To answer the larger question the article poses, yes, the Insider Movement really is that bad.  IM undermines the Christian faith at a number of crucial points, and it should be denounced by orthodox denominations in the most unambiguous terms possible.  I would therefore urge my fellow PCA commissioners to vote for the committee’s report... Continue Reading

Biblically, the “vitals of religion” must include more than the five points of Calvinistic soteriology. This is no longer an issue of ecclesiastical power or of male chauvinism. We need a biblical cosmology, a clear statement of how the world is made that can answer both the feminist and LGBT dismissal of gender, behind which... Continue Reading

Should the General Assembly vote to receive the Minority Report, it would not be clear what we are actually recommending to our churches. In fact, the message would be inherently contradictory. The Minority Report is offered as a supplement to the Committee Report, affirming that “the majority has already done significant, able work with which... Continue Reading

There would be an eight-month delay on all cases decided at the SJC’s fall stated meeting each October.  In its report to the Houston GA this year, the SJC is reporting decisions in 10 cases and all were unanimous except one (and that one was 18-1).  Despite that unanimity, each of those cases would be... Continue Reading

In 2013, the GA dealt with part two of the study committee’s report. This report was a 163-page in-depth study of the history of missions and the Insider Movement, interaction with Scripture and Reformed theology, with recommendations for churches to help them in their evangelistic and mission outreach. There was also a 65-page minority report... Continue Reading

Jennings: I wish we were able to interact with “Insider Movements” and other Christian phenomena in categories in more nuanced ways than by asking the single, seemingly straightforward question – one that for us is intertwined with Greco-Latin-European linguistic-conceptual categories – “Is it faithful to the Bible or not?” Garner: On the basis of careful... Continue Reading

Does the Insider Movement contradict Jesus at this point, if it advises converts to sublimate their public profession or to remain as hidden believers or to hide their light under a bushel? To make things crystal clear, Jesus then gives a summary comparison: “Anyone who loves his father and mother more than me is not... Continue Reading

I am personally persuaded that a change in our practice as a denomination is necessary. I am well aware that bringing all the disciplinary cases that rise to the denominational level before the General Assembly could become unwieldy, to say the least. However, according to our own constitution, the General Assembly shall have the power... Continue Reading

The Gospel Reformation Network (GRN) is a collaboration of Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) ministers who are concerned about the balance and accuracy of gospel preaching in our denomination.  Specifically, we are working to bolster the biblical and confessional doctrine of sanctification.  Our concern is that in the fervor of today’s well-placed emphasis on the... Continue Reading

Unlike the Committee Report, the Minority Report contains no actual evaluation, theological or otherwise, of the various forms of the Insider Movement that are advocated in open missiological literature, taught in some seminaries and practiced in the field.  This lack of rigorous, detailed analysis makes it impossible to tell precisely which aspects of Insider Movement... Continue Reading