Again evangelical eyes spotted this posting by Athanasius on the
 another site Blog.

Thanks to James Kishiner at Touchstone's Mere Comments for the info.

 This story might serve to make all denominations take notice. Does our responsibility for our stewardship end once the plate passes us. 

 We have an obligation to make sure  we are funding the those activities that we believe  promote God's work . Maybe the budget squeeze will serve to draw critical review of our provincial and denominational spending.

Now that's heresy

The Western North Carolina Presbytery (PCUSA) voted this week to withdraw ministerial credentials from the Rev. Parker Williamson, director of the Presbyterian Lay Committee. The Rev. Williamson had committed the ultimate mainline heresy: advocating that churches redirect their money away from programs that undermine the gospel. During the meeting, where the vote went against him by 150-106, Williamson said this:

Holding up an offering plate, [Williamson] asked commissioners to "take a close look at this offering plate. As an act of worship, we pass it among our parishioners. Then we dedicate our gifts to the Lord Jesus Christ."

"Does anyone here think that our responsibilities end with that prayer of dedication? Please hear me, especially those of you who are elders. We have a sacred responsibility to ensure that offerings we dedicate to Jesus glorify Jesus and attest to the life that He has called us to live.

"But there is bad news: More than $500,000 from this offering annually funds a Washington lobby that advocates the unthinkable: Our offerings have blessed crushing the skulls of little children as they emerge from the womb. Is it not an abomination that the president and Congress have adopted a higher ethic than the Presbyterian Church (USA)?

"But, tragically, there's more. With these offerings we have funded speakers who ask, 'What's the big deal about Jesus;' official committees that place Jesus on a par with the goddess Sophia, Gaia the earth mother, and Buddha; and the salaries of seminary professors who deny the atonement and bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"If we know that is happening--and the evidence is incontrovertible--how in God's name can we fund it with offerings that we have dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ?

Needless to say, such a resort to truth was futile in the face of the majority's terror that they might lose money if Williamson's credentials were not taken. What he advocated, by the way, was completely within the rules of the PCUSA--another inconvenient fact that apparently was not allowed to stand in the way of attempting to silence an opponent.

Thanks to James Kishiner at Touchstone's Mere Comments for the info.