(David) Let's think for a moment about the meaning of presbyterial life.
If the essence of presbyterianism is elders willingly subjecting themselves to their brethren...
And if ordained elders should never willfully violate the PCA's standards without first submitting their teaching or course-of-action to presbytery for approval...
And if those who come to possess beliefs substantially opposed to settled portions of PCA standards should leave the PCA for a denomination sympathetic to their new convictions rather than mar PCA harmony by staying and fighting...
Then what, pray tell, are we to make of PCA churches actually laying hands upon women (and men) in services of "commissioning" to the diaconal office?
And what are we to make of this overture to the PCA's 2008 General Assembly from the Philadelphia Presbytery asking General Assembly to sanction retroactively the ordination of women to an office clearly forbidden them by PCA standards?
And finally, why has no one sought to discipline these churches and this presbytery?
The irony is so thick you could cut it.
(Thanks for the link, Andrew)
