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Denominational leader publicizes plan to commit ecclesiastical treason

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The denominations may be different, but the rules being broken and the tactics being applied are the same. Both the United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) prohibit their ordained leaders from participating in the performance of same-sex weddings. All ordained officers have agreed to submit to and be governed by the mutually agreed…

Signs of thinning line between church discipline and anarchy in the PCUSA

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Commentary by Carmen Fowler LaBerge The difference between a representative form of governance and anarchy is the mutual submission of a people to a set of rules that will govern their common life. For those who choose to be a part of the Presbyterian Church (USA) those rules originate with God, are revealed in the…

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