The Rev. James Mead has submitted his resignation as pastor to Pittsburgh Presbytery, where for eight years he has worked to ease local tensions even as national ones grew larger.
At least two large congregations in the presbytery are on the verge of leaving the denomination, but Dr. Mead, 60, cited pressing family concerns as his reason for returning to the West Coast.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Looks like every demonination has their problems.
I just caught the end of your show today May 10th. I am an elder in the PCUSA. It is unfortunate that we are drawing our line in the sand around the homosexual issue.
For nearly 30 years the PCUSA has been supporting the murder of unborn children. May the Lord forgive us for not standing up for them. The problem is not who wer are going to ordain it is with whom we have ordained. We have leaders who do not believe the bible is the word of God, nor do they believe in the divinity of Christ nor that He is the Savior of the world. That is why this denomination will fall.
You said your guest waffeled on saying that homosexuality is a sin because he has a heart for these folks and loves them. I would say if that were true he could do nothing but tell them the turth.
May the Lord bless your ministry.
I just heard a bit of today's broadcast while running in and out of the grocery store and I don't even know the speaker's name, but he was from the Presbyterian church.
Thank you for having him on the show and for your wonderful insights and comments. I think homosexuality, and therefore ordination of them, is against God's plan; but I think the church has too often made homosexuals feel ostracized and certainly unwelcome in the church. They should not be expected to change before coming to Christ ( how could they anyway without Him!) and they will need the church to support them in that process. I belonged to a church that had gay people as members. I was glad they were in the church but felt that the church should have, in love, told them that their lifestyle was not God's plan, after they became Christians (which is the first and most important issue). But my church did not do that. They just let them become members without addressing that area or ever expecting any attempt to give that over to Christ. They were even put in leadership positions. We ended up leaving that church, becuase of the handling of this issue, but mostly because of liberal teaching (ie. questioning whether the Bible is God's word). The church I attend now at least attempts to teach on sexual wholeness in Christ, and does not distinguish between any kind of sexual sin, but I'm not sure if a gay person would feel welcome or not. I hope that your show and your good comments can produce some thinking on how we love this group of people. Thank you again!
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