PCUSA Departs Orthodoxy
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. voted yesterday to allow the ordination of actively homosexual clergy, taking another step away from historic Christian orthodoxy.This is a sad day for all the good, godly people in PCUSA churches who will suffer displacement due to the pernicious actions of false teachers and aberrant presbyteries. While this does not come as a surprise (the PCUSA has been tending this direction for years), it does come as a slap in the face to biblically orthodox, gospel-minded Presbyterians who have been praying and longing for renewal within that denomination.
Why Catholics are Becoming Protestants
One out of every 10 Americans is an ex-Catholic. If they were a separate denomination, they would be the third-largest denomination in the United States, after Catholics and Baptists. One of three people who were raised Catholic no longer identifies as Catholic.So observes Father Thomas Reese, summarizing new Pew Research Center data in an essay for the National Catholic Reporter. And to his credit, Reese dives into the data to honestly identify the root causes of the exodus: "Contrary to what conservatives say, ex-Catholics are not flocking to the evangelicals because they think the Catholic church is politically too liberal. They are leaving to get spiritual nourishment from worship services and the Bible."