After He had provided purification for our sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. Here is my point in all this. The essence of sin, individually or corporately, is an intense preoccupation with ourselves. I fear for our denomination in its passion to defend, promote and prove, not the centrality of the Gospel, but its own organizational systems and the flawed idea that we are the one true people of God and all others are not. The true purpose of any denomination or congregation is not to promote itself, but to proclaim the Gospel.
Dysfunctional theology breeds dysfunctional organization.
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. We seek to do all things for the sake of the Gospel. Now, over issues of control and policy and theology, the Potomac officers have decided to draw the circle with us on the outside. They have treated us it with Christian gentleness and kindness, but their decision is clear. You must decide if you agree.