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Learning from the Lutherans

July 29, 2010

The 219th General Assembly (2010) sent to the presbyteries an amendment to G-6.0106b that emphasizes the high standard of joyful submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and ceases to rely on one contested interpretation of Scripture concerning sexual ethics.  Commissioners also voted to recommend that the PCUSA engage in dialogue about marriage. As these [...]

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The Witness of Archbishop Tutu

March 17, 2010

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, continues to insist on God’s love for all – and to challenge people of faith whose actions lead to harm for others.

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And Grace Will Lead Me Home: Inclusion and Evangelical Conscience

November 30, 2009

Dr. Mark Achtemeier Address delivered to the 2009 Conference “The Church We Can See from Here” – that’s what we are supposed to be talking about here. I have every confidence in the ability of my colleagues to address this discussion with genuine wisdom and deep insight. For myself I confess the topic makes me [...]

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Relating, “Knowing One,” and Politics in the Church

November 30, 2009

Dawne Moon, addressing the 2009 Conference It’s really great for me to be here, because Presbyterians were actually my first contact with people who believed there was a place for gay people in the church. My best friend’s family when I was growing up were members of Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York. [...]

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Which side are you on? And are there more than two?

November 25, 2009

- Cynthia M. Campbell   In the debate about the status of gay and lesbian members of the Presbyterian Church (USA), it sometimes seems as though the only options are “for” and “against.” Either one condemns homosexuality as contrary to God’s will or one affirms homosexual persons and puts discussion of appropriate behavior off limits. [...]

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Can people change their sexual orientations? Should the church require gay and lesbian Christians to try to change their orientations in order to be ordained?

November 25, 2009

Nancy J. Ramsay In The Spirit and the Forms of Love, Daniel Day Williams suggested that “love has communion in freedom as its goal.” Sexual orientation refers to the way women and men self-identify in our sexual attraction to others. But it is more than a matter of preferred sexual partners. Sexual orientation is part [...]

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