An Open Letter : Going Where God Has Ordained Us To Be
There have recently appeared in the electronic version of Presbyterian Outlook a number of "open letters" responding to the New Wineskins Convocation. To date, six different open letters have criticized to some degree or another the finding by the New Wineskins Strategy Team that departure from the PC(USA) is a faithful option for those called by God to do so.
I suppose it should not be surprising that those most invested in the man-made construct known as a denomination, who place so much faith in its polity and bureaucracy, would be opposed to any diminution in the core membership of the group. Thus, four of the open letters were written by executive/general presbyters (one of whom is also one of the newest members of the denomination's Advisory Committee on the Constitution): Messrs Hooker, Wyatt, Evans, and Ms. McRight. Only one serving associate pastor, Ms. Jongewaard, and one elder, Mr. Newkirk have commented. With one exception, all of the letters have been polity-based and there has been no real response in any of the open letters to the Biblical and theological concerns that have led us to the point at which we now find ourselves.
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"Do we need synods? Do we need executive presbyters?" asked conference facilitator Gilbert R. Rendle. "These [questions] are dangerous because as we ask them, we have to ask whether we are ready to lose our jobs. I don't take such questions easily. Three times I've gone through a process that led to the determination that my job was not needed. I didn't like it then. I don't like it now."