Presbyterian Church USA Defeats Motion to Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortion

Life News ^ | June 23, 2014 | Steven Ertelt

[NYer]

The Presbyterian Church USA has voted to endorse Kermit Gosnell. Delegates meeting in Detroit at the 221st General Assembly of the 1.8 million–member Presbyterian Church (USA) voted down a measure that would have the church endorse care for babies born alive after abortions.

From World Magazine:

Also Thursday, 78 percent of the PCUSA General Assembly struck down a resolution condemning the killing of babies born alive during abortions, as occurred with notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Initiated by the South Alabama presbytery, it called for inclusion of pro-life Presbyterians and an investigation into doctrinal and financial support of abortion. Dissenters cited pro-abortion stances, while others noted past affirmation of viable babies and reservations in commenting on criminal cases.

One pro-life advocate who serves as a watchdog of mainline Protestant denominations had this to say:

Mainline Protestantism, at least in its official curia, has been liberal for nearly 100 years. But for most of that century it was a thoughtful, dignified liberalism that still roughly adhered to historic Christianity’s moral architecture, even if it no longer upheld the core doctrine. But the yonder years of stately Protestantism, at least in the old Mainline, are largely over.

Getting far less attention was the PCUSA General Assembly’s overwhelming rejection of legislation that urged a “season of reflection” on the denomination’s support for abortion-rights, including its long-time membership in the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), which opposes any restrictions on abortion. Liberal Mainline Protestantism, starting in the 1960s, began its first major break with traditional Christian ethics by embracing abortion rights, discarding traditional notions about sacred human life in favor of radical autonomous individualism. The Mainline’s support for abortion and implied hostility to large families, now compounded by its redefinition of marriage and divorcing of sex from marriage, have all helped to create a culture where the typical Mainline congregation is now largely gray headed and has few if any children.

Of course, some media reports will hail the PCUSA’s ostensibly courageous shift leftward as heralding the irresistible tides of history and representing Christianity’s future. But after about a half century of continuous decline, neither the PCUSA nor any Mainline denomination can be seriously seen as any barometer of mainstream religious trends, not in the U.S., and even less so around the world. Reportedly many overseas Presbyterian churches, many of them now larger than the PCUSA, are prepared to break ties with the PCUSA over its abandonment of Christian sexual teaching. Some of them already have.

[NYer]

FYI Ping!

[Salvation]

**Presbyterian Church USA Defeats Motion to Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortion**

Oh, how sad!

[Salvation]

Too bad they don't realize this:

Let God's will be done!

Allow all babies in the womb to live!

[Bryanw92]

Does PCUSA stand for Progressive Church Under Satan’s Authority yet?

[SeekAndFind]

HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PCA AND PCUSA [THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESBYTERIANS]

[GeronL]

I hope that any half-way decent congregations can call it quits after this and leave the denomination.

[Salvation]

**Mainline Protestantism, at least in its official curia, has been liberal for nearly 100 years. But for most of that century it was a thoughtful, dignified liberalism that still roughly adhered to historic Christianity’s moral architecture, even if it no longer upheld the core doctrine. But the yonder years of stately Protestantism, at least in the old Mainline, are largely over.** A "good-to-know" fact.

[faithhopecharity]

how to post a picture of a very, very VERY happy Satan ?

anti=American church
anti-Jewish church
anti-Israel church
pro-abortion church
let innocent babies starve to death church
pro-homosex church
pro-homo ‘marriage’ church

“PCUSA....giving Christianity a fecal image”

[SumProVita]

WOW!

May God have mercy on their souls...

[headsonpikes]

PCUSA, CPUSA, is there a difference?

Yes! Communists have principles!

[WestwardHo]

What better strategy by Satan and Hell to bring disgrace, and ridicule on Christ and His people than to present the PCUSA as a true church, when it is actually a tool of Satan’s kingdom. The Glory of God has long since departed from this organization.

[allendale]

What did anyone expect from these neo pagan decadent pseudo Christians? In for a penny, in for a pound.

[hinckley buzzard]

One more mainline church self-desstructing. The PCUSA will join the UCC, the Lutheran ELCA, the Episcopalians, as they all dwindle and die on the vine. In twenty years the liberal debris from the current era will have merged into one semi-viable generic liberal protestant church of mostly universalist theology. Their conservative progeny, the PCA, NALC, ACNA, who are leaving home asap, will have survived on their own. They will be reduced in number but at least the faith once delivered to the saints will survive.

[redleghunter]

Of course, some media reports will hail the PCUSA’s ostensibly courageous shift leftward as heralding the irresistible tides of history and representing Christianity’s future. But after about a half century of continuous decline, neither the PCUSA nor any Mainline denomination can be seriously seen as any barometer of mainstream religious trends, not in the U.S., and even less so around the world. Reportedly many overseas Presbyterian churches, many of them now larger than the PCUSA, are prepared to break ties with the PCUSA over its abandonment of Christian sexual teaching. Some of them already have.

Of course the left media will be giddy about this. They are Satan's town crier.

[I want the USA back]

It’s not a church. It’s a leftist organization cleverly disguised as a church.

[plain talk]

Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) is Protestant and a bible believing church. So I would not paint with such a broad brush.

[cva66snipe]

Here PCUSA have a mill stone. I didn’t think there could be a more destructive anti Gospel church than the United Church of Christ {not to be confused with the highly conservative Christian church denomination called The Church of Christ}. Looks like PCUSA just closed the gap.

[ConservativeInPA]

What is absolutely sick about PCUSA is that Islam is pro-life and PCUSA is not. I guess that makes them worse than a religon that has a peophile for prophet.

[NorthMountain]

This is hideous. Last week, on a similar thread, I wrote:

"Corrupt Doctrine ==> Corrupt Action"

I had no idea! One need not agree with classical Presbyterian doctrine to know that THIS IS NOT IT. Anyone who wishes to claim the title "Christian", and thinks that Presbyterianism is the way to do it, needs to find another Church. PC-USA seems to have been completely sodomized.