Both the Annual Southern Baptist Convention and the Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly occurred this week, but the two had entirely different outcomes when it came to the matter of female pastors, a pressing issue in both denominations. Whereas the Southern Baptist Convention failed to ban female pastors, the Presbyterian Church in America took an aggressive step to combat women and unordained men from being referred to as pastors, deacons, and elders.
The Assembly voted by voice vote to approve the amendment to 7-3 in the Book of Church Order, the governing constitution of the PCA. This BCO amendment was first approved by the 50th General Assembly and then ratified by at least ⅔ of the presbyteries.
Earlier this year the PCA invited and then disinvited David French to speak at their General Assembly. The winning continues for Presbyterians.
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Bring John Knox back and that will end it: https://ccel.org/ccel/knox/blast
Sadly most of these women and their husbands are theologically gone, I’m assuming most of them are saved if they trust in Christ Alone for their salvation but their kids; yeah I have less assurance about their kids coming to the faith based off of a sandy foundation. It is the same concept as the “old earth” effect meaning gen 1 doesn’t take Genesis historical account literally, Gen 2 would throw out the OT and only rely on the NT, Gen 3 they might believe in Jesus as a good moral teacher, Gen 4 pagan.