PCUSA votes "to eliminate standards of chastity and fidelity"

[japhy]

PCUSA (whether the “PC” stands for “Presbyterian Church” or “Politically Correct” is up for debate) is moving towards eliminating standards of chastity for its ministers.

San Jose, CA., Jul 8, 2008 / 11:57 pm (CNA).- Reaction continues to the decisions of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), which took place between June 21 and June 28. The assembly nullified proscriptions against sexual behavior outside of marriage and called for a vote to delete the church’s constitutional standard requiring fidelity in marriage and chastity in singleness. It also initiated a process that could remove mention of the Bible’s prohibition against homosexuality form the Heidelberg Catechism.

The moves are seen by some as an attempt to clear a path for the eventual ordination of practicing homosexuals to the church offices of deacon, elder, or minister.

Full article.

 

[adventistnomore]

wow. thanks.

 

[vocatio]

Wow! That is sad.

 

[roanoker]

I’m a Presbyterian. This sort of thing is very distressing to me, to say the least. The homosexuals are tearing a grand old denomination to pieces. This measure will be voted on by the seperate presbyteries. We have easily defeated it twice before, and I’m sure will this time. But the debate is killing us…

 

[strngrnrth]

Wow. Unbelievable. Scary.
Will the PCUSA crumble if it passes?

 

[Muzhik]

Wow. Unbelievable. Scary.
Will the PCUSA crumble if it passes?

If it does, then the Presbyterians certainly can find a home in the RCC. I imagine Scott Hahn would be very busy for a while.

Just so I’m clear on this: The PCUSA is now saying that it would not be sinful for me to have a one-night-stand, or for me to have sex with the married woman in the next cubicle? Or are they saying that it **may **be sinful, but they don’t care?

Yikes! I just read through the article again and noticed something I had missed before:

Further, the assembly authorized the creation of a $2 million legal fund to litigate against churches which seek to transfer to other Reformed denominations while retaining their property.

Hmmm… So the congregations can’t transfer to other Reformed denominations… but what if they transfer to the RCC?

It really is getting to be time to decide where you and your house will stand…