Wonder how it is going to work out with their deaconesses?
The ARP or EPC would seem a better fit.
Please someone explain to me.
How does a conservative denomination
come to accept homosexuality in practice?
I think RCA is conservative in many
ways, especially in the doctrines
of election regeneration by God
and not by a personal decision or
a profession of faith in Christ.
Good for them. Presbyterian America is going to grow.
It makes the liberals extremely unhappy that, after all the effort they have put into subverting and taking over churches, that people who actually care about their faith want nothing to do with liberal doctrines substituting for their religion.
They make take over the building, but they will preach to empty pews, and their collection plates will be empty.
How will this set with the Presbyterian Church?
For the past three years, our church has wrestled with our place in the Reformed Church in America. We have prayed, studied, strategized, spoke, listened, prayed, asked questions, explored options, tried to discern what is in the best interest of the Kingdom, and prayed some more. We did not come to this decision lightly.
And this decision on our part does not mean that we have already left the RCA. Now that our petition has been filed, we will enter into a formal process with the classis—a series of meetings and reports which will take place over the next 6-8 months, as spelled out in detail by our Book of Church Order. We anticipate a final vote on our petition sometime in the first part of 2015.
PFL