The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), of which Rev. Tim Keller is a member, is the second largest Presbyterian church body and the largest conservative Reformed denomination in the United States.
The PCA split off from PCUSA because of the latter’s trend towards Theological liberalism.
The churches of the PCA sought to reaffirm the Westminster Confession of Faith as the fullest and clearest exposition of biblical faith, which many conservatives felt that PCUSA presbyteries had been violating by recieveing ministers who refused to affirm the Virgin birth and bodily resurrection, and to call all pastors and leaders to affirm the inerrancy of Scripture. As a result they also felt the church should disavow the ordination of wome
I do NOT see anywhere in Scripture where women should take the role of pastor.
I DO SEE in Scripture where women are prohibited from taking the role of pastor.
If you can show from Holy Writ where women can and may be ordained, I will gladly change my position. But, otherwise, HERE I STAND. I CAN DO NO OTHER.
Out of curiosity, have the PCA and ARP ever considered merging? I’m an LCMS and therefore an outsider, but I don’t see any doctrinal or liturgical differences between them.