If I were Donald Trump’s pastor
Nothing has generated conversation on my Facebook page lately like posts about Donald Trump. Yesterday I posted a story about Catholic bishops taking on Trump. Noting that he claims to be a Presbyterian, I wondered if Presbyterian leaders should be addressing his rhetoric as well. A variety of people weighed in, and given the predominance of liberals among my FB friends most of the comments were in favor of critiquing the Donald. It was also pointed out that the PCUSA’s Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns has in fact responded to Trump.
Steve Salyards (the GA Junkie) has a good post on this. He points out that Trump was confirmed at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, but seems more recently associated with Marble Collegiate Church, a congregation in the Reformed Church in America. Steve goes on to use Trump as an interesting test case to ponder how big the PCUSA tent really is. Here is Steve’s thought experiment: “Is the tent big enough to include an individual who publicly expresses views that some (many?) would strongly disagree with but who has the characteristics for membership and who seeks to be considered a member of the denomination?”
All of this has inspired a thought experiment of my own: what would I do if I were Donald Trump’s pastor?
