EPC On the Brink? General Assembly Will Be Divisive

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[TaylorLSexton]

As an OPC man, I also hope the best for the EPC. I think your last point is spot on, and it's something I've said for a while now. Those denominations for whom the last straw in their previous context was homosexuality, but who after their departure retained women's ordination, will find themselves right back where they began in a matter of a few short years. I think not only of the EPC, but also the ECO and the new Global Methodists. I have a bad feeling that they will be affirming homosexuality within a couple decades. I pray it would not be so, but the foundation is already crumbly.

[timh.]

Good to see this come across my feed, pastor Matt, been a while since I've heard you speak forthrightly.

Sad to hear that the EPC is struggling with similar infiltration attempts to the SBC, I'll be praying for their convictions to be resolved aligned with Christ.

[pilgriminprogress]

Thank you so much for speaking up on these matters!

[gunnartesdahl]

I'm frankly shocked this video was released before actually reading up on these issues in greater detail...

[peteverhelst]

As a member of the Canadian Reformed churches. I can tell you that it as a denomination doesn't make blanket policy statements about politics or political issues or even social issues. The word alone. No statements to bind the conscience.

[murrydixon]

I am not in favour of non denominational churches. But I have to wonder when I see case after case of this liberal infection: How did denominations get in this bad of shape? Is it from even having all of these general conferences and general assemblies? Maybe we should all take the Scripture and Confessions as we have them and drop the GC and GAs. How does truth continue to be up for debate year after year after year?

[hollylazzaro]

Matthew, this is a very disappointing video. You have been poorly informed about what is going on in the EPC. Galatians 5 warns believers against having this kind of spirit. You cite “problems you have with this Pastoral Letter” without having read it. You speak to the challenge that one of our presbyteries is facing as they consider a church and a pastor totally incorrectly. We do have a theological and doctrinal position on this. You’re just poorly informed all around.

The title card on this video was clickbait. Please prayerfully consider what truly motivated you to do that. To be as charitable as possible, I am going to assume you meant no ill intent but took a half-baked batch of information from someone and put it out there without carefully considering the ramifications. As a result, you have sown strife, disunity, and dissension into your video and your promotion of it (your X post was very problematic, but thanks for taking it down). As a biblically informed pastor, you know that Galatians 5 warns us against what you have, I hope inadvertently, done here. Let us be the peacemakers that Jesus called us to be. Please don’t sow discord in a space where you don’t even reside. You’ve been ill-informed all around, and it clearly shows in this video.

For those of you EPC folks in this comment thread, I urge you to talk to your pastors and your presbyteries about the issues we are discussing at the upcoming GA. We will discuss them with honor and respect. Good, Christ-honoring decisions will be made after having been carefully considered. Don’t get your information from someone who isn’t even a member of our denomination and doesn't have all the information.

Matthew, once we have properly, in true Presbyterian form, let the procedural wheels spin at our GA, and we have discussed and prayed about how to handle our business, you are certainly welcome to respond to that if you feel you must from your perspective over there in another denomination. But to preemptively say all this was a really poor choice. Not Christ-honoring, not unity-promoting, just a bad choice. Please do better, brother.