This much has changed–we have eliminated a national denominational standard for sexual ethics for church leaders. We revert back to a time before 1996 when the “fidelity and chastity clause” was inserted into our Book of Order. … Click to read more
Pre-Minneapolis Reflections
Let’s all take a deep breath. In the run-up to our time in Minneapolis, we must ask ourselves what has changed and what has remained the same.
What has changed is that a majority of PCUSA presbyteries have voted to remove the requirement from our Book of Order that all ministers, elders and deacons practice fidelity if they are married and chastity if they are single. The substitute language that is now part of our constitution calls upon leaders “to submit joyfully to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.”
