The church is inspired and maintained by Word and Sacrament. The church is universal, apostolic, faith sharing, mission-oriented. God s power brings the church into being and allows it to exist in its theological and social diversity. Such diversity moves the church forward to the fulfillment of the kingdom of God in Christ. We re called, brothers and sisters, to break down barriers that bind.
Dialogue is about understanding.
Discernment is about listening to God. February 16 The Worship Committee of the Presbytery of Arkansas prepared a Litany of Discernment for their February meeting. They lit a candle and placed it in a central location with a baptismal font, as a reminder of Christ s presence with them and that they were not merely colleagues, but brothers and sisters in Christ, indelibly bound by the waters of baptism and the love of Christ. The process by which decision is reached tells of the nature of the group in a way other forms of ritual sometimes miss. This a different take on the law than our culture offers us.