Jin S. Kim, Pastor of Church of All Nations, Minneapolis; Presbytery – Twin Cities Area

The Layman is asking each candidate to identify the top five issues at the upcoming General Assembly, and share your position on each. (Answers are printed exactly as received – each candidate had a 500-word limit)

Becoming a Missional Church
The Presbyterian Church needs to renounce its pervasive fear of change, which makes the emergence of new life almost impossible………

The New Form of Government Proposals
The nFOG task force sought a more flexible, foundational, and missional polity. Bureaucracies over time tend to become rule-bound, legalistic and defensive, slowly eroding the original mission for which the church was constituted………

The Belhar Confession
I served on the 15 member Special Committee on the Belhar Confession, which unanimously recommended adoption into our Book of Confessions………

The Israel/Palestine Issue
I affirm Israel’s right to exist as a state and to defend itself from those who seek its harm. As Christians, we condemn any acts of terrorism and aggression against Israel’s inhabitants. But affirming Israel’s right to exist doesn’t mean that we ignore obvious acts of injustice against Palestinians………

COGA proposes middle governing body commission
We should pay attention to this proposal as there will be far-reaching consequences, perhaps for the better.

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