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Article: Strangers: why the evangelical church needs the liberal church: a Presbyterian split would be a serious setback for Reformed orthodoxy.
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- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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The Presbyterian Church (USA)--like many Christian denominations--has been starkly divided over the role of gays and lesbians in the church. It feels to many, as author Richard Mouw puts it, that the church is getting ready for "divorce court." Should the church split or stay together? The authors of these two articles--both Presbyterian, one liberal and one conservative--differ on many things, but they are in accord about whether unity--or schism--is the best way forward.
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There is so little room for genuine give-and-take in our Presbyterian discussions these days, while at the same time so much hangs on how our conversations go. The issues ...