A 19 June 2013 article on VirtueOnline titled “PERTH, Scotland: Statement from the gathering of Church of Scotland Evangelicals” reports that a 14 June 2013 press release from the Church of Scotland Evangelical Network announced that a 14 June 2013 gathering of 250 evangelicals from the Church of Scotland in Perth, Scotland, formed a network of evangelicals who have made the clear decision to remain in the Church of Scotland and to work for its reformation and renewal.

The press release said:

“We believe that the Church of Scotland remains an important vehicle for reaching the whole population of Scotland with the Gospel and, despite recent decisions, believe that God is still at work among us. We also believe that we can remain with integrity.

“We urge others to join with us and to remain in the Church of Scotland, as we seek to restore and rebuild our Church.”

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+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722

[2] Oregon Planned Parenthood Conference Provides Valentine Cards for Teens

The May 2013 Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside, Oregon, guided in large part by Planned Parenthood and by Brad Victor, a “sexuality education expert” with the Oregon Education Department, provided valentine cards for teens with messages including:

“Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m wearing my NuvaRing, now I’m ready for you.”

“You’re like my birth control implant . . . I’ve got you under my skin.”

“The only thing that can come between us is a condom!”

“My love for you is like the IUD, long lasting and dependable!”

An attendee from the American Life League wrote of the conference:

“The content of the talks presented to teens brought in from fourteen school districts was shocking and reprehensible beyond belief. It encouraged sex, discouraged chastity by making it seem impossible and odd, worked hard to normalize immorality and perversion, and bashed Christianity. The handouts that were available belonged to the same genre.”

+ American Life League, Post Office Box 1350, Stafford, Virginia 22555, 540-659-4171, Fax: 540-659-2586, info@all.org

[3] Child Exploitation Charges Stand against Former Lafayette, Indiana CRCNA Pastor

A 20 June 2013 Journal and Courier article by Sophia Voravong titled “Child Exploitation Charges Stick in Church Case” reports that on 19 June 2013, Tippecanoe (Indiana) Superior Court 1 Judge Randy Williams ruled that child exploitation charges against Robert A. Lyzenga, former pastor of the Sunrise Christian Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana, would stand, after Lyzenga’s attorney had urged dismissal of the charges.

Lyzenga is charged with placing hidden cameras in the women’s restroom stalls at his church, and recording five girls ages five to sixteen and five adult women who attended Sunrise Christian Reformed Church. The particular charges against Lyzenga are five counts of child exploitation, a Class C felony, and five counts of voyeurism by means of a camera, a Class D felony.

+ Journal and Courier, 217 North 6th Street, Lafayette, Indiana47901

+ Christian Reformed Church in North America, 2850 Kalamazoo Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49560, 616-241-1691, Fax: 616-224-0803 crcna@crcna.org

[4] One of Ten Civil Counts Dismissed against Former Covenant Reformed Church (Pella, Iowa) (URCNA) Pastor Patrick Edouard

A 21 June 2013 Knoxville Journal-Express article by Editor Steve Woodhouse titled “One Count Dismissed in Edouard Case” reports that Judge Brad McCall has dismissed one of the ten civil counts against former Covenant Reformed Church (Pella, Iowa) (United Reformed Churches in North America) (URCNA) pastor Patrick Edouard brought by four women who have additionally sued Covenant Reformed Church, the URCNA, Clarence Hettinga, Arnold Van Donselaar, Norman Van Mersbergen, William Hartman and the board of elders of Covenant Reformed Church.

Edouard has been convicted in criminal court of four counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist and one count of entering into a pattern/scheme of exploitation by a therapist, and sentenced to one year in prison on each of the exploitation counts to be served consecutively, and five years on the pattern/scheme charge to be served concurrently with the others. Edouard is currently appealing his prison sentence.

Edouard has denied all of the charges against him and has filed a countersuit against the four women. The trial is tentatively scheduled for June 2014.

+ Knoxville Journal-Express, PO Box 458, Knoxville, Iowa 50138, 641-842-2155, Fax: 641-842-2929, jepublisher@iowatelecom.net

+ United Reformed Churches in North America, c/o the Rev. Bradd Nymeyer, 227 1st Avenue Southeast, Sioux Center, Iowa 51250, 712-722-1965, statedclerk@urcna.org

[5] Church of Scotland Minister at Center of Homosexual Clergy Debate Enters into Civil Partnership 8 May 2013 while Kirk Debating Admission of Homosexual Clergy

A 24 June 2013 The Scotsman article by Alistair Munro titled “First Openly Gay Minister Enters Civil Partnership” reports that the Rev. Scott Rennie, pastor of Queen’s Cross Church (Church of Scotland) in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 8 May 2013 entered into a civil partnership with Dr. David Smith at the same time that the 2013 Kirk General Assembly was debating whether or not to admit practicing homosexuals to the ministry.

Rennie in 2009 was the first openly homosexual Kirk minister to be appointed to the ministry. The Queen’s Cross congregation broke into applause on Sunday 23 June 2013 when Rennie announced his civil partnership to the church.

+ The Scotsman, Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS, Scotland, 131-620-8620

+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722

[6] Presbyterian Church of Ghana Places Minister on Leave after Allegations of Homosexual Activities with Seven Young Men under His Supervision

A 24 June 2013 MyJoyOnline.com article by Adwoa Gyasiwaa titled “Presby Church Directs ‘Gay’ Pastor to Proceed on Leave” reports that the

Presbyterian Church of Ghana has placed on leave the Rev. Kingsford Kusi-Kyere, head pastor of the Abokobi branch of the church in Accra, Ghana, after allegations by seven men in their twenties working for the pastor on a farm managed by the pastor of committing homosexual acts with the seven farm workers.

Kusi-Kyere will remain on leave until a police investigation of the allegations is completed.

+ MyJoyOnline.com, 3rd Floor Trust Towers, Farrar Avenue, Accra, Ghana, 233-21-226151, Fax: 233-21-233697, info@myjoyonline.com

+ Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Post Office Box GP 1800, Accra, Ghana, 233-21-662511, Fax: 233-21-665594, pcghg@yahoo.com

[7] Reformed Church in Zimbabwe Pastor Accused of Twice Impregnating Housemaid and Inducing Her to Abort the Pregnancies

A 24 June 2013 Newsday article by Charles Laiton titled “RCZ Pastor in Sex Scandal” reports that the Rev. Menard Zvenyika of the Pamushana congregation (Reformed Church in Zimbabwe ) (RCZ) in Nyika, Zimbabwe is named in a sex scandal accusing Zvenyika of twice impregnating his housemaid and inducing her to abort the two pregnancies.

The Pamushana church’s elders have accused the RCZ leadership of attempting to downplay the scandal and have prepared a petition to RCZ moderator which includes:

“As a matter of urgency, please kindly reinstitute a new team of investigators who are honest, reliable, God-fearing and who are drawn from all the other bodies of the church to bring a balance. A team dominated by ministers of religion has proved problematic.”

+ Newsday, 1 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe, 755123-4, Fax: F263-4-798897, vkahiya@zimind.co.zw

+ Reformed Church in Zimbabwe

[8] Reformed Church in America Removes Conscience Clause on Women Ministers from Book of Church Order

During the 20 June 2013 session of the 2013 General Assembly of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), the assembly officially ratified the removal of the “conscience clauses” from the Book of Church Order (BCO). The 2012 RCA General Synod voted to remove from the BCO the “conscience clauses”–statements that spell out how RCA members can and cannot conscientiously object to the ordination process of women.

Between the 2012 and 2013 assembly meetings, the required two-thirds of RCA classes voted in support of synod’s action, with thirty-one classes voting in favor of removing the clauses and fourteen voting to keep the clauses.

Originally adopted in 1980, the “conscience clauses” were intended to maintain unity and peace despite a diversity of opinion concerning the ordination of women, which had been adopted by the RCA in 1979.

+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org

[9] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

— MSNBC Host Ed Schultz Compares Pro-Life Legislators to Taliban on Abortion

— Toronto Hospital Euthanizes Twelve Handicapped Children

— Ontario May Follow Quebec with Bill to Legalize Euthanasia

— The Netherlands Passes “Right to Die” Legislation for Children

— U.S. State Department Acknowledges China’s Sex-Trade Caused by Their One-Child Policy — Says Nothing

— Dead Newborn Baby Found on Conveyer Belt at Los Angeles Garbage Facility

— Washington State Sees Huge Increase in Assisted Suicides in 2012

— Body of Newborn Baby Discovered in Trash Can in Oildale, California

— Family Starves to Death Thirty-Two-Year-Old Man with Down Syndrome

— Teenage Girl in India Dies from Abortion Her Husband Forced Her to Have

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+ Pray In Jesus Name Ministries, Post Office Box 77077, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80970, 719-360-5132, chaplaingate@yahoo.com

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[10] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

— U.K. Peer Lady Butler-Sloss Says Fidelity Is “Not Required” in Marriage

— Dunblane, Scotland Six-Year-Olds Shown Graphic Sex DVD in School

— God and Country Ditched in Girl Guides and Brownies’ Promise

+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk

[11] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

— Exodus International Head Apologizes To Homosexuals On Oprah Network; Organization To Shut Down

— Disney Channel Series to Feature Two-Mother, Lesbian ‘Family’

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[12] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

— Vero Beach, Florida Mayor Apologizes for Pro-Jesus Remark

— Desensitizing the U.S. Military to Make War on Americans

— FBI Wants More Power to Spy on Americans on the Internet

— Maryland Tea Party Group Banned From Meet and Greet with U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen because of Group’s “Violent Tendencies”

— Military has Schedule for Women to Move into Combat Jobs, Including SEALs, and Other Commandos