Letters To The Editor – July 15, 2010
Local Church Not Represented By Presbyterians’ Liberal Branch
Dear Editor:
Because a daily newspaper is no longer available to me, I depend on the Yahoo and Fox News web sites each morning for national and international news.
On July 8 Fox News ran a story about the Presbyterian Church (USA) and its General Assembly held this year at the Minneapolis Convention Center. At the assembly the delegates voted to allow non-celibate gay men and lesbian women to be ordained as clergy. Under current church policy, members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are eligible to become clergy, deacons or elders only if they are married or celibate. The new policy would strike references to sexuality altogether in favor of any candidate committed to “joyful submission to worship of Christ.”
In addition, the Committee on Civil Union and Marriage Issues recommended to the full assembly that the definition of marriage be changed from “a woman and a man” to “two people”. Only by a very narrow margin was this proposal defeated. The Fox News.com article invited comments from its readers. Because I feared that non-Presbyterians would not be aware that there are numerous Presbyterian denominations, I submitted the following comment:
The reader should understand that this article deals only with the assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), an ultra-liberal, Bible-ignoring, “let’s do it our way, not God’s way” church. This particular denomination does not represent all Presbyterians.
For instance, our own denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, is a Bible-teaching, Bible-preaching, Bible-believing denomination whose beliefs are far removed from those espoused here, and not only in the area of homosexuality.
If you are looking for a church practicing the reformed faith and truly working through God’s word, look up your nearest PCA church and give it a visit.
/s/Ersel King
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Dear Editor:
I would like to let the people of Water Valley and Yalobusha County know that the First Presbyterian Church (PCA), located on the corner of Main and Church Streets, is not associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) that made the news last week concerning those that they ordain as ministers.
We are a Bible believing church and would like to invite all who are not churched or any who would like to visit us and see for yourself our total adherence to the inerrancy of the Bible.
/s/James Knox Baddley