The voting is finished A majority of Presbyteries rejects the proposal to replace the Fidelity & Chastity requirement for ordained ministers, elders and deacons in the PC(USA)

Unofficial results of
Voting on Amendment 08-B Compared with official results of vote on "96-B" — "97-A" and "01-A" Amendment B (1996/97):  97 -  74 (56.7%) Amendment A (1997/98) : 57 -  114 (66.7%) Amendment A (2001/02) : 46 - 127 (73.4)%   78 yes - 95 no (corrected numbers) A margin of 11%: 44.5% - 55.5%   See our voting map

. please, email voting results to editor@presbyweb.com    Votes reported through May 20, 2009 173 Results thus far 78 yes – 95 no Required for passing: an affirmative vote of a majority of the 173 presbyteries: 87 Number of presbyteries that SWITCHED from no on "01-A" to yes on "08-B" 34 Number of presbyteries that SWITCHED from yes on "01-A" to no on "08-B" 2 Number of presbyteries that voted no on "01-A" and voted no on "08-B" 93 Number of presbyteries that voted yes on "01-A" and yes on "08-B" 44                       The Presbyteries have been asked to report their voting results to the Office of the General Assembly by May 18, 2009 Color key: Opposed to Fidelity & Chastity clause as-is In favor of Fidelity & Chastity clause as-is Background information on amendments and voting procedures

Presbytery: (linked to Synod map) Abingdon Alaska Albany Arkansas Atlantic Korean Baltimore Beaver-Butler Blackhawk Boise

Vote on 08-B Change? Vote on 01-A Remove? Vote on 97-A Remove? Vote on 96- B Adopt? 29 - 41 no 4 - 54 73 - 4 12 -21 15 - 24 13 - 32 19 - 21 78 - 25 74 - 28 92- 44 27 - 105 116 - 64 92 - 96 52 - 81 91 - 115 0 - 18 0 - 32     106 - 38 106 - 56 100 - 43 52 - 119 21 - 92 no 31 - 105 127 - 23 57 - 73 48 - 90 59 - 99 105 - 76 25 - 34 20 - 20 21 - 27 22 - 29

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Boston Carlisle Cascades Cayuga-Syracuse Central Florida Central Nebraska Central Washington Charleston-Atlantic Charlotte Cherokee

54 - 42 59 - 42 58 - 33 54 - 67 71 - 74 58 - 81 57 - 84 82 - 67 150 - 48 179 - 112 177 - 159 185 - 223 33 - 12 54 - 21 70 - 26 26 - 78 48 - 164 74 - 225 53 - 157 131 - 38 21 - 21 24 - 39 32 - 42 44 - 33 7 - 55 16 - 70 19 - 87 71 - 29 30 - 89 22 - 93 20 - 65 64 - 23 133 - 124 no 98 - 212 208 - 123 24 - 79 no no 62 - 21

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Chicago Cimarron Cincinnati Coastal Carolina Dakota de Cristo Denver Des Moines Detroit Donegal

200 - 69 247 - 170 257 - 163 167 - 325 19 - 16 16 - 20 14 - 18 19 - 20 83 - 83 95 - 113 81 - 112 100 - 112 110 - 205 95 - 286 72 - 202 206 - 84 unanimous 1 - 20 00 - 15 12 - 00 59 - 48 70 - 55 58 - 74 67 - 62 118 - 41 115 - 69 87 - 35 41 - 97 52 - 37 69 - 46 60 - 39 50 - 71 141 - 92 102 - 111 152 - 74 103 - 153 63 - 87 77 - 118 78 - 127 114 - 89

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

East Iowa East Tennessee Eastern Korean Eastern Oklahoma Eastern Oregon Eastern Virginia Eastminster Elizabeth Flint River Florida

74 - 21 78 - 69 88 - 85 90 - 122 81 - 66 no 58 - 122 125 - 65 0 - 55 0 - 48 00 - 34 26 - 00 49 - 56 40 - 86 59 - 56 53 - 62 22 - 6 17 - 14 yes 6 - 18 72 - 80 70 - 98 62 - 97 84 - 76 60 - 39 54 - 65 43 - 68 50 - 83 91 - 53 70 - 58 yes 56 - 91 27 - 47 20 - 71 18 - 68 64 - 18 41 - 46 42 - 66 39 - 48 58 - 50

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Foothills Genesee Valley Geneva Giddings-Lovejoy Glacier Grace Grand Canyon Great Rivers Greater Atlanta Hanmi

34 - 99 41 - 132 36 - 122 103 - 52 93 - 24 89 - 61 95 - 35 34 - 122 44 - 29 65 - 35 67 - 29 34 - 76 125 - 53 115 - 106 103 - 89 103 - 154 7 - 28 11 - 21 10 - 24 22 - 13 203 - 183 109 - 154 179 - 213 238 - 217 98 - 93 122 - 96 81 - 114 110 - 92 85 - 74 99 - 108 77 - 122 102 - 105 243 - 233 235 - 283 219 - 271 274 - 226 1 - 30 0 - 70 no (00 - 50) 51 - 1

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Heartland Holston Homestead Hudson River Huntingdon Indian Nations Inland Northwest James John Calvin John Knox

127 - 90 150 - 139 120 - 100 99 - 152 24 - 68 22 - 74 23 - 60 68 - 24 37 - 40 46 - 62 33 - 66 65 - 52 94 - 12 103 - 28 154 - 24 32 - 160 26 - 36 26 - 62 30 - 52 57 - 31 38 - 43 52 - 52 34 - 62 58 - 50 44 - 76 22-112 32 - 70 61 - 48 125 - 192 130 - 190 74 - 203 160 - 137 33 - 55 16 - 76 34 - 62 81 - 27 39 - 13 66 - 62 86 - 54 55 - 83

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Kendall Kiskiminetas Lackawanna Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lehigh Long Island Los Ranchos

6 - 18 8 - 22 5 - 23 17 - 10 34 - 76 35 - 76 59 - 89 64 - 76 30 - 40 26 - 49 45 - 29 45 - 53 32 - 58 37 - 65 46 - 74 56 - 49 43 -32 42 - 64 46 - 48 47 - 64 94 - 42 82 - 59 83 - 63 70 - 116 60 - 46 50 - 62 39 - 57 66 - 66 78 - 29 87 - 28 82 - 32 33 - 111 35 - 143 53 - 159 40 - 138 131 - 66

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Mackinac Maumee Valley Miami Valley Middle Tennessee Mid-Kentucky Mid-South (formerly:Memphis) Midwest Hanmi Milwaukee Minnesota Valleys Mission

44 - 32 no 35 - 25 36 - 36 65 - 58 51 - 70 68 - 58 60 - 80 72 - 48 86 - 53 79 - 57 61 - 109 95 - 139 95 - 118 67 - 111 74 - 120 90 -19 113 - 63 108 - 50 55 - 119 31 - 67 59 - 99 48 - 89 89 - 58 not voting 0 - 44 no (00 - 50) 35 - 00 86 - 24 68 - 35 yes 27 - 82 44 - 37 44 - 60 61 - 54 53 - 61 181 - 181 164 - 235 153 - 181 163 - 203

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Mississippi Missouri River Valley Missouri Union Monmouth Muskingum Valley National Capital Nevada New Brunswick New Castle New Covenant

2 - 49 9 - 55 10 - 57 53 - 15 50 - 41 65 - 68 62 - 76 78 - 59 31 - 48 34 - 46 40 - 69 60 - 58 72 - 41 68 - 47 56 - 60 51 - 81 44 - 70 51 - 117 67 - 95 99 - 70 222 - 102 220 - 116 212 - 71 105 - 226 13 - 59 20 - 41 22 - 47 37 - 25 95 - 44 113 - 50 112 - 60 no 82 - 48 65 - 55 74 - 33 43 - 89 119 - 171 120 - 214 140 -165 149 - 173

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

New Harmony New Hope New York City Newark Newton Noroeste North Alabama North Central Iowa North Puget Sound Northeast Georgia

20 - 99 no no yes 177 - 139 153 - 159 124 - 128 140 - 172 76 - 25 61 - 31 76 - 11 53 - 154 42 - 8 34 - 40 48 - 25 26 - 61 63 - 16 82 - 34 92 - 22 22 - 107 7 - 41 no no (00 - 61) yes 30 - 48 no 26 - 45 60 - 18 31 - 60 46 - 65 51 - 46 57 - 51 42 - 69 39 - 73 44 - 60 57 - 46 49 - 89 44 -101 33 - 68 78 - 39

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Northern Kansas Northern New England Northern New York Northern Plains Northern Waters Northumberland Ohio Valley Olympia Pacific Palisades

71 - 23 73 - 49 79 - 46 21 - 97 57 - 30 75 - 40 70 - 52 66 - 66 yes 42 - 19 44 - 10 13 - 47 21 -33 35 - 51 45 - 39 46 - 18 52 - 11 41 - 30 29 - 35 23 - 44 20 - 58 28 - 51 22 - 47 46 - 26 57 - 44 74 - 90 74 - 71 40 - 69 44 - 98 32 - 110 32 - 75 92 - 41 100 - 90 99 - 100 75 - 103 97 - 95 35 - 20 59 - 33 71 - 21 31 - 67

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Palo Duro Peace River Peaks Philadelphia Pines Pittsburgh Plains and Peaks Prospect Hill Providence Pueblo

29 - 47 36 - 64 42 - 73 70 - 54 63 - 82 37 - 105 48 - 84 85 - 57 74 - 136 74 - 166 68 - 163 139 - 86 152 -139 176 - 221 155 - 246 255 - 197 34 -36 31 - 45 22 - 58 68 - 51 105 - 206 137 - 277 120 - 267 277 - 160 41 - 60 60 - 91 65 - 73 68 - 87 12 - 63 24 - 62 30 - 67 62 - 49 39 - 48 38 - 63 47 - 56 60 - 30 27 - 54 25 - 77 36 - 53 48 - 36

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Redstone Redwoods Riverside Sacramento Salem San Diego San Fernando San Francisco San Gabriel San Joaquin

46 - 75 33 - 85 27 - 70 94 - 52 102 - 28 102 - 49 86 - 49 39 - 147 42 - 53 18 - 94 34 - 94 86 - 55 65 - 75 69 - 106 66 - 62 101 - 73 156 - 149 160 - 187 141 - 156 153 - 143 17 - 74 37 - 102 37 - 81 89 - 44 22 - 74 35 - 99 29 - 76 79 - 63 167 - 177 216 - 186 207 - 167 179 - 214 79 - 136 97 - 181 89 - 162 184 - 100 8 - 74 3 - 79 5 - 95 96 - 13

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

San Jose San Juan Santa Barbara Santa Fe Savannah Scioto Valley Seattle Shenandoah Shenango Sheppards and Lapsley

84 - 81 86 - 75 70 - 59 62 - 85 no no no (00-47) 66 - 00 20 - 85 39 - 101 40 - 94 84 - 52 110 - 23 108 - 42 101 - 43 48 - 111 29 -38 20 - 54 14 - 45 54 - 9 115 - 88 103 - 105 112 - 91 101 - 128 91 - 155 109 - 188 102 - 133 159 - 118 82 - 112 77 - 146 89 - 120 124 - 87 4 - 101 no no 86 - 15 77 - 75 59 - 109 52 - 98 89 - 59

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Sierra Blanca South Alabama South Dakota South Louisiana Southeastern Illinois Southern Kansas Southern New England St. Andrew St. Augustine Stockton

23 -30 18 - 17 24 - 21 21 - 34 24 - 33 18 - 49 15 - 47 47 - 19 32 - 48 22 - 66 no 42 - 33 42 - 55 51 - 71 69 - 75 79 - 70 68 - 56 69 - 77 77 - 74 83 - 81 35 - 69 42 - 92 47 - 82 84 - 70 97 - 50 109 - 72 104 - 68 85 - 106 30 - 50 11 - 86 no 68 - 32 68 - 75 66 - 105 93 - 102 110 - 88 11 - 39 14 - 44 15 - 42 42 - 30

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Suroeste Susquehanna Valley Tampa Bay Transylvania Tres Rios Trinity Tropical Florida Twin Cities Area Upper Ohio Valley Utah

0 - 41 no 6 - 27 yes 59 - 23 43 - 27 57 - 34 37 - 60 71 - 105 63 - 142 84 - 161 188 - 82 83 - 61 50 - 83 49 - 73 91 - 75 37 - 34 17 - 54 26 - 31 42 - 32 48 -106 42 - 114 35 - 105 110 - 35 21 - 93 55 - 116 no 112 - 69 138 - 54 197 - 112 188 - 65 71 - 194 12 - 72 18 - 80 21 - 91 74 - 42 28 - 25 21 - 32 29 - 21 17 - 27

08-B

01-A

97-A

96-B

Utica Wabash Valley Washington West Jersey West Virginia Western Colorado Western Kentucky Western New York Western North Carolina Western Reserve

voice vote 24 - 8 46 - 11 10 - 51 76 - 60 83 - 102 76 - 125 116 - 100 29 - 70 27 - 82 35 - 65 81 - 40 88 - 80 80 - 83 78 - 79 77 - 108 93 - 56 92 - 114 73 - 89 86 - 98 11 - 23 6 - 33 9 - 34 34 - 12 17 - 42 16 - 52 38 - 29 20 - 29 66 - 48 "no action" 91 - 71 60 - 88 144 - 108 100 - 166 106 - 144 187 - 100 107 - 42 131 - 73 120 - 50 51 - 153

Whitewater Valley Winnebago Wyoming Yellowstone Yukon

108 - 106 95 - 151 90 - 105 83 - 84 55 - 20 50 - 20 53 - 20 25 - 54 18 - 38 no 36 - 27 18 - 39 25 - 23 29 -37 18 - 25 30 - 20 18 - 41 12 - 40 19 - 35 50 - 15

 
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