Jerry Andrews
Jerry Andrews is Senior Pastor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church, San Diego, California, and serves as a Director on the Board of Theology Matters.
Faculty, Institute for Theological Education
Ten essays from ten issues, 2003 to 2025
2026
One essay
The Nicene Creed in Historical ContextFall 2025
Why did Constantine summon the bishops to Nicaea, and how did the church remember the moment afterward? Andrews traces the council through the eyes of Eusebius…
2025
One essay
Provisional Advice on the New Constitutional AmendmentsSpring 2025
The PCUSA constitution added two new categories this year and a new examination requirement that's already baffling presbyteries. Andrews offers pastoral guidance for sessions and committees…
2024
Two essays
Preparing to Vote on the AmendmentsSummer 2024
Two PCUSA amendments are heading to presbyteries for ratification, and Andrews lays out exactly what they say, what they don't say, and what's at stake. Drawing…
The Grace of Theological Friendships: AugustineWinter 2024
Augustine is loved for the introspective Confessions, but Andrews argues he was never alone. This chapter follows Augustine's circle in Hippo, his theology of friendship, and…
2016
One essay
The Vertical: “Be Reconciled to God” A Sermon to the 222nd General AssemblyFall 2016
Andrews preaches 2 Corinthians 5 to the 222nd General Assembly: from now on we regard no one from a human point of view. The vertical reconciliation…
2010
One essay
Voting? On the BelharIssue 4, 2010
Should presbyteries vote on a confession they have barely read? Jerry Andrews welcomes a church-wide conversation about the Belhar but argues that the voting timetable leaves…
2008
One essay
The Reformation Marks of the ChurchIssue 4, 2008
What makes a gathering of Christians a true church? Jerry Andrews follows Paul’s letter to Corinth through the parishes of Zwingli, Calvin and Knox to show…
2006
One essay
The State of the Church: A Penitential Self-ExaminationIssue 1, 2006
How does a divided church repent when each party is tempted to confess only the other’s sins? Jerry Andrews offers the Presbyterian Coalition a penitential self-examination:…
2005
One essay
The Duties of Love: A Christian Response to Homosexual BehaviorIssue 3, 2005
With Sue Cyre, James Edwards, Robert A. J. Gagnon & Ulrich Mauser
Should the church loosen its ordination standards for the sake of peace? Jerry Andrews, Susan Cyre, James Edwards, Robert Gagnon and Ulrich Mauser answer from creation,…
2003
One essay
The State of the ChurchIssue 1, 2003
What should a church do once it has voted the same way again? Jerry Andrews tells the Presbyterian Coalition that the wider margins suggest the legislative…