by Session
Question: What’s this all about?
Answer: As you think about these few items, you will hopefully see, in a nutshell, what this is all about.
- Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Do you believe and accept this as True?
- Is Scripture God’s inerrant word? Is it authoritative? Is it the absolute Truth? (Or is truth relative to cultural thinking’s interpretation?)
- Jesus also said, “everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.” Do you also accept this as True?
- Is belief in our Triune God and His absolute Truth worth fighting for?
- Is it important to you to have solid, scripturally-based preaching and teaching at Hebron both now and in the future?
- Do you want Hebron’s leadership to uphold the historic essentials of the Christian faith?
The Session believes the answers to the above questions are a resounding YES, and that the PCUSA has continued to wander so far away that they can no longer honestly answer in the same way.
What’s next?
Here is a brief list of what will be coming up in this process:
- Henry met with the Presbytery Discernment Team (DT) on Wednesday, April 17th to discuss the next steps.
- The DT will be setting up a meeting with Hebron’s Session (TBD).
- Next, the DT will schedule 3 congregational meetings (TBD).
- A congregational vote will be held at a later date after these meetings.
- We are looking most seriously at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) with whose theology we match so much more closely. Session will be voting on this soon.
- All of this will take 6 to 12 months.
- Depending upon the vote, negotiations for separation will take place.
Please keep praying for clarity, unity, and that God will be glorified throughout this process.