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Barbara Kellam Scott comments on the
election of the Moderator, and another vote
The author is currently serving as Moderator of Semper
Reformanda, and is a Presbyterian elder.
[6-10-01]
So far so good on two votes I know of.
The one I observed was the election of Jack Rogers as
Moderator -- first ballot, 55 percent of the vote!! Jack ducked only
half of one question: He endorsed the notion of a commission to assess
the theological state of the church but did not answer on the proviso of
arresting all judicial action (under G-6.0106b and the Definitive
Guidance) and allowing installations while such a commission did its
work.
Ted Wardlaw of Greater Atlanta gets my vote for best
question to show Jack's value: He asked for comment on the PLC
"Confessing Church movement." Jack had the chance to strongly
discredit it, especially for its attempt to appropriate the heritage of
Barmen, to talk about the true role of the confessions and how
Presbyterians make confessions, and to use his apparently famous
birdcage/birdbath analogy (yeah, both have boundaries, but only one has
boundaries that determine who's out and who's in). Actually, not one of
the candidates, not even Nancy Maffett of PFR fame, clearly supported
the PLC's step over the boundaries.
The vote I only heard about, from a commissioner who
sat at my table at the "Three Sisters" (MLP, Shower of Stoles,
TAMFS) dinner, was a rogue motion toward the end of the first plenary.
It would have established an order of the day on Wednesday morning to
deal with 3 "Jesus is the only way" overtures. It crashed by
more than 80 percent.
We may just have a group here that's ready to turn the
church around. That certainly was Jimmy Creech's prediction at the
dinner (he's the Methodist pastor defrocked for doing a Holy Union), if
not this year, soon. He said he's sure the PC(USA) is where the
ordination dam will be broken, because of our polity, because of our
strong emphasis on call, and because we meet every single year and thus
have the advantage of both persistence and frequency.
The Irreverend Ms. Barbara Kellam Scott
Writer, reader, elder, hoper-in and prayer-for Shalom
And another little comment on the election of the
Moderator:
At the Women of Faith Awards breakfast this morning, my wife started a
new song, "It's a beautiful day in neighborhood, a beautiful day in
the neighborhood, because it is Dr. Rogers' neighborhood."
Mike Bailey
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