Category: Extra
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Yes, It’s Sodomy
Sodomy. Okay, I said it. I’m sorry if I offended you. But wait. I’m not sorry. Sodomy is the Bible’s language when it comes to homosexuality. The AIC report may call it same sex attraction (SSA), but the Bible calls the act behind that attraction sodomy (Genesis 19:1-8; 1 Timothy 1:8-10; 2 Peter 2:6).
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AIC Recommendations Create Hidden Legal and Financial Risks
If the General Assembly adopts the recommendations of the Ad-Interim Committee (AIC) to permit the ordination of celibate homosexuals, it will have profound legal and financial consequences for churches in the EPC. These concerns are not addressed in the AIC final report or in any of the proposed documents that will be presented during the…
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Searching for Unicorns
In ancient times people searched for the unicorn, a mythical creature with the body of a horse and a spiraling horn on its forehead. Of course, no unicorn was ever found because unicorns don’t exist in real life. In recent years, evangelicals have searched for a different kind of unicorn. With great zeal and determination,…
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A Letter from Andrew Brunson
I am writing out of love for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and deep concern for the future of our denomination. As many of you know, I served for 25 years as a missionary in Turkey, planting churches. In 2016, I was arrested on false charges of espionage and terrorism and spent two years in Turkish…
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Is Ordaining SSA Persons
a “Non-Essential”?
A Response to the
TE Letter to SessionsRecently, some Clerks of Session received a letter from a group of EPC Teaching Elders with exhortations and statements apparently aimed at reassuring the church that all is well with the Ad Interim Committee (AIC) and that those who suggest otherwise are “sowing fear and unrest.” In fact, things are not well in the EPC.…
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Complaint Filed Against
Presbytery of the AllegheniesClaiming that their overture was improperly handled by the Presbytery of the Alleghenies (POA), New Albany Presbyterian Church (NAPC) in Columbus, Ohio, has filed a formal complaint which will be sent to the Permanent Judicial Commission. The complaint, filed by four NAPC Ruling Elders, followed the November 15 meeting of the POA, during which commissioners…
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PJC Sustains Complaint Against Presbytery of the Alleghenies
The Presbytery of the Alleghenies acted improperly by not allowing an overture addressing same sex attraction to be considered for a vote, according to a ruling by the Permanent Judicial Commission. In the January 15 ruling, the PJC sustained in part a complaint brought by New Albany Presbyterian Church (NAPC) in Columbus, Ohio. NAPC elders…
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Chair of Ministerial Committee Resigns Over Homosexuality Report
In March, TE Bill Reisenweaver resigned as chairman of the Ministerial Committee of the Presbytery of Florida and the Caribbean as an act of conscience in response to the Ad Interim Committee on Same-Sex Attraction. Previously, Bill served as Moderator and Chair of the Leadership Team for the presbytery. He chaired the Ministerial Committee for…