A Denomination or a Political Institution?

I am becoming more and more convinced that our local churches function as a “church” and that the PCUSA functions (and is) a “political institution.” The PCUSA pays lip service to leading people to Christ but writes pages and pages of position papers on divestment from companies selling their products to Israel, lobbies congress for bills and policies that are contrary to official denominational policy, and jumps in bed with the latest feminist theology even when it is pagan to its core. The PCUSA is political to its core.

What would happen if the PCUSA was to ban all financial expenditures on “politics” for ten years and put all of that money into congregational development and evangelism? Let’s see… fire all political staff and disband all GA committees and work groups except for congregational development and evangelism. Give the $$$ to local congregations to advertise. Give the $$$ to congregations to update and improve their facilities. Give the $$$ to help fund evangelism efforts. Give the $$$ to plant new churches in areas of population growth. Give the $$$ to train churches in how to do podcasts. Give the $$$ to help churches to train worship teams.

Our church use to be one of the largest givers to presbytery, synod and denominational causes (based on per member) in our presbytery. The problem was that we gave so much that we couldn’t afford to buy educational materials for our church or to do any local programming our outreach. Two years ago we SLASHED our giving to those causes and God started blessing our church. Imagine that!! We began to listen to what God wanted rather than blindly give to denominational causes. Blessing. Blessing! Blessing!!

What would happen if the PCUSA was to follow suit?