Category: Judicial Matters
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Was Wrong to Accept Midway Session’s Assignment of Malicious Motive to RE Dudt
The Session falsely represented their brother, and the NWGP condoned this sin…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Wrongly Concluded that Midway Session Indictment Against RE Dudt Was Scripturally Supported
Sprinkling some verses into an indictment does not adequately prove that the indictment’s charges are biblical…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Wrongly Agreed with Midway Session on Accepting Biased Evidence
The NWGP saw no harm in using an email from deeply interested parties to convict RE Dudt, contrary to the BCO…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Was “Clearly in Error” For Agreeing with Midway Session
It took 16 months to find men with integrity who acknowledged the bait-and-switch tactic used to convict RE Dudt…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Failed to Properly Respond to RE Dudt’s Appeal
The BCO prescribes a simple procedure that was not followed…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Violated BCO 42-4
The effect of this error was to delay RE Dudt’s appeal process by three months…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Permitted Midway Session to Add Evidence After the Trial
Why would the Session, after winning the case, want to add evidence to the record during the appeal that it did not introduce during...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Violated BCO 42-6
It was premature and uncharitable for the Session to publicly announce RE Dudt’s guilt and censure after he issued his notice of appeal…...
SJC Panel: Moderator Was Unclear Where Burden of Proof Rests in Dudt Trial
This fundamental truth of justice was apparently a challenge for the Midway court to discern…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Blocked Relevant Evidence in Dudt Trial
When RE Dudt tried to introduce evidence that contradicted the Session’s indictment, the court prevented him from doing so…...
SJC Panel: Moderator in Dudt Trial Exhibited Bias
The moderator, especially in a church trial, should give no appearance of bias…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Violated BCO 31-8
The Session received accusations against RE Dudt from deeply interested people…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Violated BCO 32-19
The Session denied RE Dudt the benefit of multiple representatives, which severely disadvantaged him…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Violated BCO 32-3
This violation suggests the shadow Session rehearsed its actions in advance…...
SJC Panel: Northwest Georgia Presbytery Erred by Endorsing Midway Session’s Premature Announcement of Censure
The Midway Session erred when it announced RE Dudt’s censure publicly, and the NWGP did also when it agreed with them…...
SJC: Unconstitutional Actions at Midway Congregational Meeting Responsibility of NWGP and Congregation
The Standing Judicial Commission did not rule on the merits of the complaints, but shifted the responsibility back down to others…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Assigned Malicious Motive to RE Dudt
This is a violation of the Church Constitution and Christian charity…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Convicted RE Dudt Without Any Evidence
He was charged and convicted of violating their “express” will, but it never was so expressed…...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority “Clearly Erred in the Judgment” and Wrongly Assigned Motive
Not only was the charge against RE Dudt sinful, it was fallacious!...
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Found Lies Where There Were None
Midway Session Majority was unable to discern between good and evil....
SJC Panel: Midway Session Majority Had No Right to Ask RE Dudt to Suppress SJC Decision
This shatters the Midway Session Majority’s first charge against RE Dudt…...
Midway Pastors File Formal Objection Against Northwest Georgia Presbytery Ruling
It appears TE David Hall and his fellow pastors have one standard for the ruling elders in their congregation and another for themselves....
Session Charges Against Elders James Scott, Don Barnett, and Clay David Are Clearly Unconstitutional
The September 20th charges lodged against the three longtime elders are related to the BCO 40-5 letter filed with the Stated Clerk of the...
Where is the “Secret” Report from the Committee on Charges?
The report that resulted in charges against three Midway elders was taken back…...
Midway Pastor Discusses SJC Judgment Against Session in Sunday School
It has been 18 months since the decision was issued in 2019....
Judicial Commission Produces Third Ruling Against Midway’s Session, Again Recommends Apologies
Multiple sections of the BCO were ruled to have been violated…...
Deacon Withdraws Complaint That Northwest Georgia Presbytery Refused to Hear
Thankfully, one man suggested to the group of men they should at least read it before voting to deny…...
Northwest Georgia Presbytery Apparently Violates PCA Constitution By Refusing to Hear Deacon’s Complaint
It is uncertain whether the NWGP will be held accountable for this action…...
Thirteen Officers Submit Credible Report to PCA Stated Clerk Alleging Important Deficiencies and Grossly Unconstitutional Proceedings of the Northwest Georgia Presbytery
The troubling allegations originated with the controversial Midway church meeting of July 19, 2020 and the related events that followed....
Midway Deacon Elevates Third Complaint to Northwest Georgia Presbytery
The complaint is against a measure to censor officers and control public debate…...
Midway Respondents Influence Court, Delaying Judgement
Midway respondents in the case of Stuart Michaelson vs. Session of Midway Presbyterian Church took actions at the Northwest Georgia Presbytery meeting on January...
After 5 Months of Study, Judicial Commission Rules Against Midway Session, Recommends Apologies
The judicial commission of the Northwest Georgia Presbytery assigned to the complaint of Stuart Michaelson vs. Session of Midway Presbyterian Church has distributed its...
Ruling Elder at Midway Appeals Conviction Citing 40 Unique Reasons
A copy of the written appeal is published below....
RE Phil Dudt Convicted by Midway Session After All-Night Secret Trial
It began at 7:30 pm in the school cafeteria after the conclusion of the Pastor’s Wednesday night Bible study…...
Dozens of Members Ejected from Secret Trial of Midway Ruling Elder
Even after the accused ruling elder requested that his trial be kept open to the public…...
Session Indicts Ruling Elder Phil Dudt for Sending an E-mail to the Congregation
His major alleged crime? Informing the congregation…...
Judicial Commission Allows Video of Church Meeting in Ongoing Case Against Midway’s Session
At stake was whether the commission would allow the video and Session minutes to be entered into case record, against the Session’s protests....
Standing Judicial Commission Rules Filing Complaints a Right, Not an Offense
The SJC has ruled on the second complaint filed by a Midway deacon concerning the election procedures at Midway PCA…...
Midway Session Dismisses Complaints Using Questionable Procedures
Is it a conflict of interest when an ordained pastor whose call is in question presides over a meeting in which his call is...
Standing Judicial Commission Rules Against Northwest Georgia Presbytery and Midway Session Declaring Long-Held Practice of “Vetting” Unconstitutional
How many men over the years have been affected by this unconstitutional process?...