Puritanboard Junior
By we, I mean the denomination I inhabit. The news is that after a 25 year existence, the PC(USA) has lost a million people, about a third of all who once called this denomination home:
PC(USA) - Research Services - Comparative Statistics 2008
You fill in the rest....
Rev. Toby L. Brown, pastor
Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church--in, but not of, the PC(USA)
Saxonburg, PA
A Classical Presbyterian
Proud member of The Westminster Fellowship
"The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which God is also highly exalted." --Jonathan Edwards
Backwoods Presbyterian (08-19-2009)
Puritanboard Doctor
Remember Toby the great words of Clifton Kirkpatrick (former Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), obscenely liberal) concerning the membership loss?
"It is not like they are going to more conservative congregations, they are leaving the church completely".
Last edited by Backwoods Presbyterian; 08-19-2009 at 10:26 AM. Reason: inside baseball explained
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As if to say, "At least it's not all bad."Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian
Hadn't thought of this before, but it is much akin to a communistic purge of the population, in order to bring about the workers' paradise.
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Puritanboard Junior
So, you're thinking this is like what Stalin did to the Ukrainian peasants?As if to say, "At least it's not all bad."
Hadn't thought of this before, but it is much akin to a communistic purge of the population, in order to bring about the workers' paradise.
I like that way you think!
Rev. Toby L. Brown, pastor
Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church--in, but not of, the PC(USA)
Saxonburg, PA
A Classical Presbyterian
Proud member of The Westminster Fellowship
"The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which God is also highly exalted." --Jonathan Edwards
Puritanboard Doctor
What has happened to the PC(USA) is so very sad.
We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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