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Originally Posted by Grymir  Hi everybody. I'm serious for once in this thread. I ran across this - PCUSA Assembly Approves Deleting Gay Clergy Ban| Christianpost.com - I've been debating whether to stay or leave. I don't have many choices where I live. But this one really gets to me. This is even worse than Barth being quoted in a Sermon in a good way. What would y'all do. Is this a final straw issue to any of you? |
The final straw for us 23 years ago was the effect of the reunion of the PCUS to the UPCUSA forming what is now the PC(USA). We were PCUS at the time. It was my responsibility as a husband and father for being under sound teaching.
The watershed issue at the time was women in the clergy and that they were also forcing acceptance women in the eldership. We actually had a woman in the congregation, married with two small children. She said she just didn't "feel called" to be a mother but she did "feel called" to the ministry. She was greatly aided and abetted by the minister as well as supported by her husband. We left for the PCA.
There is no way I would tolerate a ranting, raving, s*d*m*te as any lawfully ordained elder, let alone a lawfully ordained minister.
You're right. You've done what you can. You have fought the good fight. If it wasn't time to leave before, it is now.