For Protestants, Charges of Heresy Runneth Over

The Washington Post ^ | 06/29/03 | Henry G. Brinton

[jboot]

"Friday afternoons are usually a good time for me to visit the ill, counsel church members or fine-tune my sermons, but at the end of a workweek earlier this month, I found myself spending several hours assembling a thick stack of documents. Three members of Fairfax Presbyterian Church had lodged a formal complaint against the church's governing board for allegedly mishandling a mortgage refinancing, and I needed to gather materials to mount a defense. I resented the time and effort being eaten up, but I knew that the issue had to be taken seriously. This case was heading down an increasingly popular path of conflict resolution -- a formal trial in the courts of the church."

[jboot]

Read the rest here.

I found the this quote to be most revealing:

I want the church to be a strong supporter of traditional marriage, for instance, but I also want it to make room for gays and lesbians who feel anguish because their monogamous relationships are not recognized. At times I feel as though these heresy trials are being staged not only within the courts of the church, but also within myself.

Methinks this guy is looking over his shoulder...

In case you want to drop him a line, here's his email hgbrinton@aol.com

BTW, this is my first thread. Please be nice to me... :).

[foreverfree]

bump