“I Don’t Consider Homosexuality to be a Sin”—PCI Minister
Martyn McGeown critiques the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's 2007 adoption of pastoral guidelines for homosexual members, which he argues represent a departure from biblical teaching on sexuality. The article documents the institutional response (or lack thereof) to this doctrinal shift and discusses a related judicial commission case, arguing that Reformed churches must maintain biblical standards on sexual ethics rather than accommodating contemporary cultural positions.
Martyn McGeown The 2007 General Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) officially adopted guidelines on how to pastor homosexual members. This report called the church to “repent of its homophobia” and was a grievous departure from the biblical position that homosexuality, both in its practices and in its lusts, is sin (cf. “The Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Sodomy“). One would imagine that, in a supposedly evangelical church, there would be howls of protest from...