The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia

I ran across this fascinating article in the Cincy Post. We are at the center of the Presbyterian problem because of van Kuiken marrying homosexuals. The question becomes one of whether or not church constitutions hold any weight. If one is going to be a Presbyterian church, does the PCUSA have any say over how you run things? In a congregational church like mine in the SBC, it is less important, but hierarchical churches like the Presbyterians have a specialproblem. I thought this quote was telling...

>>>"The significance of the Van Kuiken case goes to the heart of the question of whether the Presbyterian Church will enforce its own constitution or has, in fact, declared that it is no longer a constitution but a local option for churches -- merely a guide or a wish book," said the Rev. Parker Williamson, chief executive of the Presbyterian Lay Committee -- the independent group based in Lenoir, N.C., that affirms biblical traditional values. <<<

I maintain that when churches stray they invariably end up with a mess lile the Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Methodists. That is one of the reasons I stick with a church that holds to the Word of God, not the whim of man, to run our affairs. Click here for the whole article.