I have heard that a few other nominally Christian denominations have approved homosexual marriage. I believe Episcopal, Unitarian, some Lutheran sects have also approved of homosexuality and homosexual marriage?
I had thought that churches would be a bulwark against homosexual marriage. While we see homosexual marriage being imposed in our civil laws, I didn’t expect allegedly mainstream Christian denominations to change their theology and endorse homosexual marriage.
I’ve heard, in the case of Presbyterians, that a number of individual churches left the denomination over this issue.
Would you have ever believed that churches would have schisms over homosexuality?
It is the sheep separating themselves from the goats as was foretold in the Bible . . .
You are indeed correct in saying this. But I have said before the roots of this go back to the late 1800s with the onslaught of theological liberalism that originated in Germany. The mainstream Presbyterian church began it's long, slow slide into apostasy. The Northern Presbyterians split in the early 1930s forming the Orthodox Presbyterian church. When the Northern and Southern Presbyterians merged in 1960s/70s the Southern conservatives broke away forming the PCA in 1973.
The issue isn't really homosexuality, but the view with which they hold Scripture. Long ago they quite considering it the inerrant word of God and have been chipping away at Scripture ever since.
A lot of local PCUSA churches have left over the last couple of years. The reason more haven't is because the home office of the PCUSA holds the titles for the building and people don't want to leave their churches behind. That is a mistake IMHO. Leave and start over.