) concerns.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.320536,"width":0.753963,"height":0.034655999999999965}},{"text":"3 men were licensed to preach within the blessed bounds of Calvary Presbytery; \n Jay Brown from Downtown, Ezekiel Dean from Second, Neel Skelton from Mitchell Road.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.369989,"width":0.657502,"height":0.033081999999999945}},{"text":"4 men were received into the membership of Presbytery \n Kenny Maple (by ordination) serving as an Assistant, Fairview \n Jonathan Master (from Presbytery of Philadelphia OPC) serving as President, GPTS \n Tim Pitzer (from Palmetto Presbytery) serving as an Assistant, New Covenant \n Chad Reynolds (from Second Presbytery ARP) serving as Senior Pastor, Westminster","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.417867,"width":0.617621,"height":0.08096100000000006}},{"text":"2 men were dismissed to other Presbyteries \n Jason Cornwell to Palmetto Presbytery, church planting in North Augusta \n David Hart Sanders to Pee Dee Presbytery, New Harmony","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.513625,"width":0.53036,"height":0.04916799999999999}},{"text":"2 men had change in calls \n Joe Dentici from Assistant to Associate at Grace and Peace. \n Jim Stephenson was recognized for his many years at Horizon. He has gone to “without Call.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.57759,"width":0.678524,"height":0.04914200000000002}},{"text":"Overtures \n Two overtures from sessions were narrowly denied. The first an overture from Woodruff Road Session \n asking the presbytery to forbid “teaching of exceptions (to the Westminster Standards) within Calvary \n Presbytery.” Debate on the overture produced a dozen speeches lasting over an hour from commissioners. \n Beginning with RE Bill Johnson (WRPC) the Presbytery heard arguments on the importance of upholding \n Confessional standards and concerns over a broadening attitude towards “exceptions” or stated \n differences with the Westminster Standards.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.640107,"width":0.763926,"height":0.11435300000000004}},{"text":"A second Overture was received from the Downtown Session asking the Presbytery “that Calvary \n Presbytery erred in its judgment to designate the view that nonordained persons may lead elements of \n corporate worship which differs from the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter \n Catechisms and requires an exception per RAO 16-3e-5… And furthermore “that the decision regarding \n who should lead the elements of worship should be considered in accordance with Scripture and decided \n by the Session of each particular church.” This matter also produced a season of debate beginning with \n Rod Mays (RUF) but ultimately failing. A study committee was formed on the question of how ministers \n with existing exceptions should relate to the presbytery. It will report back in the Autumn.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.767872,"width":0.756198,"height":0.13040800000000008}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.418954,"top":0.909091,"width":0.162091,"height":0.045441}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.418954,"top":0.909091,"width":0.162091,"height":0.045441}]}