The Presbyterian Church in America made national headlines last month when an executive of their Mission to North America decided to keynote a woke church’s Blacks-only dinner. Irwyn Ince, coordinator at the Mission To North America, the same organization that was offering treacherous resources to assist illegal aliens in evading deportation, was the keynote of this event at a PCA church.
In response to the backlash, the PCA’s Mission to North America Permanent Committee issued a statement addressing the recent controversy.
MNA has recently received media attention on several issues, including our National Coordinator’s participation at an affinity ministry event hosted at a PCA church in Oakland, California. The organizers of this event did not prohibit or turn away anyone from attending.
The PCA denies that the event was actually segregated despite its repeated announcements as such by.
The world is watching (their framing), and this is what the PCA says:
1. Christ, our Peace, has broken down the dividing wall of hostility (Eph 2:14) and has called Christ’s church to honor the dignity of all image-bearing people. With a vision to reach all nations, we condemn any form of racism or segregation as sin because this promotes division and destroys the peace of the church (James 2:1f). Our Coordinator and ministry leaders do not and will not participate in racially exclusive events unless given explicit approval to do so for the purpose of advancing the gospel and at the direction of the MNA Permanent Committee. An example of such an exceptional circumstance would be an event hosted by a racially defined organization that presents an opportunity for our staff to engage in spiritually focused dialogue otherwise closed to Christians.
2. MNA has been given the charge to lead the denomination in reflecting the diversity of Christ’s kingdom (6th GA (1978), Recommendation 5, pg. 76). Affinity ministries equip and encourage minority members who worship in so many of our churches. These ministries support shared cultural experiences for the edification of the whole body. We celebrate the dynamic diversity of the PCA which includes brothers and sisters from backgrounds including: African-American, Korean, Hispanic, Chinese, Haitian, Brazilian, and Native American, among others. We affirm that fellowship gatherings or events that center on the shared cultural experiences of ethnic minority brothers and sisters can be a great blessing and serve to enable a strong sense of welcome and belonging. We affirm affinity gatherings as a part of rejoicing in our unity and diversity (1 Cor 12, Rev 7).
3. We recognize the accomplishments of the 46th Moderator of General Assembly and current MNA Coordinator, Dr. Irwyn Ince. He has implemented important changes within MNA, including the “One Church, One Mission” vision which is renewing the denomination’s focus on church planting and vitality. Dr. Ince has consistently demonstrated a heart for gathering people from different cultures together in Christ. He has served the PCA faithfully, welcoming and pursuing peace in the PCA and the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His love for God, the Reformed Faith, the Great Commission, and the PCA is evident for all to see.
The first bullet point says they would not normally support such an event that Ince was advertised as speaking to. But they do outline an exemption to their disposition.
The third point commends Irwyn Ince, whose leadership has played a role in the subversive activities of the MNA, such as the resources for illegal aliens.
The PCA’s woke institutional holdouts do not appear to be holding their actors accountable to the will of the Presbyterians. It will be interesting to see how the General Assembly addresses this.
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“With a vision to reach all nations, we condemn any form of racism or segregation as sin”
There is absolutely nothing in the Bible that says “racism” or segregation is a sin.
In fact, “racism” and segregation are absolute good Christian moral values, because “racism” and segregation means protecting your own people from harmful outsiders.
The Bible says that those who don’t provide for their own are worse than unbelievers.
Jesus Christ WANTS and COMMANDS us to love, care about, defend, and protect our own race and the safety, security, and wellbeing of our own people.
Discrimination (“racism”) is necessary for the survival of any entity, whether a human body, a family, or a people.
If a family believes that its wrong to discriminate against outsiders, and starts letting everyone into their house without discriminating, that family will not survive for long, because the family will lose its cohesiveness and be devoured by criminals.
“Racism”, discrimination, and segregation of outsiders are absolutely vital for the survival of any entity, even the human body.
If your body believes that it is wrong to segregate and keep out dangerous bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances, your body would soon die.
That is why the AIDS virus is so deadly: it destroys the ability of the body to keep out and defeat harmful viruses, bacteria, infections, etc.
“Anti-racism” is the societal equivalent of the AIDS virus. An “anti-racist” society which doesn’t discriminate against outsiders, will swiftly fall apart. That is why Western civilization is collapsing.
“Racism” and “Anti-semitism” are the societal equivalent of the immune system. “Racism” and “Anti-semitism” enable a society to identify, recognize, discriminate against, and keep out hostile outsiders who want to harm and destroy the society.
“Racism” and “Anti-semitism” are absolutely necessary to the survival of any society, which is why countries in Eastern Europe which are still “racist” and “anti-Semitic” have been able to preserve their national heritage.
Meanwhile, the jew-worshipping, anti-racist countries in Western Europe are rapidly going down the toilet, because they no longer have a societal immune system (“racism” and “anti-semitism”) that enables them to identify and keep out dangerous threats such as jews and third world immigrants.
Anyone who claims that “racism” and “anti-semitism” are sins, is a lying evil manipulative false teacher who is trying to deprive society of its natural defenses and immune system.
After the America First movement wins power, anyone who claims that “racism”, “anti-semitism”, or segregation are sins, will be arrested and charged with subversion, treason, and inciting genocide against White people.
Christianity will be purged of cultural marxism so ruthlessly and so thoroughly that the cuckvangelicals won’t dare to even whisper lies such as “god hates racism.”
The extremely woke salvation army has had segregated meetings for 20+ years.
*black officers’ meetings, the White spouses are not to attend.
*latino officers’ meetings, spanish speaking only. One latino officer, due to a learning disability didnt speak spanish, so could not attend. The black spouses are welcomed, White spouses are not to attend. Doesn’t matter if they are spanish speaking.
*White officers’ are only permitted to attend district and regional meetings, as a White officers’ meeting would be raaaysist.
Christ, our Peace, has broken down the dividing wall of hostility (Eph 2:14) just means he has destroyed the ceremonial law which kept Gentiles out of covenant with him; it doesn’t mean that races naturally hostile to each other because one loves girating sexual dances in church and ear destroying war drum music and the other loves reverential worship, among other obvious differences, have to go to church together.
Paul makes it clear in Galations that there is no racial distinction within the body of Christ:
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:10-12
King James Version
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
The irony here, is that as Paedobaptists, Presbyterians often conflate circumcision with baptism, yet Paul makes it clear that neither Circumcision nor being Jew or Greek matters in the Church. The PCA MNA statement makes it clear that they do not understand the Gospel, that its not to ‘nations’, or ‘races’, but to all of humanity irrespective of their birth, circumstances, or outcomes. It’s sad to see them double down on unrighteousness rather than reflecft, introspect, and repent.