Posted on 02/20/2014 9:25:41 PM PST by Olog-hai
A delegation of 14 leaders from the Presbyterian clergy, a church that in the past supported boycotting Israeli products manufactured in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), arrived last week to visit Israel.
The visit was organized by the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL); the delegates’ goal was to discover Israel personally and to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Representatives from the Presbyterian Church, which has an estimated six million followers, visited the Soda Stream factory, which is located in Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem. They spoke to representatives from the management and several employees.
While some United States-based religious groups, such as Evangelicals and Mormons, are known for their support of Israel, the Presbyterian Church has historically been critical of Israel, and has even supported boycotts of Israeli products such as “Ahava” and “Dkalim”. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
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I know that there are at least two major Presbyterian denominations in the US. Any difference in attitudes towards Israel between them?
Reporters who don't know how to use Google.
"The total membership of the PC(USA) at the end of 2012 was 1,849,496, compared to 1,952,287 in 2011, which is a decline of 102,791 members." http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/5/30/stated-clerk-releases-pcusa-2012-statistics/
The biggest one is a new world order outfit, pcusa.
Thank you. PCA any different?
That church has been infested with islamonazis for years but there are still many good Christians within it. Every once in awhile , the good people win a round in their battle against Satan’s principalities and powers (Ephesians 6:12 ). God bless the good Christians who’ve decided to fight it out within their infiltrated church ( instead of taking the easy way, out).
Depending on where you want to draw the line, there are over a dozen presbyterian denominations in this country, admittedly, most are not 'major'. The story deals with the largest, leftwing PCUSA.
The second largest, PCA, has not adopted a position paper on Israel. There may have been an overture adopted at some point, but that denomination tends to try to stick to moral issues, rather than political ones.
Nowhere near that far out.
But they do not fully subscribe to the Westminster Confession, though I hear some congregations are supposed to be on the conservative side.
The only thing I found was what appears to be a resolution from over 20 years ago where the PCA called for the evangelism of both Jews and Gentiles.
The employees in the plant are entirely “Palestinian”, iow, not a big surprise. If the current Presbyterian church leadership had been around during the Holocaust, they’d accuse incinerated Jews of causing climate change. Thanks Olog-hai.
Thank you both. With so many denominations in the country, it can be hard to tell the players without a scorecard.
The PCA we attended was very conservative. ..we even received a letter from the pastor advising all church goers to shun a male member (husband) who had had an affair and was divorcing his wife...
Oh yeah. PC-USA is the one doing this. Not the PCA (Presbyterian Church in America) or the Orthodox Presbyterian church as far as I know. PC-USA is extremely liberal right now and may be going the way of the Episcopal church.
I am giving them credit for visiting this Israel/West Bank factory and seeing what is really going on
I give the Presbyterians credit for actually investigating the situation instead of merely following the leftist propaganda.
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Not just between denominations. You need a scorecard to keep track within the larger groups such as the Southern Baptists or the Catholics.
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