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Puritan Board Freshman
From: PCUSA committee green-lights three overtures concerning Islam at The Layman Online
07-01 - On Calling for Tolerance and Peaceful Relations Between the Christian and Muslim Communities (passed, 48-9-3)
The most controversial point was the second item in this overture from Newton Presbytery, which contains this directive: "State that though we hold differing understandings of how God has been revealed to humankind, the PCUSA affirms our belief in one God, the God of Abraham, whom Jews and Muslims also worship." It includes financial implications of $13,000.
Out of the five advocates who addressed the Muslim-Christian overtures, four spoke against them. Viola Larson of Sacramento Presbytery commended the overture for "a reason title and a good beginning," but maintained that it is "contrary to Christian affirmation and faith."
Larson said, "To state that the PCUSA 'affirms that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship a common God, although each understands that God differently' will become a faith statement about what we believe what we believe about God as Presbyterians."
07-01 - On Calling for Tolerance and Peaceful Relations Between the Christian and Muslim Communities (passed, 48-9-3)
The most controversial point was the second item in this overture from Newton Presbytery, which contains this directive: "State that though we hold differing understandings of how God has been revealed to humankind, the PCUSA affirms our belief in one God, the God of Abraham, whom Jews and Muslims also worship." It includes financial implications of $13,000.
Out of the five advocates who addressed the Muslim-Christian overtures, four spoke against them. Viola Larson of Sacramento Presbytery commended the overture for "a reason title and a good beginning," but maintained that it is "contrary to Christian affirmation and faith."
Larson said, "To state that the PCUSA 'affirms that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship a common God, although each understands that God differently' will become a faith statement about what we believe what we believe about God as Presbyterians."