[1] As PCUSA and the National Capitol Presbytery Vote to Eliminate Fidelity and Chastity Amendment, One Pastor Calls for Return to Bible and the Lordship of Jesus ChristA 9 May 2011 email message from The Presbyterian Coalition titled “Vote "No" on 10-A: A Pastor's Witness” reports that the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)’s National Capitol Presbyteryvoted 30 April 2011 by a wide margin to approve Amendment 10-A, elimination of the ministerial requirement for “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness”.

“G-6.0106b has clarified what the Bible teaches Presbyterians to believe and what the Church Universal has always confessed: that God's intention for his children is "to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness."

“I am voting No because this change is not faithful to the Word of God; it is a willful act of disobedience to our Lord -- and for me personally, it de-moralizes the vows I made to Christ, by my chastity in singleness and fidelity in marriage these past 16 ½ years. The Bible's message about sexual morality is consistent and clear: sex outside of marriage is sinful. Christians submit their whole selves to the lordship of Jesus Christ, including submitting our sexual orientation and our sexual practices, to the glory of God and for our eternal joy.

“I am voting No because:

“-- Amendment 10-A is not true to what the Bible tells us about God's design in creation and God's intention for human relationships.

“-- Amendment 10-A is not true to the way the Bible honors marriage -- even lifting up the union of a man and a woman as an outward sign of the union of Christ and His bride, the Church.

“-- Amendment 10-A is contrary to the one voice with which the Bible speaks in opposition to heterosexual adultery, extramarital sex, and GLBTQ practice.

“-- The proposed amendment contains neither a clear standard of sexual morality, nor a requirement to repent of sin.

“Please vote No: in humble dependence on the Holy Spirit, see the world rightly, and so remain within the will of our Father in heaven -- God's good and perfect will -- presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship. (Romans 12:1-2) Thank you.”

Referring to a review of regulations by U.S. Navy attorneys, Chaplain Rear Admiral Tidd says the U.S. Navy now "has concluded that, generally speaking, base facility use is sexual orientation neutral.”

The leader of campus activist group Hope is Ready said that the document’s policies indirectly legitimize incidents which have occurred at Hope College such as rocks being thrown through the residence windows of openly homosexual couples, spray-painted slurs on campus sidewalks, KKK fliers, and intermittent harassment of homosexual students.

A large number of Muslim clerics then gathered outside of the man’s family’s house and demanded that he be turned over to them so that they could “do justice” by killing him. A neighbor suggested the family call the police and have the man taken into custody before the Muslim clerics killed him. When the clerics saw the man being put into a police van, they rushed toward the van and tried to take hold of the man. The clerics continued chasing after the vehicle as it carried the man away.

While the Muslim clerics were chasing after the police vehicle, three families closely related to the mentally ill man fled their homes and remain in hiding.

The wife and three of the four children of Church Of Christ In Nigeria Pastor James Musa Rike were murdered by the Muslims when the Muslims attacked at midnight, invading the pastor’s home. The Muslims shot Pastor Rike’s wife and two of his four children as they tried to escape their home, then disemboweled Mrs. Rike with a machete. Pastor Rike’s thirteen-year old daughter was then disemboweled with a machete after the Muslims told her “see how your Jesus will save you.” As she lay dying, the thirteen-year old told her father that she responded to the Muslims by telling them that Jesus had already saved her, and that by killing her they would only be making it possible for her to be with Him.

“In no way should these comments be construed as an attack on the heroic and courageous efforts of our Navy SEALs, rather they are presented as a challenge to the double standards shown by the Obama Administration when dealing with terrorism.”

“While acknowledging our own history in this regard, as well as the same errors we have committed in the past, it is with a growing sense of concern that we as the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) take note of the public remarks clergy as well as political figures have recently made, claiming God's support for their political party…. The latest incident in this regard, in which a pastor ceremoniously anointed president Zuma and misused Rom 13 in an irresponsible way to forcefully compel voters to support the ANC, really oversteps the boundaries of responsible theology, the responsible use of the Bible, as well as the responsible lobbying of support for the political party in question…. Should political leaders fail to publicly announce their opposition of these practices in the build-up towards the municipal elections, the DRC will have no choice but to use its communication structures as effectively as possible to advise voters to rather support political parties that do not misuse religion to further their own cause.”

The featured speaker is Dr. Dirk Mouw, an authority on the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, who will speak on the topic, “A Silver Lining? How New Netherland Church-Goers Seized New Opportunities Presented by the English Conquest, 1665-1699”.

The meeting is open to both members and non-members. Registration begins at 11:45 a.m., and the cost of the luncheon program is US$25.

The New Netherland Institute is a membership organization that supports the New Netherland Research Center in its mission of transcribing, translating and publishing some 12,000 documents of the New Netherland Colony in the 17th century.

The WCWC accepts high school students in the tenth grade and above and college students who are committed Christians and are eager to deepen their faith. The conference’s goal is that each student will leave feeling affirmed in the faith and encouraged to spread the kingdom of Christ.