The Church of Scotland has lost the mind of Christ

May 29, 2022 by

from Christian Concern:

Carys Moseley comments on the Church of Scotland’s decisions to support the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy and allow ministers to conduct same-sex ‘marriages’

This week the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland voted to allow ministers to conduct same-sex ‘marriages’. It also voted to support the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy in the UK. Both decisions are seriously concerning as they show the Church of Scotland has lost the mind of Christ on creation, marriage and the Christian life.

It is very important to understand that these two votes fundamentally reinforce one another as I explain below.

Biblically faithful pastoral care damned as ‘hostile’

This is what the Church of Scotland Faith Impact Forum said introducing support for the MOU at the General Assembly:

“In 2011 the General Assembly adopted the following statement on the pastoral care of homosexual Christians:

“It is contrary to God’s will that Christians should be hostile in any way to a person because he or she is homosexual by orientation and in his or her practice. In other words we view homophobia as sinful. We do not include in the concept of homophobia both the bona fide belief that homosexual practice is contrary to God’s will and the responsible statement of that belief in preaching or writing. It is the duty of the Church to welcome, minister, and reach out to people regardless of their sexual orientation and practice. The Church should strive to manifest God’s love to all of his people. In particular, the Church should recognise the heavy burden which a homosexual orientation continues to place on some who find it difficult or impossible to reconcile their orientation with their understanding of God’s purposes as revealed in the Bible. There is a particular need for the Church to reach out pastorally to them and to make them welcome.””

This sounds as if the Church of Scotland in 2011 was still allowing ministers to refuse to endorse same-sex behaviour in the name of God. However, this turns out to be a false reassurance, because the Faith Impact Forum went on to say this:

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