(Photo: Courtesy of PCUSA)The national office for the mainline denomination Presbyterian Church (USA), located in Louisville, Kentucky.Posted on 01/04/2018 8:52:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
(Photo: Courtesy of PCUSA)The national office for the mainline denomination Presbyterian Church (USA), located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Presbyterian Church (USA) will soon have a new Book of Common Worship, which will include a new marriage service text that will feature "inclusive language."
Scheduled to be released in May, the latest edition of the BCW is the first revision of the voluntary worship resource since 1993.
Among the changes made, the new edition will feature what the PCUSA publication Presbyterians Today described as "inclusive language" for its marriage rite.
"A revised marriage service features inclusive language and a flexible format, making the service useful for all sorts of couples and family configurations," Presbyterians Today reported on Tuesday.
"Those who want to renew their vows will find a service that is adaptable for a variety of people and places. Also included is a brief service of prayer for those who seek a way to ritually mark the end of a marriage."
David Gambrell of the PCUSA Presbyterian Mission Agency and co-editor of the 2018 BCW, told The Christian Post that the change came in response to the denomination's decision to amend their definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
"The changes are in accordance with action W-4.0601 from the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)," explained Gambrell.
The controversial change in question altered PCUSA's definition of marriage from "one man and one woman" to "two people, traditionally a man and a woman."
"The Presbyterian Book of Common Worship was first published in 1906. Roughly once a generation, revisions are made to account for changes in the Church and developments in Christian worship," explained Gambrell.
"Presbyterians have a constitutional document called the Directory for Worship (part of our Book of Order) that governs the theology and practice of worship for the PCUSA. The Book of Common Worship, provided for voluntary use in congregations, serves as a companion to the Directory for Worship, providing full texts and prayers for services described in more general terms in the Directory for Worship. The two work together like a compass and a map."
Other changes made to the BCW include expanded resources for the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper, new sections on the Church's mission in the world, and additional musical suggestions, such as several contemporary Christian songs.
The largest Presbyterian church in the United States, PCUSA has recently enacted many pro-LGBT measures including ordination of openly gay individuals and expanding its definition of marriage.
These measures have created backlash, as hundreds of congregations have left the declining denomination over the past several years due to theological differences.
Falling away from God.
Building diving boards over the Eternal Lake of Fire!
This is exactly what the type of thing the book of Revelation is referring to when the angel warns to “flee Babylon”. Those in the PCUSA would be wise to take heed.
Even these numbers are suspect and few of the members they have actually attend church on a regular basis. The PCA (traditional orthodox Presbyterian denomination) has more people in the pews on Sundays than the PCUSA despite having a fraction of the members claimed by PCUSA.
Did they strike the Bible from their official texts when the PCUSA last convened?
How do they reconcile this with Paul’s Epistle to the Romans?
The PCUSA has been taken over by Hillary type Democrats.
Apparently PCUSA actually stands for “Political Correctness (USA)”.
Maybe their leadership wants the decline to accelerate? Maybe they are a front for he who opposes God?
RE: What would Jesus say?
I’ve asked advocates of same-sex marriage and inevitably, their response is this — Jesus said nothing about gay marriage or even homosexuality, so there.
Meanwhile the far more conservative and traditional Presbyterian Churches Of America are exploding in growth.
Insanity is acting contrary to human nature
Two people? Who gave them permission to discriminate against groups?
They are members of the communist National Council of Churches.
They are pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage & anti-Israel.
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