"Is this why I worked so hard to reform the Church of Scotland?"
Posted on 03/05/2011 2:15:27 PM PST by americanophile
The Presbyterian Church-USA, one of the nation’s oldest and largest mainline Christian denominations, is in the middle of a crucial vote among its leadership to determine whether or not open homosexuals will be allowed to fill the church’s pulpits. At the denomination’s General Assembly in July 2010, delegates approved by a 373 to 323 vote a measure that would allow open homosexuals to pastor and minister in the flagship Presbyterian denomination’s 11,000 congregations and serve its estimated 2.3 million members.
A vote on the amendment is now making its way through the church’s 173 regional presbyteries, a process that must be completed by this summer. If half of the presbyteries approve the measure, references to sexuality will be stricken from the denomination’s bylaws and homosexuals will be allowed ordination. The General Assembly has approved homosexual ordination three times in the past, only to have the change rejected by the regional presbyteries.
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Uhhh...ummmm....speechless
It’s been a century of decline for the PCUSA. The salt lost its savor.
I would draw a parallel between gay “marriage” and an ordained minister who openly and proudly continues in adultery, but the liberals would probably interpret that as another of God’s “mistakes” to be corrected as they rewrite the Bible for Him.
"Is this why I worked so hard to reform the Church of Scotland?"
We are so very close to the end. Like another poster mentioned, I just don’t know why it is taking so long.
That this question is even on the table for discussion shows that they are long past the rotting corpse stage.
That's the thing. Every generation thinks it is the first generation to discover sex. We act like this question never came up in the past 2000 years, anytime, anywhere. Obviously, it must have given the breadth of human experience over hundreds of lifetimes. If our ancestors consistently said NO, what makes us think we are so much wiser?
Yes. The Bible is so out of date. It may have been ok from the beginning of time up until the year 2010.
But things are different now. We are now much smarter.
For all Presbyterian USA Freepers, it’s time NOW to leave the apostate USA church! Go PCA, Orthodox, or any other denomination that still believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures.
Baptists are still open for business!
Sadly, I’m an evangelical of a Southern Baptist/Bible Church background and I can’t even recommend this fold wholeheartedly to someone leaving the PC-USA. It seems that apostasy is everywhere these days. I know there are exceptions, but they are truly exceptions.
Wow, an excellent observation. And it points to the arrogant attitude of this current, evil crop of "progressives" who believe they are blessed with superior moral insight that thousands of other over 2000 years weren't capable of.
When a “church” embraces behavior the Bible tells us is sinful, it is no longer a church. It’s a cult.
Don't be surprised. We have been warned that this would happen.
“Come out from among them”- St. Paul
Matthew 7:22-23 (New International Version, ©2011)
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
I am reading Salt of the Earth, Ratzinger’s book written when he was not yet Pope. He sees his task as —’Taking care of Christ’s church here on earth for Him.’ Imagine! I thot it was a lovely way of phrasing it.
Not — “The church is old-fashioned. Let’s take a vote on tenets of the faith and see if we agree that they should be up-dated.” Not — ‘Women’s feelings are hurt; let’s change the rules.’
No, just ‘Our task is to take care of Christ’s church for Him.’
So refreshing to read.
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