Naming names
PCUSA eyes "third way" on homosexuality
May 16, 2006
by John Dart
“I have become profoundly disenchanted with our General Assembly process . . . the unsatisfactory way we were dealing with difficult and complex theological issues . . . and the toxic by-products of perpetually creating winners and losers, friends who are with us and enemies who oppose us.”
—Peace, Unity and Purity task force member Scott Anderson
“In place of national-level ideological conflict that shouts entrenched positions past the opposition in hopes of rallying superior numbers of the already-convinced, the task force counsels a careful, attentive engagement of differences among neighbors and co-workers at the local level.”
—PUP task force member Mark Achtemeier
—Peace, Unity and Purity task force member Scott Anderson
“In place of national-level ideological conflict that shouts entrenched positions past the opposition in hopes of rallying superior numbers of the already-convinced, the task force counsels a careful, attentive engagement of differences among neighbors and co-workers at the local level.”
—PUP task force member Mark Achtemeier
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