25 January 2012

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] USA Christian Ministries President Pastor Steven Andrew Says “Voting for Mormon Romney is Betraying Jesus Christ”

[2] Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians Introduced in Orlando, Florida, Conference with Representatives from 500 PCUSA Congregations

[3] Occupy Wall Street Protesters Hosted by New York City Churches Steal Baptismal Font Lid from Manhattan PCUSA Church and Urinate on Cross at Brooklyn United Methodist Church

[4] Boko Harem Muslim Terrorists in Nigeria Explode Car Bombs Killing 256

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[1] USA Christian Ministries President Pastor Steven Andrew Says “Voting for Mormon Romney is Betraying Jesus Christ”

USA Christian Ministries President Pastor Steven Andrew believes that Christians who vote for Mitt Romney betray Jesus Christ, saying:

“Obviously Mitt Romney is deceived. Do you want someone deceived by the Mormon cult in the White House?... Many people know that Mormons teach heresies like Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer. But do people know voting for Romney will bring God's judgment (2 Chronicles 19:2)?... Voting for Romney or Obama who do not follow God causes the economy to decline and removes Christian freedoms (Deuteronomy 28, Leviticus 26)…. If you love Jesus Christ, you won't vote for Mormon Romney.”

Pastor Andrew writes about Mormonism:

1) Mormons Deny God - Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Godhead. Mormons teach Jesus Christ is the spirit brother of Lucifer, a created being. The Holy Bible is the inerrant Word of God. Mormons use non-Biblical books. God alone is God. Mormons teach men become Gods and God was once a man.

2) Mormons Preach a Different Gospel - Paul, the apostle, warns, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:9). The book of Mormon was given by an angel.

3) Mormons Hide the Cross - The Holy Bible says, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing” (1 Corinthians 1:18). Mormons do not display the cross.

4) Mormons Have Occult Practice - Christians trust in Jesus Christ to protect them, and God’s Word gives Christians power over sin. Mormons think “magic” underwear with markings helps them.

5) Mormons are Anti-Christian - Jesus Christ said, whoever believes in Him will be saved (John 3:16). Mormons deny the real Jesus Christ. They are exclusive and teach that Christians are apostate.


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[2] Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians Introduced in Orlando, Florida, Conference with Representatives from 500 PCUSA Congregations

A 20 January 2012 Gant Daily article by Kris Alingod titled “Group Leaves Presbyterian Church to Form ‘Reformed’ Denomination” reports that representatives of 500 Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) churches met the week of 16 January 2012 in Orlando, Florida, for the introduction of the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO), a breakaway denomination from the PCUSA for congregations disaffected with the PCUSA bureaucracy and the decision in 2011 to drop the Fidelity and Chastity Amendment from the PCUSA Constitution, thus allowing the ordination of homosexuals.

PCUSA congregations desiring membership in the ECO will need to be formally dismissed from the PCUSA, and congregations that remain in the PCUSA can choose from several forms of associate membership.


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[3] Occupy Wall Street Protesters Hosted by New York City Churches Steal Baptismal Font Lid from Manhattan PCUSA Church and Urinate on Cross at Brooklyn United Methodist Church

A 22 January 2012 New York Post article by Candice M. Giove titled “‘God’-Awful OWS Mob Steals Sacred Item from Church” reports that Occupy Wall Street protesters camping in New York City churches stole a brass baptismal font lid from the West-Park Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Manhattan, and urinated on a cross at the Park Slope United Methodist Church in Brooklyn. The baptismal font’s brass bowl insert, which had contained “Holy water — straight from the River Jordan” had been poured into the 800 lb. baptismal font base’s bowl, and was later recovered in another part of the church building.

West-Park pastor the Rev. Robert Brashear announced to the protestors that they had two weeks to vacate the church, and said of the protestor’s actions: “It was like [urinating] on the ninety-nine percent.” Brashear’s US$2400 Apple MacBook went missing from his office three weeks prior to the baptismal font lid theft. Brashear recalled how no such problems occurred in the 1980’s when the church extended help to drug addicts saying: “Not even crackheads messed with [the baptismal font]”.


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[4] Boko Harem Muslim Terrorists in Nigeria Explode Car Bombs Killing 256

Mission Network News reported 24 January 2012 that Boko Haram Muslim terrorists in Kano State, Nigeria, set off numerous car bombs on 21 January 2012 that killed 256 people.

Voice of the Martyrs USA spokesman Todd Nettleton said that although the group has mainly confined their activities to northeastern Nigeria, many fear extremist elements within the sect may try to escalate the crisis throughout the country – “not only government of Nigeria targets, but international targets, as well. They have basically declared war on law and order in Nigeria, and anybody who represents law and order, they are willing to attack as they continue these calls that Nigeria should be an Islamic nation and should follow Sharia law.”


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