It Is Official: The Presbyterian Church in America Goes Federal Visionist

I cannot say that I am surprised but it is now official.  The Presbyterian Church in America at the General Assembly refused to override the decision of the Standing Judicial Committee when it upheld the exoneration of both Peter Leithart in the Northwest Pacific Presbytery.  And nothing was said about the exoneration of Jeffrey Myers in the Missouri Presbytery either.  

Sean Gerety of the God's Hammer blog was there at the General Assembly and reported on the story:

Long and short, and from the smattering I’ve been able to catch,  it’s a farce.

For those interested, and so far as I can tell, every challenge to the Standing Judicial Commission’s upholding the exoneration of Federal Visionist Peter Leithart by the Pacific Northwest Presbytery has been shot down . . . except one . . .  Overture 19.   Overture 19  is going to be decided on tomorrow.  While I pray I’m wrong, don’t be surprised if this too is ruled out of order.

You can watch a live stream from the GA here.   No doubt God’s will will be done, but don’t get your hopes up that the GA will require the SJC to rehear the Leithart case.  It’s fair to say the FV is a protected and affirmed scheme of salvation by faith plus works  in the PCA.

OOPs, spoke too soon.   I thought business was coming to a close as I typed the above.

The Moderator just ruled Overture 19 out of order.   The Moderator just ran roughshod over the remaining conservatives in the PCA.

It’s over.

To read the rest of Sean's comments click here:   PCA GA 41 – Not Pretty (updated)