Posted on 05/11/2011 5:20:27 AM PDT by iowamark
After decades of debate, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Tuesday struck down a barrier to ordaining gays, ratifying a proposal that removes the celibacy requirement for unmarried clergy, in the latest mainline Protestant move toward accepting gay relationships...
Differences over the Bible and homosexuality have split Protestant groups nationally and worldwide for years. Within the Presbyterian Church, about 100 of the 11,000 congregations had already broken away ahead of the vote, but a group of large theologically conservative congregations, which calls itself Fellowship, has decided to remain in the denomination for now.
Top Presbyterian executives issued a statement to the church acknowledging that "some will rejoice while others will weep," at the decision.
"However, as Presbyterians, we believe that the only way we will find God's will for the church is by seeking it together worshipping, praying, thinking and serving alongside one another," the executives wrote...
Each regional body will decide who it should ordain, and some districts are expected to continue to reject gay and lesbian candidates...
The 2.1 million-member denomination, based in Louisville, Ky., is the latest mainline Protestant group to move toward accepting same-gender relationships.
In 2003, The Episcopal Church caused an uproar in the global Anglican fellowship by consecrating the first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran group in the country, liberalized its policy toward gay clergy two years ago. The United Church of Christ started ordaining openly gay clergy in 1972, and more recently endorsed same-sex marriage...
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I forgot one.
“The Bible Gives Us Examples of Loving Homosexual Relationships such as David and Jonathan.”
Wow, taking the wide road.... Read somewhere that it leads to a rather hot spot.
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My wife and I are members of a PCUSA church, but I no longer attend. Actually, as I understand what the PCUSA has done, from what I have read, is that churches can choose to have a gay minister or not. It will be a decision at the local level. A gay minister cannot be foisted on a congregation without its consent.
That said, I cannot stand any longer to be part of a church that has obviously been taken over by gays and pro-aborts and anti-Israel idiots.
I think there are two reasons the gays are successful in taking over so many churches:
1.) Many of the members have gay relatives, either children or siblings. They don't want to condemn their own childrens' lifestyles; so they vote to overturn the Bible to do away with their chirren's sin.
2.) They no little or nothing of the Bible and what it really means. There are actually people who profess to be Christians who believe that when Jesus ate and drank with sinners that he was endorsing their lifestyle. The most important commandment for these fake Christians is not found in the Bible: "Be tolerant."
What did Christ say to any sinner he confronted? "Go and sin no more" He never said "We'll just call it OK and you can do whatever you want".
You cannot be a Christian without following Christ. If you are working to promote what Christ hates (in this case homosexual behavior) then you are not following Christ.
Now that they have consolidated their gains, the fornication and polyamory crowd are also starting to stick their heads up. Sample chapters include:
“The Bible Nowhere Establishes Heterosexual Monogamy as the Norm for Sexual Relations”
“The Jews were Polygamous Until the Tenth Century”
“Nothing in Scripture Says Christians Have to Be Married or Monogamous to Enjoy Sex”
“Jesus’ Mother Was Only One of a Number of Sister-Wives / Concubines of Joseph”
“Monogamous Marriage is a Later Corrupt Creation of the Catholic Church”
And all the people said, “Unnngh!”
So funny and oh so sad at the same time.
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