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Presbyterian Church (USA) Considers Forcing LGBTQ Affirmation
An increasingly revisionist Presbyterian Church (USA) will take up legislation at its th General Assembly June 25 &#; July 4 in Salt Lake City barring ordination of candidates who are not LGBTQ-affirming.
Designated OVT, the suggestion, known as an overture in Presbyterian parlance, would change two sections of the PCUSA Book of Order. The first transform alters section F, “Unity in Diversity,” to read (changes in brackets):
“The unity of believers in Christ is reflected in the rich diversity of the Church’s membership. In Christ, by the power of the Spirit, God unites persons through baptism, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sex, [gender identity, sexual orientation,] disability, geography, or theological conviction. There is therefore no place in the life of the Church for discrimination against any person. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) shall guarantee full participation and representation in its worship, governance, and emerging life to all persons or groups within its membership. No member shall be In recent years both the Presbyterian Church in America and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church have had to deal with the issue of a same-sex attracted ordained minister, and the question of whether or not that ordination is lawful. A celibate same-sex attracted Presbyterian minister, who openly declares a gay orientation that God has not promised to change,[1] is not something the conservative Presbyterian denominations have ever considered legitimate in the past. What has brought about this new openness to consider a ask that was inconceivable just a scant decades ago? Of course, the cultural pressure to consent gay orientation as normal is prodigious. Add to this the fact that evangelicals sometimes manifest to be more concerned about how those outside the church perceive Christianity, than they are maintaining historic Christian positions on sexual sin. After all, some argue, the church must be driven by a missional stance towards the gay community. There is tremendous pressure from within evangelical churches to compromise on the doubt of homosexuality. Some are convi With its roots in the 16th century teachings of John Calvin, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) boasts million members who participate in more than 10, congregations across the country. The largest Presbyterian organization in the state, the denomination was formed in when the southern-based Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) joined the northern-based United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA) to form a unpartnered entity. The Presbyterian Church (USA) remains distinct from the Presbyterian Church in America, which tends toward less inclusive policies. The Presbyterian name derives from the Greek word for “elders” – lay leaders who govern the church and are chosen by its congregants. According to the denomination’s web site, elders work closely with clergy to, “exercise leadership, government, and discipline and hold responsibilities for the being of a particular church as well as the church at large.” Elders serve at every level of leadership from “sessions,” which govern a solo church, to “presb Vines, Matthew, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same Sex Relationships, Convergent Books, Wilson, Ken,A Letter to My Congregation, David Crum Media, The relationship of homosexuality to Christianity is one of the main topics of discussion in our culture today. In the fall of last year I wrote a review of books by Wesley Hill and Sam Allberry that take the historic Christian view, in Hill’s words: “that homosexuality was not God’s original imaginative intention for humanity and therefore that homosexual perform goes against God’s articulate will for all human beings, especially those who trust in Christ.” There are a number of other books that seize the opposite view, namely that the Bible either allows for or supports same sex relationships. Over the last year or so I (and other pastors at Redeemer) possess been regularly asked for responses to their arguments. The two most study volumes taking this position seem to be those by Matthew Vines and Ken Wilson. The review of these
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Presbyterian Church (USA)
BACKGROUND
The Bible and same sex relationships: A review article
Tim Keller,