I misunderstood. After checking with a friend this is the right information: "THE APPEALS PROCESS AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE ROSEVILLE/FAIR OAKS SUPERIOR COURT CASE HAS NOT YET BEGUN THE CASES FOR THE TWO CHURCHES WERE CONSOLIDATED, REMEMBER; AND THE SYNOD WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO INTERVENE; AND THE FINAL JUDGMENT WAS REACHED AT THE INITIAL LEVEL. SO NOW WE WAIT - I DON'T KNOW IF THE SYNOD HAS ALREADY BEGUN FILING PAPERWORK OR NOT. IT WILL BE A PROCESS OF PROBABLY OVER A YEAR, ONCE THAT HAPPENS. SO CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN PRAYER." (I have changed my text below.)
Saturday, the twentieth of September, was certainly "a day the Lord made" and I am grateful for the day simply because his sovereignty is always over all of our affairs. But this does not mean that we are always obedient to the Lordship of Christ.
I was in pain yesterday from shingles, but there was a deeper pain, which was experienced by many Evangelicals at Sacramento Presbytery's meeting.
Yesterday, the twentieth, Sacramento Presbytery voted on a resolution to ask the Synod of the Pacific to appoint an administrative commission to act on behalf of the Presbytery regarding the suits by the First Presbyterian Church of Roseville and Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church. (And other pending and future suits) My Presbytery passed the resolution after almost three hours of new motions, attempts at amendments and debate.
One of the amendments was an attempt to confine the administrative commission's concerns to only Roseville and Fair Oaks. It did not pass.
My Pastor, Dr. Donald Baird, offered a substitute motion that would have fulfilled the "gracious witness resolution" passed by General Assembly. It was defeated.
In the midst of our deliberations we found that the directive by our Synod's PJC for the leaders of our presbytery to file an appeal in the case that Roseville had won was not a legal or binding move. They did not have to file the appeal. That did not seem to matter to those pushing this resolution.
There were other painful actions at this presbytery meeting. Perhaps the most painful was the refusal of the Council on Ministry to renew the contract with a Pastor of a very small church. It is a development funded Church in our Presbytery. The Pastor has been an unwavering leader among the Evangelicals in this Presbytery. He has also been a faithful and kind brother to all in the Presbytery, and his session and congregation have tried for two years to get the Council to allow him to be their permanent pastor.
After a member of the Church, myself, and another Presbytery member protested, Dr. Keith Posehn, the pastor of the Church, walked down to the microphone and said he had to honor the Council's motion. The Moderator was silent asking another member to hold his question. Then he told us that that was the bravest action he had ever witnessed. Pastor Baird prayed a very beautiful prayer of healing for all of us. The Presbytery voted on this motion and passed it. All may correct me if they care to but I call this persecution.
Some Evangelical and orthodox Presbyterians are writing about realignment (theological synods rather than regional synods) or various means for staying in the Presbyterian Church(USA) and still being faithful to Jesus Christ. After Saturday's Sacramento Presbytery meeting I believe, at least for such presbyteries as Sacramento, that may be a very important option for the orthodox and Evangelical Christian.
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