Very disturbing. I used to be a member of a church in the PC USA and this issue is one of the reasons I left. Those who advocate for LGBTQ plus affirmation are committing a fundamental error in thinking that sexual desire or how feels about one’s gender determines identity. It is a whole problem of metaphysics and is highly manipulative.
I'm a smoker.I don't think god likes people that smoke. Should I not be allowed to go to church and pray? I'm a sinner a pretty bad one to boot. I am trying to better myself And become a better christian. Shouldn't a gay person have that opportunity as well? I'm still on the fence on this. So don't come down on me too hard on your reply.🙂
@@VindictiveRaider I think you are talking about something different. The church, of course, should welcome those who recognize their sin and want to repent. It should guide them to repentance. What is happening though is that people are saying that these things are not sin and those who practice those behaviors need not repent. There’s a world of difference.
I thought about it and have been attending a Unity Spiritual Center because that is in their statement of faith "believe what you want", been looking for a different church and it won't be Presbyterian if they believe that too.
It's like they want reality to bend to their will. Is that how it ought to work, though? I guess if you have enough money and detachment from reality, no question of "why not?" is inconceivable.
I now understand how radical the Gospel of Christ is. Either you believe it all, or you reject it all. The PUSA rejected it all and is for some ungodly reason happy about it.
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV).
You know there are sound biblical arguments over the topic of gay marriage, abortion, and any other hotly contested topic. I'm not saying that this doctrinal change wasn't spurred by modern opinions but at least hear the biblical arguments out.
@@GoodBoyWonder your an idiot if you think a biblical arguments for anything is by its own virtue un-christian. It's a Christians virtue to read the Bible and come to a conclusion based on the facts, it's literally some peoples job. Just because someone reads the Bible and comes to a conclusion that goes against what YOU believe doesn't mean they're not a Christian.
@@skibidibap4411 False, you are spreading lies and misinformation. There is not a single verse in the entire scripture that allows either gay marriage or abortion and anyone who claims otherwise should not poses the franchise.
Mainline churches are basically "why bother?" churches. When your church has no distinct theology, is blatently unbiblical in its teaching and is more focused on promoting the latest social justice cause being pushed by the corporate media instead of traditional Christian values, people say, why bother going to church when none of it matters anyway?
@@phylocybe_ Your facts are filled with lies. A person doesn't have to submit to the Roman tradition to obey Christ. "When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest".
Modernist theology has the same modus operandi every time: it begs for a seat at the table, then it argues to be at the head of the table, then it demands that everybody else leaves the table.
@@20quidI mean being modernist suggest it didn't exist before. The point of modern theology is novelty be it materialistic or fad theology. The fact they pushed out and infiltrated these denominations suggests the opposite of what you claim. If an institution isn't exclusive in it's morality it functionally has no morality let alone theology.
Actually, it's opposite of that! Faith is the belief in things not seen! We need faith to be able to accept God and to follow his commandments that we may be humble and teachable that our faith will grow because of the blessings that are showered down on us. When we look on the face of God, either when he comes or he shows himself to us in mortality, then we will no longer need faith because we will know for a fact!😊
The comments from the PCUSA's affirming committee in response to the conservative group sound an awful like the folks who scoffed at conservatives who suggested that legalizing gay marriage would lead to florists and cake decorators being sued for refusing to work a gay wedding. We know how that turned out.
Ah yes, the cake wars. It reminded me an awful lot about how segregationists refused to serve black people in public accommodations due to their "sincerely-held religious beliefs". We know how that turned out.
@@andyiswonderful If someone comissions art from you of a particular 1930's socialist in heroic fashion would you accept and provide it? The cake bakers offered them other cakes or to do other designs, but did not do a design that was specifically intended to offend them. it would be like going to a jewish Deli and demanding Bacon, then suing them when they refuse.
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 What are you worthy of and what dignity do you have according to scripture? Not that you let scripture dictate what you believe, because you would not be "uu" if you did.
From its beginning Protestantism has claimed “Sola Scriptura”. The problem is no one could agree how to interpret the Bible , Luther disagreed with Zwingli who disagreed with Calvin etc etc .. “Sola Scriptura” is a self defeating argument because no 2 people can agree on what exactly “ the Bible” means. Luther , Calvin etc believed it was Secular Christian Leaders who had to decide what was right … which is why in all Protestant countries the Head of the State and the Head of the Church were the King/Queen … by its nature Protestants will fracture because there is no fixed set of interpretation… if each person “ Believes in the Bible” there will be as many denominations as there are people!
"Nobody is being forced to..." Yeah they are. ALL people who wish to become Ministers of Word and Sacrament (ordained clergy) in the PC(USA) are examined as to their views and commitment to the Book of Order. Failure to agree to conduct one's ministry by the requirements of the Book of Order means a "NO" vote for approval to be ordained and to accept a call. If that's not forcing someone to comply, I don't know what is. I just retired after 28 years of ministry in the PC(USA); I know what I'm talking about. I invite comments seeking clarification on any of this.
Thank you for posting this. I was just about to enroll in a pre-sem college course that's a bachelor's and then off to seminary for either of the PCUSA & ELCA....I'm more shocked of what you mentioned and how quickly I'm leaving PCUSA
@@mcnielentertainment Here's the thing: The last time the issues came up, the decision was made to send ordination decisions back to the presbyteries who would do the ordaining. That actually fits PC(USA) polity as it has historically been. That's where it stands as of right now. I wouldn't make ANY decisions right now as to leaving a denom or etc. I don't think the Presbyteries are going to want to ratify any arm-twisting measures like this one seems to be. It might not even get approved at General Assembly! In the meantime, you'll still need your Bacherlor's and your Seminary degree. Go ahead! Remember, it's God who called you, not a denomination. You can sort that out later. Grace and peace to you, and prayers!
@@Mns_87You realize its mention of slavery is descriptive as opposed to prescriptive, right? Just because it is not actively fought does not mean it is endorsed.
@@intergalactichumanempire9759 not all bad, we have good faithful denominations. They are smaller, but a small church with true believers is better then a large one with heretics
Don’t. Sorting the wheat from the chaff theologically has been going on for a long time. I’m a PCA member we left the PCUSA in the early ‘70s. Churches are voluntary associations of people who believe the same thing. The Catholic Church has closed many parishes and lost many members. Same thing. And that’s not a criticism, I’m a great admirer but this is and has been going on for a long time in churches everywhere.
Speaking as a Presbyterian, don't feel too bad. We have a lot of Conservative evangelical Presbyterian churches in the UK. Including EPCEW and the IPC (the latter of which I can say as a laymember is growing). Yes it is sad to lose some of the old buildings to liberals selling them after dying out as a congregation, but pretty buildings are not the be all and end all.
@@thomasturton1118 My nephew just went through this with the Methodist church he was attending. The powers that be made a huge effort to win the vote and keep the churches in the UMC. So, they did that and the congregants left. Now they have a bunch of empty churches.
I mean good luck with that. Us evangelicals will be sitting over here. Waiting for all the mainline churches to go Tango Uniform and then we can buy their buildings and establish real churches in them again.
@@FlyingGospela return to Rome? That’s jumping from a ship that’s sunk to a ship that’s sinking. Francis and co are playing the progressives’ long game and it’s plain to all of us who don’t have some emotional reason to deny it.
It always seem to start out as a request by change agents for tolerance then progresses to intolerance to those who earlier agreed to be tolerant to the change agents.
The same situation happened to the RLDS church, as the leaders have, quite successfully, created a new denomination and organization. This process takes deliberate deceit and gaslighting against faithful members and friends.
"When I am weaker than you I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles"- Frank Herbert
My faith has been recently reawakened within the past 6 months, but my understanding is that we are called to repentance and to deny the self, not to indulge the self. What makes pornography an indulgence of the self, and homosexuality not? This needs to be a serious discussion.
The discussion should be over whether homosexuality is an intrinsic identity and not merely a fetish. When people treat it as an identity, something unchanging and at the foundation of their being, then it becomes harder to argue what makes it inherently wrong.
I am a gay Catholic. It is part of my identity. But I also understand how it is a sin. In the same manner as infidelity or masturbation or porn. Is it a mortal sin? Certainly not. But it doesn't lead to the holy institution of family, either. And that's what makes it wrong, not the orientation of my pleasure, which is irrelevant to the question.
@txquartz I'm curious how do you deal with your feelings? I'm surrounded by LGBTQIA friends and family so it's kinda hard to get the message across... Would appreciate your help! Thx
You will not find liberal Christians who agree with your premise. They believe and teach that love is indulgent, not disciplined. Everything else they believe and do follows logically. (It is, of course, all sin; your understanding is correct.)
17:04 At risk of sounding like the stereotypical Catholic mocking stereotypical Protestants… what is the point of being in a church that says “you can believe what you want?” EDIT: Just to be 110% clear, I’m calling out the official statement being quoted at that time stamp. This is not me just picking on Protestants in general. Thats what Knights of Columbus meetings are for. ;)
When I heard that response to the dissents I thought the same thing. I perceived it as “as long as you simply go through all the motions, you can believe whatever you want.” But, the breaking apart of Protestant denominations is an inherent flaw in the movement. (Full disclosure: I am a Protestant)
I'm a baptist and I agree... We can't just believe what we want, we should believe in the bible, the written word of God. I think they said that to try not to split the church... but its already splited... Just not in the outside. That being said, we can disagree in some theology, but not in the fundamentals. I would rather go to a catholic church (that i disagree a lot, but i believe still has the fundamentals), than attend a progressive church that threw out Christ to make the world happy. (sorry about my English. Not my native language)
Along with the other comments. Believing what you want has to do with small variations and theological view. Let's take eternal security of a believer. My pastor and I actually discussed this all the time. He's 100% on the side of that I am not so sure. I won't bore you with the details but we can disagree on that but we agree on all the big stuff. On the small things I go back and read the Bible he reads the Bible and we have a conversation. The type of stuff they're talking about there's just no common ground. The Bible is crystal clear on certain things and I just don't see how you get around it I'm with the previous poster. I'd gladly go to a Catholic church then some progressive non denominational church. Sure I disagree on certain things but on the big stuff, we are good.
It's interesting hearing a movement of younger people to stricter denominations - being told you can do whatever you want doesn't really make for a fulfilling faith experience. Having values members are counseled to hold to, requirements one must reach before joining a church, it of course is going to turn many many people away, but in the end you'll have a much stronger church, with members who actually want to serve one another.
Some churches need to consider. Mark 7:8 "For laying aside the commandments of God, you hold the traditions of men....... Mark 7:13 "Making the word of God of no effect through you tradition... Acts 5:29 "Peter and the other apostles answered and said: We ought to obey God Rather than men." Accepting someone does not mean supporting them not following God's teachings and example. You can love them but not agree with everything they do.
A loving parent disciplines their child. A loving friend warns their fellows. To see someone indulging in sin is like watching someone drink themselves to death and do nothing.
Shocker, the people who subscribe to their own interpretation of the scriptures are suddenly trying to purge the ones who actually agree with tradition...funny how this always ends the same way.
Let me make sure I understand this. According to the pro-amendment camp, churches will still be able to call whomever they want...but, at minimum, all new pastors coming out of the seminaries will be required to hold to these heterodox beliefs? How naive do they think people are?
They aren't betting that the people are naive. They're betting on the people not caring enough to do something about it. And they know there is more that don't care than there are those that care
@savioblanc Oh certainly, I have no doubt that is their real strategy. However, for those who are at least somewhat paying attention it should be possible to see right through their answer.
As denominations chase after secular morality they become what Paul describes in 2 Timothy 3:1-9. Outwardly they look to be followers of Christ, but inwardly they're as corrupt and craven as the unsaved, and they celebrate it, rather than seeking freedom from sin. They have the truth that Christ died for our sins, but they focus on talking about Christ coming to teach us about love, and they distort His teachings to focus on tolerance and acceptance, instead of repentance.
@@christophekeating21It's a hymn that they used to avoid because it emphasized salvation by Grace alone. Mormons used to prefer the doctrine of "Faith without Works is Dead" more or less. The hymn is not too different from "Amazing Grace" which is still not sung by them...yet 😅
Fun Fact: the “mainline” in mainline Protestantism refers to the “Main Line” of infrastructure improvements built to connect Philadelphia to the new capital in Harrisburg. Chief among these was the Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. Wealthy residents (read: Protestants) of Philadelphia quickly established suburbs along the mainline, building protestant churches as they went. These were therefore the “mainline churches”, and the area is still referred to as the mainline. These mainline churches were distinguished from the lower class protestant churches (and Catholic Churches) of the city. Thus the wealthy denominations can to be called the mainline churches or mainline denominations. This wealthy suburbanizing trend occurred in every major city as the railroad mainlines were built, so the term gain common purchase across the country. And that’s how we got the mainline in mainline Protestant.
I remember how God describes certain Luke warm churches and says that he basically vomits them out. Well, I can see the main line denominations fitting that description.
Luther often spoke of "the Radicals". People split fellowship over a myriad of reasons, but I don't think even Luther could have conceived of how desperately wicked the American Christian landscape would get. Most are becoming antinomians these days. American Protestants are a mess in 2024.
I don't mean to sound arrogant or conceited, but I think the problem is people know more about Luther, Calvin, or contemporary authors and writers than they do of scripture. Read Kings and Chronicles, Israel itself a nation explicitly founded by God and guided by God's very hand with his presence in their very temple did not go long before turning back to Idolatry. David had the holy spirit and still comitted multiple sins two of which the only penalty for was death, no forgiveness offering proscribed in Leviticus. If the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church, I can only fathom that's because it will be taken out of the world before that happens.
@@kriegjaeger. The gates of hell won’t prevail against the Church that Jesus established, the Catholic Church. Sure it had/has issues and needed reform, but there should never have been splits. The American Church landscape shows why. For all of Pope Francis’s talk of being open, he cannot go against scripture, church teachings, or church dogma…so the Catholic Church can never fall into this heresy.
@@billmartin3561 The catholic church worships idols and prays to a pantheon. Maybe not officially but it undeniably has Maryism and tokens of saints people worship and direct prayers to. Our worship is meant only for God.
So all discrimination is bad? Is it not right to discriminate against a 5year old who wants to deliver a sermon and prevent them from doing so? What about someone whose theological position is in direct contrast with scripture or the church’s doctrines? The Church belongs to Christ - man has no authority to change it so that it opposes Christ. A church that opposes Christ is not a Christian church.
I attended a Presbyterian USA seminary and had the deep impression that all were welcome, as long as one affirmed the progressive views of the faculty. There was a blantent self-imposed ignorance and denial by the instructors that many Presbyterians disagreed with the teachings that were being promoted. Students who openly questioned or rejected certain perspectives were often criticized and excluded by their peers. There was a lot of backbiting because of this. I felt there was freedom of expression and thought, as long as you supported the leftist messages. There were classes where the lessons clearly contradicted scripture, but there was never an explanation as to why that was. You simply needed to regurgitate the ideals of the professors. Anyone who did not yeild to what was being said was labed as racist, provential, or patriarchal. There was simply a lack of TRUE dialogue and critical thinking. In the midst of this, the seminary, out of necessity, had to sell property to merely stay afloat. Many seminarians lost their housing as a result. There was distrust between the student body, faculty, and administration. Simply no transparency. . . It seemed the institution was keen to neglect the open and all together theology they claimed to uphold and advocate, all for the sake of the dollar. Professors, who so often claimed advocacy for the marginalized, were suddenly silent. I am sure this was out of security for their jobs and positions. In all, it was clear that this method could not sustain itself. This seems to be a trend throughout the wider Presbyterian denomination. I believe Matthew 7:24-27 offers clear insight into this situation. The Presbyterian church is not the only faith group to encounter these challenges. But time will tell as the wheat and chaff separate themselves. Prayers for the Presbyterians who are overlooked and forgotten in this sad development.
My Dad spent one year at Princeton Theological Seminary in the mid-50's. He left after that year specifically because they were doing almost everything you wrote about to promote their ungodly view of the Lord and his Word.
Maybe conservatives should no longer tolerate "free expression" if the end result is always conservatives getting pushed out. But conservatives are always on the defensive, remaining reactive instead of proactive
‘These people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
Unfortunately, I think things will start falling apart in the Catholic Church too. A lot of conservative Catholics would argue it already has with Pope Francis. The next 20 years are going to be extremely volatile I’m afraid
Many Roman Catholics are so busy sneering and jeering at the Protestants sliding down the slippery slope of leftism that they don't realize that they themselves are on that same slope as those they are jeering, slightly behind but moving downhill just as fast. Exhibit A: Frankie the Frankenpope, the Vicar of Wokeness...
@@scotthinzman7698 And the problem with Roman Catholicism is that it is not Biblically catholic concerning the core content of the gospel: the righteousness of Christ for us. Only His righteousness saves. Our righteousness is for sanctification not justification. But if saved, personal, though imperfect this side of glory, righteousness manifests in the believer. It is a response of gratitude for God's mercy. But as a Biblical protestant, I feel much more at home with conservative Roman Catholics than with Leftist fake Protestants. Btw, I am a Protestant-Catholic.
In 2016 I lived one block away from the manhattan Protestant riverside church. As a faithful catholic , I poked my head inside and walked around to see what riverside was offering, it was wall to wall Black Lives Matter posters and pride flags. No thanks
I'm also a Catholic, and yeah some (but not all) mainline protestant churches feel frighteningly similar to unitarianism at this point. But we shouldn't ignore the fact that this tendency is present in the Catholic church as well. It hasn't permeated the church to that point yet but we must remain vigilant and pray orthodoxy is maintained.
@@scotthinzman7698 I went to their website and it certainly looks like a satirical take on a radical leftist unChristian "church". So basically borderline unitarian.
@@scotthinzman7698 i didn’t know it was previously Presbyterian. As a high church traditional Catholic derp in my faith and history with lots of research into all the permutations and manifestations of Protestant denominations, I agree with you. There was nothing inside or outside the church building that was Christian, Protestant or otherwise. In the world of spiritual warfare, the Christians have lost the battle of Riverside church and it has been occupied by pagan forces.
@@JaceyMitchell orthodoxy will clearly be maintained until our Lord’s second coming. The only question is why percentage of God’s children will remain faithful and be vigilantly awaiting His return. Catholics are obviously not immune to turning their backs on God.
This is how it pans out. They charge things to allow contentious things with opt outs for those who disagree, then down the line they make it compulsory. Not just in churches but everywhere.
As someone who recently came back to the Catholic church since March. Seeing these denominations split makes me sad but at same time there really is nothing new under the sun.
_For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you._ 1 Corinthians 11:18-19 LSB
How is the catholic church doing in the north? Here in South America things are really crazy, I'm a Protestant but I have a lot of cousins that are catholics and they're fighting like crazy against liberation theology and socialist influence. I already knew about these divisions in the catholic church, but nowadays things are crazy, some catholics really hate the pope.
@@MattM.Silva01In the north there are some issues, but not nearly as much. In fact, there is a great traditional shift going on in the north that Pope Francis is trying to rail against. He can’t stop it though.
@@MattM.Silva01 That's been the case for nearly a century right? I had always heard Catholicism in South America was far more susceptible to socialist influence and quirky forms of syncretism
@@mikeymullins5305 The HIGHEST law is to love and serve GOD; THEN love thy neighbor. We DO love them, that's why we call them to repentance. For without repentance, NONE can be saved in the Kingdom of God.
I don't know if you're tired of hearing this from other commenters by now, but I am always impressed and refreshed by what a genuinely neutral, pure education perspective you always bring in these videos
I’m a former PCUSA member. I left because the toleration of sinfulness morphed into promotion of sinfulness, starting with the promotion of gay marriage, clearly a violation of the Bible. It seems that repentance of sin is no longer a thing in the PCUSA.
They have their own heresies that place them outside of the church. Only God and scripture maintains the church, through people. The magisterium works for the other team.
Clown mass Homosexual blessings Eastern Catholicism Nestorian sacred heart Fillioque heresy Immaculate conception heresy Original guilt heresy False decretals (used to back concilliar decisions btw) 3 pope controversy (western schism) Documents deemed to have papal "infalliblility" arent the only things you must follow, all ordinary documents are binding on your conscious Cheiti and Alexandria documents Pachamama Mass abuse of children Etc. Yup, sure does seem like the unblemished true church
Good thought, but not likely! I think biblically conservative people left a LONG time ago to join the PCA from the 1970's on. The churches that left last mostly went to ECO. That group wouldn't go to PCA, ARP, or OPC because they don't allow women pastors or elders, and there may be other differences. So I am thinking most that leave at this point would be going to ECO. We left over 30 years ago.
I saw a meme on Facebook, posted by someone I know who is a convert from Catholic to Episcopal: "We all make errors in our theology: you and me both. So my recommendation is to err on the side of love." Said person believes in celebrating and accepting everyone, which seems to be the norm in the Episcopal church today. Where did God go?
Fully expecting him to make a video about this at some point. He has said in the past that he's a fan of RTH and has recommended this channel to those wanting an unbiased look at denominations.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan I doubt it. He's doing good things but it's also worth pointing out that, while he does have a pretty significant following for a religious TH-camr, he's just one guy on the Internet and his following is also split between both mainline churchgoers, evangelicals, and also probably non-religious but Christian-curious people as well.
I know these same arguments were made when it was decided to allow pagan idols in the Temple of Jerusalem. We all know how that 'inclusions' turned out for Israel.
If all these mainline churches keep formally rupturing over a number of the most fundamental questions of Faith & Morals that were once touted as being “basic fundamental Christian truths necessary for salvation,” I’d imagine a mainline protestant should pause to give serious discernment to the whole Protestant schema and framework. As I saw with the UCC and UMC ruptures, lots of protestants lamenting their mainline brethren “abandoning the Gospel truth” then not scrutinizing any further, as we see (once unified) mainline protestantism go through further balkanization. It’s getting to the point where mainline protestants are now embracing those basic heresies of Docetism/Arianism/Pelagianism/etc.
It's getting hard for me to call them "mainline" denominations when they are falling victim to fringe heresies that would never have been acceptable. But if you think the papist faith is any better than I have a bridge to sell you. The current pope seems just as interested in these fringe ideas as these "mainline" churches. Catholics and these Protestants are more alike than unalike.
Wait a minute, that same pope said that there's too much faggotry,(in a negative light) i dont know if he's following those same churches. And lastly, he doesn't establish our faith, he's not infallible, he can be wrong @@ethanduncan1646
@@ethanduncan1646it seems that my original comment was deleted by youtube, but even the catholic church says that the pope can be wrong and obviously, the pope will never be perfect, humans are not perfect, so maybe, he was wrong....or you are misinterpreting, and btw, that same pope used some strong words against homosexuals not long ago, so maybe he's not taking the liberal or mainline church route...
There will be a new group of 'mainline' denominations. It's already happening. I went to an ECO church last week in an old shopping mall. There were several hundred people at the 11 AM service and I bet almost as many at 9 AM, while the local PCUSA churches are closing down.
@@salvadorhenriquez4091I don't think pope Francis in particular to be bad but I feel like he needs to make his stance clear. His statements last year in same sex couples for example caused major discourse and disagreements among the other branches of the Catholic world especially the ones in Ukraine and Africa who feel like Rome is becoming too close to Western secular forces. There needs to a greater crackdown on corrupt members of the church and the secular forces trying to weasel their way into the Catholic church.
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@@ddrse this is lying to oneself, because it ignores what is written in scripture. It's being LGBQT and having cognitive dissonance on what Religion's stance has always been towards gays. It is bigoted, plain and clear. LGBQT do not need Religion, they can and are living a moral and spiritual life without Religion and god belief without having to fool themselves.
Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Do not be misled. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom. 1 Cor 6:9,10
@@FriarJoe66The Rainbow Mafia could still go after the animals first. Kids and pets are the two remaining frontiers to be conquered. Going after the kids might be easier tho, pets have PETA and such…
Step 1: "We DONT have the right to dismiss homosexuality from the Christian community" Step 2: "We DO have the right to dismiss you from the Christian community for not affirming homosexuality"
The Order from God was to reproduce when you get married. Two men or two women can not do it. Additionally is the Tradition of the Church. They never Married two men or two women,... then it can not be done.
@@Patrick-sb2sb “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” - Romans 1:26-27 “For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;” - 1 Timothy 1:10 “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” - Jude 7 No the Holy Bible talks about homosexuality, not in a positive light. Nice try and defending homosexuality though.
You can't be a practicing homosexual and lead people into the Kingdom of God. First you need repentance, and to turn from your ways. This is essentially the issue.
@@TheNabOwnzz cool story, bro. The Bible doesn't really deal in identities of people, it refers to behavior. So, when St. Paul talks about the homosexual not inheriting the kingdom of God, he's talking about those who do that behavior. I think it's important to point out that our identifies as Christians is truly all that matters, and for someone to identify themselves homosexual over and above their identity as a Christian is idolatry as well. But those who struggle with same sex attraction, and seek the kingdom of God, and don't give into the lusts of the flesh, and don't live right in their own eyes, I think it is possible for them to be truly Christian.
@@FriarJoe66 Often, but not necessarily on the aggregate. Honestly it doesn't even really matter. I'm referring to the fact that a rapidly-growing conservative PCUSA TH-camr has been advocating for the retaking of mainline denominations through simply staying in and waiting it out on the premise that the more liberal churches and members are dying. He might be right and he might not be, but this clearly shows how fraught such an endeavor is without congregational church polity. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this current change in the PCUSA book of order arose in reaction to his channel. This is how his fantasy ends, with a reaction from the embodiment of the very same traditionalism he larps. It really highlights why these conservatives jump ship for random evangelical denomination/schism #4306 or what have you and it is not like many who join groups like the GMC didn't consider the possibility of exactly this, even if you take a very cynical view of the people leading schismatic groups. I'm not saying jumping ship is correct, but perhaps your local elders and ministers weren't as ignorant as you in all your 25 years of wisdom or whatever assumed. I'm not a boomer, but the irony here is palpable.
It is unwise to "take back" a corrupt church. It is noble to try to lead them right, but you are powerless to do so and aren't immune from corruption yourself. More importantly, very few churchgoers go alone. In other words, they have families. If you would subject your loved ones to the ever-increasing theological nonsense, you are partially responsible should they stumble. Pray for these churches and judge them righteously, but don't fellowship with people who deny core aspects of Christianity for the delusional dream of taking back a building and the worldly institution the churches have become.
Why mock and scoff at a Christian trying to return their church to biblical orthodoxy. Maybe they wont succeed, but at least they are trying to do something positive. Who do you think God will be happier with? The scoffer or the one who tries? Thank the Lord you weren't around in the 1st century. You would be looking at Paul with pity saying 'Just give up, bro'...
For the Catholics attempting to use these occurances to criticize all Protestantism, I encourage you to do more research on the Synod on Synodality. You will quickly see these issues are nearer to the shores of the Tiber than many average Catholics realize and understand.
As a Catholic, I encourage _all_ - non-Catholic and Catholic alike - to learn more about the Synod on Synodality. As for those in the PCUSA, I ask our lord to grant you comfort and healing in your times of difficulty. And for any who may feel called - as I did - to seek a deeper communion with the Holy See than what I found in my mainline upbringing, please know that there are so many of us waiting to welcome you home to Holy Mother Church ❤
@seanainohearcai3860 The problem lies mostly in how the synod interprets the manner in which church teachings and doctrine are determined. Only time will tell, and the process will surely be slow, but the doors are being opened to create a new church altogether. Finding accurate reports on this matter is somewhat difficult. Progressive sources are unsatisfied with the seeming lack of progress, while many conservatives reports are in denial of the realities of these changes.
Even if the synod comes up with any sort of goofy stuff like this, it is 100% nonbinding. The One Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church will not and cannot defect from the Truth. Protestants think this means that we believe whatever the Church says becomes “the Truth” but the reality is we are, unlike these other “churches”, guided by the Holy Spirit and He will not let hell triumph over us.
it has been argued that by accepting liberalism and affirmation the church will be more united, inclusive and experience increased attendance so how is it that the more liberal and affirming a church is the more it suffers from decreasing attendance?
I was American Baptist in Southern California, and was part of the switch to Transformation Ministries in 2006. Our church was biblical, as we're the others in our region, which was why we left ABCUSA.
You might want to consider a rabbinic teaching on the difference between the way God punished the generation of the Flood (with total destruction) and those who built the Tower of Babel (with mere dispersion). God spared the latter because they were unified and worked together-even sinfully-whereas the generation of the Flood acted corruptly and violently toward other human beings.
@@KingoftheJuice18 I would not agree with that rabbinic teaching, that attempts to guess at the reasonings behind the mind of God. In reality, one reason God did not spare the pre-flood people was that their bloodline (Noah's family excepted) had been tainted with human-angelic hybrids known as Nephilim (Genesis 6).
I would suggest the book "Christianity and Liberalism " by J Gresham Machen, it shows the conflict between Harry Emerson Fosdick and Machen way back in the 1930's. Excellent book..
If you're craving even marginal amounts of theological stability those are your two options, everyone else is just a weather vane it seems. I'm a humble neoplatonist though, so it's not my fight, I'm just watching from my weird little corner with fascination.
So PCUSA has lost the plot too . God does not make up His mind via a " spectrum " of considerations. He's pretty black and white on what He determines right or wrong . Society changes. He doesn't . I'm thankful for His way . Peace
Woah those first 3 photos of churches that you had were all from my town! Bethlehem, PA. They were all separate Lutheran Churches that merged into one new one.
I wish some in the Catholic Church could see how perilously close we are coming to the mainline Protestants and the consequences of doing so. Being "inclusive and affirming" implies denial of the inerrancy of scripture. Once you deny the inerrancy of scripture, it is a race to the bottom.
This is what ultimately becomes of Protestantism: endless splitting up. When you split from the Church that Jesus and the Disciples founded to follow the teachings of "reformers" 1,500 years later, things are not going to go well.
@@michaelinsc1644 When someone in the Catholic Church decides to disagree with Catholic doctrine, they leave, either becoming atheists, Protestants, or members of another religion. When someone in a Protestant denomination decides to disagree with the denomination, they leave, becoming atheists, members of another denomination or another religion. The only difference is that they also have the option of starting a new denomination. Does your church have an unbroken succession to the Apostles? Fine, but if your teachings are not the same, that succession is of no value. The departure of the Church from Apostolic Teaching forced the Reformation. The Reformers weren’t eager for a split. Fortunately, Vatican II brought the Church back to the Bible, but that was rather late. It was long enough ago that many don’t remember what things were like before, but until recently, I had a tract from Dublin condemning Salvation by Grace through Faith as a “Damnable Heresy”. Recently, one of the best defenses of that doctrine that I have read was by a Catholic layman.
If it goes through, it will be used to expel the Reconquista faction, but the Reconquista movement is meant to be broader than just the PCUSA. But if the PCUSA expels its faithful members, then at least there will no longer be any reason for evangelicals to exhort them to come out from her.
Broad support from a bunch of PCUSA committees who all have some sort of mission where God is made no part. Somehow I can't say I'm all that surprised they like this change. I suspect they do not worship the same God I do and instead worship a god of their own making. Let them have their golden calf. God will deal with them in His time.
Is there any update on this?
Yes, thanks for asking: th-cam.com/users/postUgkx-iVIDFjuEtTgGOrEANTcgteaOlabB85C
@@ReadyToHarvest ta. 🙂
Very disturbing. I used to be a member of a church in the PC USA and this issue is one of the reasons I left. Those who advocate for LGBTQ plus affirmation are committing a fundamental error in thinking that sexual desire or how feels about one’s gender determines identity. It is a whole problem of metaphysics and is highly manipulative.
I'm a smoker.I don't think god likes people that smoke. Should I not be allowed to go to church and pray? I'm a sinner a pretty bad one to boot. I am trying to better myself And become a better christian. Shouldn't a gay person have that opportunity as well? I'm still on the fence on this. So don't come down on me too hard on your reply.🙂
@@VindictiveRaider I think you are talking about something different. The church, of course, should welcome those who recognize their sin and want to repent. It should guide them to repentance. What is happening though is that people are saying that these things are not sin and those who practice those behaviors need not repent. There’s a world of difference.
"This isn't about belief, you can believe what you want". This statement is a cause for pause and deep thought.
Don't think too deep. It's quite simple.
I thought about it and have been attending a Unity Spiritual Center because that is in their statement of faith "believe what you want", been looking for a different church and it won't be Presbyterian if they believe that too.
@@ninjason57 "Don't think too deep" -A great tagline for progressive churches.
It's like they want reality to bend to their will. Is that how it ought to work, though?
I guess if you have enough money and detachment from reality, no question of "why not?" is inconceivable.
I now understand how radical the Gospel of Christ is. Either you believe it all, or you reject it all. The PUSA rejected it all and is for some ungodly reason happy about it.
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV).
You know there are sound biblical arguments over the topic of gay marriage, abortion, and any other hotly contested topic. I'm not saying that this doctrinal change wasn't spurred by modern opinions but at least hear the biblical arguments out.
@skibidibap4411 Biblical arguments in support of those topics? Sounds heretical.
@@skibidibap4411 Biblical arguments in favor of those topics? Sounds un-Christian
@@GoodBoyWonder your an idiot if you think a biblical arguments for anything is by its own virtue un-christian. It's a Christians virtue to read the Bible and come to a conclusion based on the facts, it's literally some peoples job. Just because someone reads the Bible and comes to a conclusion that goes against what YOU believe doesn't mean they're not a Christian.
@@skibidibap4411 False, you are spreading lies and misinformation. There is not a single verse in the entire scripture that allows either gay marriage or abortion and anyone who claims otherwise should not poses the franchise.
Mainline churches are basically "why bother?" churches. When your church has no distinct theology, is blatently unbiblical in its teaching and is more focused on promoting the latest social justice cause being pushed by the corporate media instead of traditional Christian values, people say, why bother going to church when none of it matters anyway?
And they're reaping the rewards.
This is a very silly comment
Bet you'd like to go back to the good old days where the women and Blacks knew their place.
@@eesev2017 truth hurts, right jew?
I ask myself why did Jesus go to all the trouble of dying on the cross and rising again if it was just to tell us “if it feels good do it”. Mmmm.
This is what happens when the church's "conscience" is aligned to the world rather than to God.
Amen.
This is what happens when you break away from Christ’s Catholic Church
@@phylocybe_ as if the Roman Catholic Church hasn't had the same issues. Take the beam out of your eye.....
@@ninjason57 there is one Catholic Church that Christ started and many Protestant churches that refuse to obey Christ. That’s a fact.
@@phylocybe_ Your facts are filled with lies. A person doesn't have to submit to the Roman tradition to obey Christ. "When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest".
Modernist theology has the same modus operandi every time: it begs for a seat at the table, then it argues to be at the head of the table, then it demands that everybody else leaves the table.
It’s Narcissistic Personality Disorder meets religion.
And, the people that leave wise up and don't allow it inside, until younger generations refuse to listen. Rinse and repeat.
The fact that they didn't have a seat at the table to start just shows that the other side has been playing that exact same game for far longer.
@@20quidI mean being modernist suggest it didn't exist before. The point of modern theology is novelty be it materialistic or fad theology. The fact they pushed out and infiltrated these denominations suggests the opposite of what you claim. If an institution isn't exclusive in it's morality it functionally has no morality let alone theology.
That's the Neo-Marxist way.
I always enjoy your videos and your presentation. It's straight forward and to the point without condemnation. Simply factual. Thank you.
Thank you, Dennis.
@@ReadyToHarvest well that's Richie Cunningham reading it from the teleprompter just like a parrot 🤣🤣🤣
"...when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Luke 18.8
He will. These situations just clarify who are the sheep and goats, the wheat from the tares.
Actually, it's opposite of that!
Faith is the belief in things not seen!
We need faith to be able to accept God and to follow his commandments that we may be humble and teachable that our faith will grow because of the blessings that are showered down on us.
When we look on the face of God, either when he comes or he shows himself to us in mortality, then we will no longer need faith because we will know for a fact!😊
nope we told God in the 60's that we didn't need him! We are paying the price now.
Gonna be a WHOLE lotta HOT people that day
No. Because he's not coming back
10:14 “… that slope is pretty slippery.”
That’s a cliff, not a slope.
Indeed - that is pretty much a Jude and 2 Tim 3:3-5 embodiment there
good lmao
The comments from the PCUSA's affirming committee in response to the conservative group sound an awful like the folks who scoffed at conservatives who suggested that legalizing gay marriage would lead to florists and cake decorators being sued for refusing to work a gay wedding. We know how that turned out.
They know exactly what they're doing.
Ah yes, the cake wars. It reminded me an awful lot about how segregationists refused to serve black people in public accommodations due to their "sincerely-held religious beliefs". We know how that turned out.
@@andyiswonderfulyou sound dumb 😂
@@andyiswonderful
If someone comissions art from you of a particular 1930's socialist in heroic fashion would you accept and provide it?
The cake bakers offered them other cakes or to do other designs, but did not do a design that was specifically intended to offend them. it would be like going to a jewish Deli and demanding Bacon, then suing them when they refuse.
who predicted that?
Turns out Unitarian Universalists were just ahead of the curve.
Haha yeah, all Protestants will become Unitarian Universalists. It’s only a matter of time:
The inherent worth and dignity of all persons. That's the uu.
True, they were the first to reject Christ. Even beat the Congregationalists to that "standard."
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 What are you worthy of and what dignity do you have according to scripture? Not that you let scripture dictate what you believe, because you would not be "uu" if you did.
In so many ways
“It’s not an intellectual problem. People just don’t want to stop sinning.” J. Vernon McGee
McGee was a great, plain-spoken minister of God. I sure do miss him.
Just like the Garden, we want to be GODS!
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of WISDOM!
There are also "intellectual" problems at work.
They love sin , because they think it is a minor evil , & glamorous .
By their fruits you shall know them.
Yes, very fruity indeed.
Wasn't the idea of Protestantism that the Bible should be the ultimate authority? When did they replace the Bible with Committees for authority?
It was just a means for Satan to spread lies
Yeah, given Calvin and Luther, no that wasn't the whole point of Protestantism.
1946 when the word homosexuality was added to the Bible through mistranslation.
From its beginning Protestantism has claimed “Sola Scriptura”. The problem is no one could agree how to interpret the Bible , Luther disagreed with Zwingli who disagreed with Calvin etc etc .. “Sola Scriptura” is a self defeating argument because no 2 people can agree on what exactly “ the Bible” means. Luther , Calvin etc believed it was Secular Christian Leaders who had to decide what was right … which is why in all Protestant countries the Head of the State and the Head of the Church were the King/Queen … by its nature Protestants will fracture because there is no fixed set of interpretation… if each person “ Believes in the Bible” there will be as many denominations as there are people!
@@Lando_P1 And how exactly is that a problem? What is the correct translation?
"Nobody is being forced to..." Yeah they are. ALL people who wish to become Ministers of Word and Sacrament (ordained clergy) in the PC(USA) are examined as to their views and commitment to the Book of Order. Failure to agree to conduct one's ministry by the requirements of the Book of Order means a "NO" vote for approval to be ordained and to accept a call. If that's not forcing someone to comply, I don't know what is. I just retired after 28 years of ministry in the PC(USA); I know what I'm talking about. I invite comments seeking clarification on any of this.
Thank you for posting this. I was just about to enroll in a pre-sem college course that's a bachelor's and then off to seminary for either of the PCUSA & ELCA....I'm more shocked of what you mentioned and how quickly I'm leaving PCUSA
@@mcnielentertainment Here's the thing: The last time the issues came up, the decision was made to send ordination decisions back to the presbyteries who would do the ordaining. That actually fits PC(USA) polity as it has historically been. That's where it stands as of right now. I wouldn't make ANY decisions right now as to leaving a denom or etc. I don't think the Presbyteries are going to want to ratify any arm-twisting measures like this one seems to be. It might not even get approved at General Assembly! In the meantime, you'll still need your Bacherlor's and your Seminary degree. Go ahead! Remember, it's God who called you, not a denomination. You can sort that out later. Grace and peace to you, and prayers!
@@mcnielentertainmentcome join me in the ELCA, call committees love pastors with orthodox views, they’re in high demand. (I would know for reasons)
Thank you for the discussion and sources of information. Blessings.
Thank you, Don!
"Where orthodoxy becomes optional, it will eventually be proscribed." -Rev. Al Kimmel
Considering how the Bible and Christ accepts and doesn’t explicitly condem slavery, among other moral issues, perhaps this is a good thing?
Which Orthdoxy becomes optional? There is a schism in Orthdoxy right now and so how does one know which Orthodox Church is the Church?
@@Mns_87You realize its mention of slavery is descriptive as opposed to prescriptive, right? Just because it is not actively fought does not mean it is endorsed.
@@dman7668cope
@@Mns_87 zero relevance to this, as slavery is not in the Holy Tradition. Defending slavery is not an Orthodox doctrine or practice.
Between these guys and the Church of Scotland, I feel really bad for Presbyterians.
(I say this as a Catholic, in case you were wondering)
@@intergalactichumanempire9759 not all bad, we have good faithful denominations. They are smaller, but a small church with true believers is better then a large one with heretics
Don’t. Sorting the wheat from the chaff theologically has been going on for a long time. I’m a PCA member we left the PCUSA in the early ‘70s. Churches are voluntary associations of people who believe the same thing. The Catholic Church has closed many parishes and lost many members. Same thing. And that’s not a criticism, I’m a great admirer but this is and has been going on for a long time in churches everywhere.
Speaking as a Presbyterian, don't feel too bad. We have a lot of Conservative evangelical Presbyterian churches in the UK. Including EPCEW and the IPC (the latter of which I can say as a laymember is growing). Yes it is sad to lose some of the old buildings to liberals selling them after dying out as a congregation, but pretty buildings are not the be all and end all.
@@thomasturton1118 My nephew just went through this with the Methodist church he was attending. The powers that be made a huge effort to win the vote and keep the churches in the UMC. So, they did that and the congregants left. Now they have a bunch of empty churches.
As usual, the information you put forward is accurate and balanced. Thank for sharing.
We will not back down. We will restore true teaching in the PCUSA no matter what it takes!
That is prideful hyperbole. You will not take "whatever" actions are necessary. You do not have the courage for true extremism.
What it will take is a return to Rome. There is no alternative. Repent from your scismatic prideful heresies.
I mean good luck with that. Us evangelicals will be sitting over here. Waiting for all the mainline churches to go Tango Uniform and then we can buy their buildings and establish real churches in them again.
@@FlyingGospela return to Rome? That’s jumping from a ship that’s sunk to a ship that’s sinking. Francis and co are playing the progressives’ long game and it’s plain to all of us who don’t have some emotional reason to deny it.
lol ok boomer
It always seem to start out as a request by change agents for tolerance then progresses to intolerance to those who earlier agreed to be tolerant to the change agents.
Hegelian dialectics at work.
The same situation happened to the RLDS church, as the leaders have, quite successfully, created a new denomination and organization. This process takes deliberate deceit and gaslighting against faithful members and friends.
"When I am weaker than you I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles"- Frank Herbert
It goes from tolerance to full on totalitarianism unfortunately.
My faith has been recently reawakened within the past 6 months, but my understanding is that we are called to repentance and to deny the self, not to indulge the self. What makes pornography an indulgence of the self, and homosexuality not? This needs to be a serious discussion.
They're not simply indulgences of the self, either, and that's not the determining factor of what is right and wrong
The discussion should be over whether homosexuality is an intrinsic identity and not merely a fetish. When people treat it as an identity, something unchanging and at the foundation of their being, then it becomes harder to argue what makes it inherently wrong.
I am a gay Catholic. It is part of my identity. But I also understand how it is a sin. In the same manner as infidelity or masturbation or porn. Is it a mortal sin? Certainly not. But it doesn't lead to the holy institution of family, either. And that's what makes it wrong, not the orientation of my pleasure, which is irrelevant to the question.
@txquartz I'm curious how do you deal with your feelings?
I'm surrounded by LGBTQIA friends and family so it's kinda hard to get the message across...
Would appreciate your help!
Thx
You will not find liberal Christians who agree with your premise. They believe and teach that love is indulgent, not disciplined. Everything else they believe and do follows logically. (It is, of course, all sin; your understanding is correct.)
A fascinating, balanced, in-depth analysis. Thank you, Joshua, for your comprehensive research and "just the facts" reporting.
17:04
At risk of sounding like the stereotypical Catholic mocking stereotypical Protestants… what is the point of being in a church that says “you can believe what you want?”
EDIT: Just to be 110% clear, I’m calling out the official statement being quoted at that time stamp. This is not me just picking on Protestants in general.
Thats what Knights of Columbus meetings are for. ;)
Probably the same point of having an “infallible” pope that is always going against whatever the last guy said
When I heard that response to the dissents I thought the same thing.
I perceived it as “as long as you simply go through all the motions, you can believe whatever you want.”
But, the breaking apart of Protestant denominations is an inherent flaw in the movement.
(Full disclosure: I am a Protestant)
I'm a baptist and I agree... We can't just believe what we want, we should believe in the bible, the written word of God.
I think they said that to try not to split the church... but its already splited... Just not in the outside.
That being said, we can disagree in some theology, but not in the fundamentals.
I would rather go to a catholic church (that i disagree a lot, but i believe still has the fundamentals), than attend a progressive church that threw out Christ to make the world happy.
(sorry about my English. Not my native language)
Along with the other comments. Believing what you want has to do with small variations and theological view. Let's take eternal security of a believer. My pastor and I actually discussed this all the time. He's 100% on the side of that I am not so sure. I won't bore you with the details but we can disagree on that but we agree on all the big stuff. On the small things I go back and read the Bible he reads the Bible and we have a conversation. The type of stuff they're talking about there's just no common ground. The Bible is crystal clear on certain things and I just don't see how you get around it I'm with the previous poster. I'd gladly go to a Catholic church then some progressive non denominational church. Sure I disagree on certain things but on the big stuff, we are good.
It's interesting hearing a movement of younger people to stricter denominations - being told you can do whatever you want doesn't really make for a fulfilling faith experience.
Having values members are counseled to hold to, requirements one must reach before joining a church, it of course is going to turn many many people away, but in the end you'll have a much stronger church, with members who actually want to serve one another.
Some churches need to consider.
Mark 7:8 "For laying aside the commandments of God, you hold the traditions of men.......
Mark 7:13 "Making the word of God of no effect through you tradition...
Acts 5:29 "Peter and the other apostles answered and said: We ought to obey God Rather than men."
Accepting someone does not mean supporting them not following God's teachings and example. You can love them but not agree with everything they do.
A loving parent disciplines their child. A loving friend warns their fellows. To see someone indulging in sin is like watching someone drink themselves to death and do nothing.
Shocker, the people who subscribe to their own interpretation of the scriptures are suddenly trying to purge the ones who actually agree with tradition...funny how this always ends the same way.
@@hya2in8how? I've read it and i'm not finding the correlation...
an inevitable consequence of the reformation
Let me make sure I understand this. According to the pro-amendment camp, churches will still be able to call whomever they want...but, at minimum, all new pastors coming out of the seminaries will be required to hold to these heterodox beliefs? How naive do they think people are?
However much they think, they would be underestimating it.
Most people do not pay attention to things at this level, at all.
They aren't betting that the people are naive.
They're betting on the people not caring enough to do something about it.
And they know there is more that don't care than there are those that care
@savioblanc Oh certainly, I have no doubt that is their real strategy. However, for those who are at least somewhat paying attention it should be possible to see right through their answer.
There is no question in my mind. This is satanic.
I never could understand why people who call themselves Christians, who have chosen a career in ministry, would approved openly unbiblical behavior.
As denominations chase after secular morality they become what Paul describes in 2 Timothy 3:1-9. Outwardly they look to be followers of Christ, but inwardly they're as corrupt and craven as the unsaved, and they celebrate it, rather than seeking freedom from sin. They have the truth that Christ died for our sins, but they focus on talking about Christ coming to teach us about love, and they distort His teachings to focus on tolerance and acceptance, instead of repentance.
Right because Christ teaching you to be a good person is less important than teaching you to flog yourself in the streets.
Focusing on repentance does one thing: it turns you into the Catholic Church, which was so corrupt they thought you could buy salvation
Redeemed Zoomer bros.. not like this… not like this…
Meanwhile Mormons are now singing "Come Thou Fount". Things are getting weird bros...
@@scottanno8861what's so special about come thou fount?
@@christophekeating21It's a hymn that they used to avoid because it emphasized salvation by Grace alone. Mormons used to prefer the doctrine of "Faith without Works is Dead" more or less. The hymn is not too different from "Amazing Grace" which is still not sung by them...yet 😅
What are all the references to zoomer about
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This channel satisfies my curiosity concerning how the PC is doing , as well as making me feel thankful that I have left such battles behind me.
Fun Fact: the “mainline” in mainline Protestantism refers to the “Main Line” of infrastructure improvements built to connect Philadelphia to the new capital in Harrisburg. Chief among these was the Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. Wealthy residents (read: Protestants) of Philadelphia quickly established suburbs along the mainline, building protestant churches as they went. These were therefore the “mainline churches”, and the area is still referred to as the mainline. These mainline churches were distinguished from the lower class protestant churches (and Catholic Churches) of the city. Thus the wealthy denominations can to be called the mainline churches or mainline denominations. This wealthy suburbanizing trend occurred in every major city as the railroad mainlines were built, so the term gain common purchase across the country. And that’s how we got the mainline in mainline Protestant.
tldr
Mainline actually means bougie Christian
Thank you for this wonderful information!
I lived near Philadelphia 20 years ago, and heard the same. Thanks for the explanation.
Thanks!
Wayne, pa in the house
I remember how God describes certain Luke warm churches and says that he basically vomits them out. Well, I can see the main line denominations fitting that description.
The PCUSA is not even lukewarm anymore they are openly accepting that they are apostates.
I think lukewarm is quite charitable. Sardis is more like it.
Not surprising when the culture influences the church instead of the other way around.
I really appreciate the neutral, informative approach in these videos.
10:40 Half of those committees are reason enough to leave the denomination.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Luther often spoke of "the Radicals". People split fellowship over a myriad of reasons, but I don't think even Luther could have conceived of how desperately wicked the American Christian landscape would get. Most are becoming antinomians these days. American Protestants are a mess in 2024.
Soon everyone will be their own "church".
I don't mean to sound arrogant or conceited, but I think the problem is people know more about Luther, Calvin, or contemporary authors and writers than they do of scripture.
Read Kings and Chronicles, Israel itself a nation explicitly founded by God and guided by God's very hand with his presence in their very temple did not go long before turning back to Idolatry.
David had the holy spirit and still comitted multiple sins two of which the only penalty for was death, no forgiveness offering proscribed in Leviticus.
If the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church, I can only fathom that's because it will be taken out of the world before that happens.
@@kriegjaeger. The gates of hell won’t prevail against the Church that Jesus established, the Catholic Church. Sure it had/has issues and needed reform, but there should never have been splits. The American Church landscape shows why. For all of Pope Francis’s talk of being open, he cannot go against scripture, church teachings, or church dogma…so the Catholic Church can never fall into this heresy.
@@billmartin3561
The catholic church worships idols and prays to a pantheon. Maybe not officially but it undeniably has Maryism and tokens of saints people worship and direct prayers to.
Our worship is meant only for God.
@@kriegjaeger🙄
I didn’t leave the church, the church left me.
Do you go to what church now ?
When you “tolerate” heresy and heretics, they will eventually take over your congregation.
While the proposed changes do not mandate intolerance toward conservatives, I can't see any other way they can be interpreted and implemented.
Your balanced & fair reporting is appreciated.
All these words amounts to not having any confidence that the Word of God is indeed the Word of God and supersedes man's preferences and affirmations.
God is sorting those who want truth and those who don't.
Amen
So all discrimination is bad? Is it not right to discriminate against a 5year old who wants to deliver a sermon and prevent them from doing so? What about someone whose theological position is in direct contrast with scripture or the church’s doctrines?
The Church belongs to Christ - man has no authority to change it so that it opposes Christ. A church that opposes Christ is not a Christian church.
Any church that kicks out Christ is a social club.
I appreciate this guy presenting the thinking of both sides.
I attended a Presbyterian USA seminary and had the deep impression that all were welcome, as long as one affirmed the progressive views of the faculty. There was a blantent self-imposed ignorance and denial by the instructors that many Presbyterians disagreed with the teachings that were being promoted. Students who openly questioned or rejected certain perspectives were often criticized and excluded by their peers. There was a lot of backbiting because of this. I felt there was freedom of expression and thought, as long as you supported the leftist messages. There were classes where the lessons clearly contradicted scripture, but there was never an explanation as to why that was. You simply needed to regurgitate the ideals of the professors. Anyone who did not yeild to what was being said was labed as racist, provential, or patriarchal. There was simply a lack of TRUE dialogue and critical thinking. In the midst of this, the seminary, out of necessity, had to sell property to merely stay afloat. Many seminarians lost their housing as a result. There was distrust between the student body, faculty, and administration. Simply no transparency. . . It seemed the institution was keen to neglect the open and all together theology they claimed to uphold and advocate, all for the sake of the dollar. Professors, who so often claimed advocacy for the marginalized, were suddenly silent. I am sure this was out of security for their jobs and positions. In all, it was clear that this method could not sustain itself. This seems to be a trend throughout the wider Presbyterian denomination. I believe Matthew 7:24-27 offers clear insight into this situation. The Presbyterian church is not the only faith group to encounter these challenges. But time will tell as the wheat and chaff separate themselves. Prayers for the Presbyterians who are overlooked and forgotten in this sad development.
😢 . Yeah, sadly this is happening in many denominations across the board.
My Dad spent one year at Princeton Theological Seminary in the mid-50's. He left after that year specifically because they were doing almost everything you wrote about to promote their ungodly view of the Lord and his Word.
Maybe conservatives should no longer tolerate "free expression" if the end result is always conservatives getting pushed out. But conservatives are always on the defensive, remaining reactive instead of proactive
@@jeffking4176
Across the world in all aspects.
How do you dialog with heretics????
As a member of a disaffilliated United Methodist Church, I know what you're going through
Time to return to the apostolic Church and leave Satan's temple
@@DeathbytrollYou need to clarify this.
Same here. United Methodists are far from United and it will only get worse.
‘These people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
The more of these videos that I watch the more I am glad that I am Catholic.
Unfortunately, I think things will start falling apart in the Catholic Church too. A lot of conservative Catholics would argue it already has with Pope Francis. The next 20 years are going to be extremely volatile I’m afraid
Many Roman Catholics are so busy sneering and jeering at the Protestants sliding down the slippery slope of leftism that they don't realize that they themselves are on that same slope as those they are jeering, slightly behind but moving downhill just as fast. Exhibit A: Frankie the Frankenpope, the Vicar of Wokeness...
Didn’t your “infallible” pope allow for the blessing of same-sex couples?
The Catholic Church is losing members as well.
@@scotthinzman7698 And the problem with Roman Catholicism is that it is not Biblically catholic concerning the core content of the gospel: the righteousness of Christ for us. Only His righteousness saves. Our righteousness is for sanctification not justification. But if saved, personal, though imperfect this side of glory, righteousness manifests in the believer. It is a response of gratitude for God's mercy. But as a Biblical protestant, I feel much more at home with conservative Roman Catholics than with Leftist fake Protestants. Btw, I am a Protestant-Catholic.
In 2016 I lived one block away from the manhattan Protestant riverside church. As a faithful catholic , I poked my head inside and walked around to see what riverside was offering, it was wall to wall Black Lives Matter posters and pride flags. No thanks
I'm also a Catholic, and yeah some (but not all) mainline protestant churches feel frighteningly similar to unitarianism at this point. But we shouldn't ignore the fact that this tendency is present in the Catholic church as well. It hasn't permeated the church to that point yet but we must remain vigilant and pray orthodoxy is maintained.
Riverside Church stopped being Presbyterian a long time ago. It’s only marginally Christian now and has become a social/community organization.
@@scotthinzman7698 I went to their website and it certainly looks like a satirical take on a radical leftist unChristian "church".
So basically borderline unitarian.
@@scotthinzman7698 i didn’t know it was previously Presbyterian. As a high church traditional Catholic derp in my faith and history with lots of research into all the permutations and manifestations of Protestant denominations, I agree with you. There was nothing inside or outside the church building that was Christian, Protestant or otherwise. In the world of spiritual warfare, the Christians have lost the battle of Riverside church and it has been occupied by pagan forces.
@@JaceyMitchell orthodoxy will clearly be maintained until our Lord’s second coming. The only question is why percentage of God’s children will remain faithful and be vigilantly awaiting His return. Catholics are obviously not immune to turning their backs on God.
This is how it pans out. They charge things to allow contentious things with opt outs for those who disagree, then down the line they make it compulsory. Not just in churches but everywhere.
As someone who recently came back to the Catholic church since March. Seeing these denominations split makes me sad but at same time there really is nothing new under the sun.
Nice, Ecclesiastes
_For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you._
1 Corinthians 11:18-19 LSB
How is the catholic church doing in the north? Here in South America things are really crazy, I'm a Protestant but I have a lot of cousins that are catholics and they're fighting like crazy against liberation theology and socialist influence. I already knew about these divisions in the catholic church, but nowadays things are crazy, some catholics really hate the pope.
@@MattM.Silva01In the north there are some issues, but not nearly as much. In fact, there is a great traditional shift going on in the north that Pope Francis is trying to rail against. He can’t stop it though.
@@MattM.Silva01 That's been the case for nearly a century right? I had always heard Catholicism in South America was far more susceptible to socialist influence and quirky forms of syncretism
The scriptures are totally clear on homosexuality. It is not a subject of interpretation.
Yeah. Totally clear that all people are your neighbor, and you should love them as yourself.
Read 2 Samuel 1:26 😮
@@mikeymullins5305 The HIGHEST law is to love and serve GOD; THEN love thy neighbor. We DO love them, that's why we call them to repentance. For without repentance, NONE can be saved in the Kingdom of God.
@@jmdsservantofgod8405what point are you making?
@@kelaarintruth!
Division is from the Evil One
We need The Church to be one again we are all the Bride of Christ. ❤
I don't know if you're tired of hearing this from other commenters by now, but I am always impressed and refreshed by what a genuinely neutral, pure education perspective you always bring in these videos
I’m a former PCUSA member. I left because the toleration of sinfulness morphed into promotion of sinfulness, starting with the promotion of gay marriage, clearly a violation of the Bible. It seems that repentance of sin is no longer a thing in the PCUSA.
That's right, christians can't promote mariage (Matthew 18, 11-12 ; 29-30 ; Galatians 3, 26-28).
+100 Papal Primacy
+10000 Magisterium
+1000000000 the Holy Spirit keeping the Church from Error
Not with pro LGBT "pope" Francis. Surely hasn't understood 1 Cor 7
Like with the Catholic charismatic movement?
They have their own heresies that place them outside of the church. Only God and scripture maintains the church, through people. The magisterium works for the other team.
Paid indulgences?
Clown mass
Homosexual blessings
Eastern Catholicism
Nestorian sacred heart
Fillioque heresy
Immaculate conception heresy
Original guilt heresy
False decretals (used to back concilliar decisions btw)
3 pope controversy (western schism)
Documents deemed to have papal "infalliblility" arent the only things you must follow, all ordinary documents are binding on your conscious
Cheiti and Alexandria documents
Pachamama
Mass abuse of children
Etc.
Yup, sure does seem like the unblemished true church
Welcome to the PCA! We’ve been expecting you.
Good thought, but not likely! I think biblically conservative people left a LONG time ago to join the PCA from the 1970's on. The churches that left last mostly went to ECO. That group wouldn't go to PCA, ARP, or OPC because they don't allow women pastors or elders, and there may be other differences. So I am thinking most that leave at this point would be going to ECO. We left over 30 years ago.
I saw a meme on Facebook, posted by someone I know who is a convert from Catholic to Episcopal: "We all make errors in our theology: you and me both. So my recommendation is to err on the side of love." Said person believes in celebrating and accepting everyone, which seems to be the norm in the Episcopal church today. Where did God go?
Our hearts changing, but God is still there.
PCUSA is now “sola self.” “Sola sese” or “sola ego” I’m not sure the right Latin.
Scripture is absolutely clear.
This is what happens when you tolerate rot within the Church. The rot spreads and consumes until the rot is the entirety.
redeemed zoomer gonna feel the burn
Fully expecting him to make a video about this at some point. He has said in the past that he's a fan of RTH and has recommended this channel to those wanting an unbiased look at denominations.
I wonder how much of this is a reaction to his Reconquista?
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan none of it. No one knows who he is outside of a small internet niche.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan I doubt it. He's doing good things but it's also worth pointing out that, while he does have a pretty significant following for a religious TH-camr, he's just one guy on the Internet and his following is also split between both mainline churchgoers, evangelicals, and also probably non-religious but Christian-curious people as well.
The catholic church called.
they're suing for trademark infringement.
I know these same arguments were made when it was decided to allow pagan idols in the Temple of Jerusalem. We all know how that 'inclusions' turned out for Israel.
There is no doubt that the Lord will have the final say on these blasphemous churches.
If all these mainline churches keep formally rupturing over a number of the most fundamental questions of Faith & Morals that were once touted as being “basic fundamental Christian truths necessary for salvation,” I’d imagine a mainline protestant should pause to give serious discernment to the whole Protestant schema and framework. As I saw with the UCC and UMC ruptures, lots of protestants lamenting their mainline brethren “abandoning the Gospel truth” then not scrutinizing any further, as we see (once unified) mainline protestantism go through further balkanization. It’s getting to the point where mainline protestants are now embracing those basic heresies of Docetism/Arianism/Pelagianism/etc.
It's getting hard for me to call them "mainline" denominations when they are falling victim to fringe heresies that would never have been acceptable.
But if you think the papist faith is any better than I have a bridge to sell you. The current pope seems just as interested in these fringe ideas as these "mainline" churches. Catholics and these Protestants are more alike than unalike.
Wait a minute, that same pope said that there's too much faggotry,(in a negative light) i dont know if he's following those same churches. And lastly, he doesn't establish our faith, he's not infallible, he can be wrong
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@@ethanduncan1646it seems that my original comment was deleted by youtube, but even the catholic church says that the pope can be wrong and obviously, the pope will never be perfect, humans are not perfect, so maybe, he was wrong....or you are misinterpreting, and btw, that same pope used some strong words against homosexuals not long ago, so maybe he's not taking the liberal or mainline church route...
There will be a new group of 'mainline' denominations. It's already happening. I went to an ECO church last week in an old shopping mall. There were several hundred people at the 11 AM service and I bet almost as many at 9 AM, while the local PCUSA churches are closing down.
@@salvadorhenriquez4091I don't think pope Francis in particular to be bad but I feel like he needs to make his stance clear. His statements last year in same sex couples for example caused major discourse and disagreements among the other branches of the Catholic world especially the ones in Ukraine and Africa who feel like Rome is becoming too close to Western secular forces. There needs to a greater crackdown on corrupt members of the church and the secular forces trying to weasel their way into the Catholic church.
I was born into this faith. Left as soon as I could for the Catholic Church.
Woot woot!
welcome Home brother, May God bless you.
Catholic is heading to it as well, time will tell, they have been corrupted way before these denominations. So sad to hear
@@MiguelCruz-ce7yt that is an opinion. What is the metric?
@@MiguelCruz-ce7yt The Gates of Hell shall never overcome
🎯 Key points for quick navigation:
00:00 *🏛️ Overview of Mainline Protestantism*
- Mainline Protestant denominations have experienced a decline in membership compared to evangelicals and Catholics.
- These churches have become more theologically liberal, moving away from their historic distinctives.
- Issues like sexuality have caused internal divisions within these denominations.
01:37 *⛪ Trends in Mainline Beliefs*
- Mainline churches are becoming more similar over time.
- The traditional theological differences are becoming less significant.
- Shifts towards liberationist or Universalist salvation theologies are becoming more common within these denominations.
03:00 *🏛️ Church Polity Differences*
- Baptist denominations, like American Baptist Churches, operate under congregational polity.
- Church autonomy in decision-making regarding policies and beliefs is a key aspect of Baptist denominations.
- The ability of regional bodies to allow or disallow practices like same-sex marriage demonstrates the diversity within denominational structures.
04:38 *🌐 Liberalism and Mainline Churches*
- The mainline Protestant denomination has been a haven for liberalism for a significant period.
- Embracing diversity of opinions while remaining in the same denomination has been a key principle.
- The acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex marriage has been a catalyst for policy changes in the mainline churches.
08:09 *🏳️🌈 Overture Impact on PCUSA*
- An overture within the PCUSA aims to mandate an open and affirming position across the denomination.
- Proposed changes include adding gender identity and sexual orientation to non-discrimination lists.
- Concerns have been raised about potential exclusion of certain beliefs and individuals within the denomination.
15:25 *⚖️ Response to Overture Within PCUSA*
- Dissent among PCUSA pastors regarding the proposed changes in the overture.
- Discussions about freedom of conscience and the interpretation of scripture.
- Debates on the potential impact of enforcing a singular interpretation on issues of human sexuality.
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I'm curious what they think they are "progressing" to? Sodom and Gomorrah?
Progressivism is not progressive so who knows? Usually seems that they want anarchy with no responsibility for their actions.
Typical, when in the minority those who hate the Word of God cry "victim" but once in the majority then scream "bigot."
You can be LGBT and Christian 👨❤️👨
@@ddrse Can you be a fornicating Christian? An idolatrous Christian? An adulterous Christian? A stealing Christian? A covetous Christian?
@@ddrse Can you be a stealing Christian?
@@ddrse this is lying to oneself, because it ignores what is written in scripture.
It's being LGBQT and having cognitive dissonance on what Religion's stance has always been towards gays.
It is bigoted, plain and clear.
LGBQT do not need Religion, they can and are living a moral and spiritual life without Religion and god belief without having to fool themselves.
@@ddrseno you can't
Lovers of themselves rather than lovers of God!
"And in vain they worship Me. Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men" Mt 15:9
Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Do not be misled. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom. 1 Cor 6:9,10
Lord, have mercy.
And this is how being uncompromising dies: with thunderous applause.
The next question from the alphabet committee: can you serve alongside minor attracted persons of faith without discriminating against them?
Excellent strawman, I bet nobody has ever heard this before.
You say the alphabet committee, yet the catholics already have that in their joining questions.
@@FriarJoe66oft asked, but never answered.
@@FriarJoe66The Rainbow Mafia could still go after the animals first. Kids and pets are the two remaining frontiers to be conquered. Going after the kids might be easier tho, pets have PETA and such…
@@FriarJoe66the slippery slope has become vertical. The question must be asked.
Step 1: "We DONT have the right to dismiss homosexuality from the Christian community"
Step 2: "We DO have the right to dismiss you from the Christian community for not affirming homosexuality"
The Order from God was to reproduce when you get married. Two men or two women can not do it.
Additionally is the Tradition of the Church. They never Married two men or two women,... then it can not be done.
Lol, as if the West (The child of Satan) has any authority in the Church.
We will dismiss the sodomites out of the Faith whether they like it or not!
The Bible very explicitly dismissed homosexuality from Christianity. Read: ROMANS, Chapter 1.
@@Patrick-sb2sb I think he knows that
@@Patrick-sb2sb
“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”
- Romans 1:26-27
“For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”
- 1 Timothy 1:10
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
- Jude 7
No the Holy Bible talks about homosexuality, not in a positive light. Nice try and defending homosexuality though.
You can't be a practicing homosexual and lead people into the Kingdom of God. First you need repentance, and to turn from your ways.
This is essentially the issue.
And that's why numbers are declining in all churches
Well, a lot a heterosexuals won't either : they haven't made themselves eunuch yet.
@@20quid I'm not sure I understand. What is the reason for the decline?
Nor a non-practicing one either.
@@TheNabOwnzz cool story, bro. The Bible doesn't really deal in identities of people, it refers to behavior. So, when St. Paul talks about the homosexual not inheriting the kingdom of God, he's talking about those who do that behavior. I think it's important to point out that our identifies as Christians is truly all that matters, and for someone to identify themselves homosexual over and above their identity as a Christian is idolatry as well.
But those who struggle with same sex attraction, and seek the kingdom of God, and don't give into the lusts of the flesh, and don't live right in their own eyes, I think it is possible for them to be truly Christian.
Nice reconquista you got there, bro.
Aren’t the schismatic groups universally smaller than their parent denomination? I don’t think a “reconquista” is realistic in any practical sense.
@@FriarJoe66 Often, but not necessarily on the aggregate. Honestly it doesn't even really matter. I'm referring to the fact that a rapidly-growing conservative PCUSA TH-camr has been advocating for the retaking of mainline denominations through simply staying in and waiting it out on the premise that the more liberal churches and members are dying. He might be right and he might not be, but this clearly shows how fraught such an endeavor is without congregational church polity. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this current change in the PCUSA book of order arose in reaction to his channel.
This is how his fantasy ends, with a reaction from the embodiment of the very same traditionalism he larps. It really highlights why these conservatives jump ship for random evangelical denomination/schism #4306 or what have you and it is not like many who join groups like the GMC didn't consider the possibility of exactly this, even if you take a very cynical view of the people leading schismatic groups. I'm not saying jumping ship is correct, but perhaps your local elders and ministers weren't as ignorant as you in all your 25 years of wisdom or whatever assumed. I'm not a boomer, but the irony here is palpable.
It is unwise to "take back" a corrupt church. It is noble to try to lead them right, but you are powerless to do so and aren't immune from corruption yourself. More importantly, very few churchgoers go alone. In other words, they have families. If you would subject your loved ones to the ever-increasing theological nonsense, you are partially responsible should they stumble. Pray for these churches and judge them righteously, but don't fellowship with people who deny core aspects of Christianity for the delusional dream of taking back a building and the worldly institution the churches have become.
The catholic church called.
they're suing for trademark infringement!
Why mock and scoff at a Christian trying to return their church to biblical orthodoxy. Maybe they wont succeed, but at least they are trying to do something positive. Who do you think God will be happier with? The scoffer or the one who tries? Thank the Lord you weren't around in the 1st century. You would be looking at Paul with pity saying 'Just give up, bro'...
For the Catholics attempting to use these occurances to criticize all Protestantism, I encourage you to do more research on the Synod on Synodality. You will quickly see these issues are nearer to the shores of the Tiber than many average Catholics realize and understand.
How so? The Synod was called by the Pope, and didn’t the bishops who were espousing heresy quieten down quick once Francis threatened excommunication?
As a Catholic, I encourage _all_ - non-Catholic and Catholic alike - to learn more about the Synod on Synodality.
As for those in the PCUSA, I ask our lord to grant you comfort and healing in your times of difficulty.
And for any who may feel called - as I did - to seek a deeper communion with the Holy See than what I found in my mainline upbringing, please know that there are so many of us waiting to welcome you home to Holy Mother Church ❤
@seanainohearcai3860
The problem lies mostly in how the synod interprets the manner in which church teachings and doctrine are determined. Only time will tell, and the process will surely be slow, but the doors are being opened to create a new church altogether. Finding accurate reports on this matter is somewhat difficult. Progressive sources are unsatisfied with the seeming lack of progress, while many conservatives reports are in denial of the realities of these changes.
Even if the synod comes up with any sort of goofy stuff like this, it is 100% nonbinding.
The One Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church will not and cannot defect from the Truth.
Protestants think this means that we believe whatever the Church says becomes “the Truth” but the reality is we are, unlike these other “churches”, guided by the Holy Spirit and He will not let hell triumph over us.
@zope6362 Unfortunately, objective history demonstrates otherwise.
The church is supposed to transform the world, not let itself be transformed by the world.
The church has become more and more conformed to the world rather to our Lord Jesus Christ. Judgment is around the corner.
Amen
it has been argued that by accepting liberalism and affirmation the church will be more united, inclusive and experience increased attendance so how is it that the more liberal and affirming a church is the more it suffers from decreasing attendance?
I was American Baptist in Southern California, and was part of the switch to Transformation Ministries in 2006. Our church was biblical, as we're the others in our region, which was why we left ABCUSA.
The foolishness of staying in a compromised denomination in order to "maintain unity' or "be a conservative voice" continues to be shown.
You might want to consider a rabbinic teaching on the difference between the way God punished the generation of the Flood (with total destruction) and those who built the Tower of Babel (with mere dispersion). God spared the latter because they were unified and worked together-even sinfully-whereas the generation of the Flood acted corruptly and violently toward other human beings.
It was always an excuse. They were never truly "conservatives". They were just fearful of losing the church property. For 100 years, they DID NOTHING.
@@KingoftheJuice18 I would not agree with that rabbinic teaching, that attempts to guess at the reasonings behind the mind of God. In reality, one reason God did not spare the pre-flood people was that their bloodline (Noah's family excepted) had been tainted with human-angelic hybrids known as Nephilim (Genesis 6).
1 Corinthians 15:33 applies.
The problem is the reformation itself failed. Not the split. Time to start being Catholic.
Goodness gracious.......the church is falling and falling fast. Liberalism is spreading like cancer. Grieved my spirit to watch this video. 😔
I would suggest the book "Christianity and Liberalism " by J Gresham Machen, it shows the conflict between Harry Emerson Fosdick and Machen way back in the 1930's. Excellent book..
At this point, this channel does sounds like a Catholic or Orthodox advertising campaign.
If you're craving even marginal amounts of theological stability those are your two options, everyone else is just a weather vane it seems. I'm a humble neoplatonist though, so it's not my fight, I'm just watching from my weird little corner with fascination.
Any church wedded to this world will be widowed by it in the next
Mainline Denominations: “man our numbers have really suffered these last years… I’m sure a split will help that”
10:42 I love all the “committees” providing support but where is the laity congress? Or did they even ask the people actually going to their churches?
So PCUSA has lost the plot too . God does not make up His mind via a " spectrum " of considerations. He's pretty black and white on what He determines right or wrong . Society changes. He doesn't . I'm thankful for His way . Peace
Woah those first 3 photos of churches that you had were all from my town! Bethlehem, PA. They were all separate Lutheran Churches that merged into one new one.
I used to struggle to understand what all those different protestant Churches believe in. Thankfully now I know the answer is simple - nothing really.
I wish some in the Catholic Church could see how perilously close we are coming to the mainline Protestants and the consequences of doing so. Being "inclusive and affirming" implies denial of the inerrancy of scripture. Once you deny the inerrancy of scripture, it is a race to the bottom.
So sad. The amount of deceit that was required for these churches to end up where they are. Truth is necessary, Christ is necessary.
This is what ultimately becomes of Protestantism: endless splitting up. When you split from the Church that Jesus and the Disciples founded to follow the teachings of "reformers" 1,500 years later, things are not going to go well.
@@michaelinsc1644 When someone in the Catholic Church decides to disagree with Catholic doctrine, they leave, either becoming atheists, Protestants, or members of another religion. When someone in a Protestant denomination decides to disagree with the denomination, they leave, becoming atheists, members of another denomination or another religion. The only difference is that they also have the option of starting a new denomination. Does your church have an unbroken succession to the Apostles? Fine, but if your teachings are not the same, that succession is of no value. The departure of the Church from Apostolic Teaching forced the Reformation. The Reformers weren’t eager for a split. Fortunately, Vatican II brought the Church back to the Bible, but that was rather late. It was long enough ago that many don’t remember what things were like before, but until recently, I had a tract from Dublin condemning Salvation by Grace through Faith as a “Damnable Heresy”. Recently, one of the best defenses of that doctrine that I have read was by a Catholic layman.
Wonder how this is gonna affect Redeemed Zoomer’s Reconquista
Might be retaliation against the reconquista
If it goes through, it will be used to expel the Reconquista faction, but the Reconquista movement is meant to be broader than just the PCUSA. But if the PCUSA expels its faithful members, then at least there will no longer be any reason for evangelicals to exhort them to come out from her.
Don't worry, he'll find a way to spin it as somehow being the fault of Orthodoxy.
He's joining the PCA. Soon ;)
Broad support from a bunch of PCUSA committees who all have some sort of mission where God is made no part. Somehow I can't say I'm all that surprised they like this change. I suspect they do not worship the same God I do and instead worship a god of their own making. Let them have their golden calf. God will deal with them in His time.
When the lady at the end says that it isn't about belief, she let the cat out of the bag
The fact that it already says a person can be in Fellowship regardless of theological conviction is a serious red flag.