The 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA met last month in St. Louis. As I reported in a previous blog, one of the overtures of particular interest to me on their agenda dealt with interfaith relations. Known as Overture 7-1, it was approved as amended by the General Assembly on Wednesday, June 20th. […]
Presbyterian Church USA Poised to Condemn Islam, Muhammad and the Qur’an….
The 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) kicks off this week (June 16-23). It promises to be an orgy of progressive delights — from bashing America’s immigration policies to demonizing fossil fuels to trashing Israel while apotheosizing Palestine to global warming warnings to the horrors of white privilege to the blessings of […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Imam Invited To Open Presbyterian Assembly Promptly Denigrates Christians
Over at PJ Media, I discuss the Presbyterian Church’s submission to Islam: The Presbyterian Church (USA) — one of the nation’s foremost mainline Protestant churches and the largest Presbyterian body in the country — recently convened in Portland, Oregon for its 222nd General Assembly. Its “first order of business” was to commemorate the victims of […]
Presbyterian Church USA offers prayers to Allah, acknowledges Muhammad as prophet
The assembled Presbyterians no doubt thought they were being wonderfully open-minded and ecumenical; they did not realize that Wajidi Said was openly proselytizing for Islam. “Lead us on the straight path” is straight from the Fatihah, the Opening, the Qur’an’s first chapter and the most common and oft-repeated prayer in Islam. Islamic scholars identify the […]