Yes, We’re Evangelical Presbyterians But First, Christians Who Prioritize Truth and Love
From June 16-18, 2026, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) will face a historical moment.
The issue posing potential division to this short-lived church and denomination relates to the Ad-Interim Committee recommendations to ordain and receive same sex sexually attracted candidates and pastors who promise to live a chaste life either by celibacy or biblical marriage. From June 16-18, 2026, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) will face a historical... Continue Reading
EPC Teaching Elders: Church History’s Inconvenient Truths
The church needs to be careful not to approve an open door to ordaining same-sex attracted individuals.
Why do I raise this issue? Because of a current issue facing the EPC denomination. Like so many decisions in church history, the current critical issue facing the EPC is a watershed issue. Be assured it doesn’t relate to violence, tortures, or murders. However, it may and could relate to false teaching, compromise, regarding homosexuality. ... Continue Reading
The Question of Imitable Faith in Ordination
The church is increasingly confronted with questions about whether a man who identifies as same-sex attracted, though professing celibacy, meets the biblical qualifications for gospel ministry.
A leader whose life reflects an ongoing identification with desires that Scripture calls “contrary to nature” presents a confusing model for the flock. Even if celibate, the outcome of such a way of life may fall short of the progressive sanctification that Scripture holds forth as normative for believers, and especially for leaders. “Remember... Continue Reading
EPC Ad Interim Committee Denies Homosexuality is Unique ‘Unnatural’ Sin Contrary to Scripture and Historic Orthodox Christianity
The “Red Line Overture” refers to the Red Line Statement signed by over three hundred EPC REs and TEs who oppose the ordination of same-sex attracted persons (celibate homosexuals) to church office.
It is tragic to observe the AIC using the tactics of gay Christian writers who have attempted to explain away Romans 1:26,27 since the 1970s. Paul’s assertion that homosexual lust and acts are uniquely “against nature” is manifestly evident in Romans 1:26,27. Those claiming to be evangelicals with a high view of Scripture must not... Continue Reading
Weaponizing the Ethos
What happens when those who question the direction of the EPC are accused of being divisive and threatened with church discipline?
It is wrong to weaponize the ethos. It is wrong to shame and blame those with whom we disagree. Criticism is not contention and disagreement is not disunity. To critics of the Plumb Line we would simply say: We love the EPC as much as you do. In all that we have written in the... Continue Reading
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church Must Resist Euphemisms
The euphemisms, “gay,” “same-sex attracted,” and “latent propensity” are purposely intended to detract from the heinousness and seriousness of the sin God hates.
The issue the EPC faces is no minor tweak to The Westminster Confession of Faith, its Book of Order or The Essentials of Our Faith. It’s a major decision and potential radical departure from divine revelation. As such, it must be recognized for what it is: Spiritual Warfare. That’s not a popular term, but it’s... Continue Reading
Is Ordaining SSA Persons a “Non-Essential”?
A response to the Teaching Elder Letter to Sessions in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Same sex attraction is sexual impurity; it is sin. SSA persons need repentance, discipleship, and pastoral care. Putting a person with homosexual attraction in leadership would be disobedience to God and a failure to protect the bride of Christ. It is unthinkable to make a wounded sheep the shepherd of the flock. We have some... Continue Reading
Evangelical Presbyterian Church’s PJC Sustains Complaint Against Presbytery of the Alleghenies
The PJC ruling acknowledged that the “opinion and wish” of a General Assembly cannot bind or restrict a church from presenting a lawful overture for consideration.
The NAPC overture calls for a Constitutional Amendment that would prohibit candidates who identify as homosexual and experience same-sex attraction from being ordained in the EPC. During the November 15 Presbytery meeting, Presbytery officials apparently used a series of procedural maneuvers to prevent the NAPC Overture from being considered for a vote. The Presbytery... Continue Reading
God’s Emphases and Stresses Are Not To Be De-emphasized or De-stressed
The EPC’s fidelity to Sola Scriptura should lead it to obey God’s design for biblical sexual ethics.
Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” (Genesis 3: 1) In response to Eve’s reply that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of... Continue Reading
A Red Line Statement on Ordination and Same-Sex Attraction in the EPC
Ordination demands evidence of progress in sanctification and the ability to serve as a model for the flock.
The high calling of ordination is incompatible with a settled identification as a “gay Christian” or with ongoing patterns of same-sex attraction. We affirm that God can and does deliver His people from every form of sin and disordered desire, including those of a sexual nature. And we expect that those who lead His church... Continue Reading
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