Did the Little Guy Really Win? – The 48th PCA General Assembly
After all the words have been parsed there are enough loopholes in the proposed changes to continue to allow Side B Homosexuals to continue as officers in the PCA
There are enough loopholes in the proposed changes to continue to allow Side B Homosexuals to continue as officers in the PCA (or be admitted to the PCA). All a man needs to do is to say that his identity in Christ is greater than his identity as a homosexual. All he has to say... Continue Reading
Presbyterian Church in America Leaders Say Those Who Identify As Gay Are Not Qualified For Ordination
The PCA GA passed an overture saying those who identify as gay are not qualified for ordination in the PCA.
Advocates praised the overture for its consistency with the denomination’s beliefs about sexuality. Bart Harmon of the Southeast Alabama Presbytery spoke in favor of the overture at General Assembly, calling it “most consistent with the gospel — and because it’s consistent with the gospel, it is by definition compassionate.” (RNS) — Pastors and church... Continue Reading
The PCA’s Bright Future—Without a Bigger Tent
What’s the PCA’s big issue: Maintaining biblical fidelity, confessional integrity, and mission priority in an increasingly post-Christian culture; not expanding the PCA’s “big tent” to include Side B, gay celibate Christianity.
The impulse to be outward-facing and welcoming to our fallen and broken world is a good one, a biblical one. But we must never accommodate error in our attempt to be winsome. This wasn’t the modus operandi of Jesus, the prophets, or the apostles. It mustn’t be ours either. It can never be repeated enough:... Continue Reading
At The PCA General Assembly, The Little Guys Stood Up
PCA ruling elders—commissioners who are not professional clergy and who live in the real world—turned out in force.
To outside observers of the PCA, like myself, the result was encouraging and surprising. What happened, as outlined here and here, was that the Assembly voted to propose several changes to the denomination’s Book of Church Order (the manual of church law) that would prevent anyone who identifies as gay or same-sex-attracted from holding office in the denomination.... Continue Reading
The 48th PCA General Assembly: Actions and Reflections
A post-Assembly assessment of the actions and deliverances of the 48th GA.
In 2020 more than $1 Billion dollars was contributed to the PCA churches. Although the denomination realized a small decline in membership (300), more than 2,000 adults and 4,500 children were baptized in 2020. Additionally, there was a net gain of 13 individual congregations within the PCA. This includes newly particularized church plants as well... Continue Reading
PCA General Assembly 2021: A Review of Some of the Actions
A review of some of the actions taken at the 48th PCA General Assembly.
This year’s GA consisted of 1,503 Teaching Elders (TE) and 613 Ruling Elders (RE) assembling to vote on 48 overtures which were submitted by various PCA presbyteries over the course of last year. This is a 500 commissioner increase from the last GA in 2019 (2020 GA was canceled for COVID). There were 48 overtures... Continue Reading
A Clear Message from the 48th General Assembly of the PCA
The incursion of Revoice theology into the PCA has caused great division and confusion in our churches; a clear response was provided by the PCA GA.
Many men rightly pointed out that we’ve had people who mortify the lust of SSA for many years within the PCA. What doesn’t occur to them is that this is the first time this has come up as a controversy. Why? Because nobody, prior to a few years ago was saying and platforming that SSA... Continue Reading
Conservative Wins At The PCAGA 2021
Four significant overtures that were approved by the PCA General Assembly.
The passing of Overture 23: This is the big one that everyone was talking about. It was most critical that this be passed. The statement this overture sought to add was that “Men who self-identify as a ‘gay Christian,’ ‘same-sex attracted Christian,’ ‘homosexual Christian,’ or like term shall be deemed not qualified for ordination in... Continue Reading
Freidrich Schleiermacher, the PCA, and Side B Christianity
The struggle in the PCA over confessional identity is a microcosm of the macrocosm; it’s on track to be another denominational domino to topple along with the mainline churches.
If religious feeling makes confessional truth subservient to the changing aspect of our communities, then it should be no real surprise that what we are seeing happen in the “current” sexual revolution is redefining of what is means to be confessional based on the religious experience of the moment. This is what the PCA is... Continue Reading
On Fellowship, Authenticity, and Identity
The Church must grow in being a place where sin struggles of all kinds can be discussed and met with gospel mercy, gospel challenge, and gospel hope.
Paul’s freedom to identify as a sinner is firmly set in the context of redemption. His identification as chief of sinners does not share the same place in either his argument or his sense of self as does his identification as “an apostle of Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 1:1). No one reading Paul in context... Continue Reading
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