hi betsy, thanks for the link to Israel Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA). . i went to their home page and poked arnuod a little bit and found this reference to the letter. since one of the signatories of the letter (the very first actually) is the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly Presbyterian Church (USA) and neither links indicate any distancing by PC(USA) from letter, it’s safe to assume it’s fairly representative of the majority. here is yet another link from PC(USA)’s general assembly communications coordinatorOn October 5, 2012, leaders of 15 Christian churches and organizations e28093 including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk, the Reverend Gradye Parsons e28093 joined together to sign and send a letter to Congress calling for a reconsideration of unconditional military aid to Israel. The Presbyterian News Service story, containing the complete text of the letter, is found here.An official response by Rev. Parsons to those who have communicated with him about the letter is found below. The Stated Clerke28099s statement outlines the explicit actions from the past two General Assemblies that directed him to send such a letter to Congress.i do not think it is unusual for a fringe group to claim they represent the majority (it’s a tactic actually), and alex wrote But that ignores the fact that the resolution was passed by the general assembly. it sounds a bit to me like the JTA was seeking out a fringe group using inflammatory rhetoric to buttress their claim.
hi betsy, thanks for the link to Israel Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA). . i went to their home page and poked arnuod a little bit and found this reference to the letter. since one of the signatories of the letter (the very first actually) is the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly Presbyterian Church (USA) and neither links indicate any distancing by PC(USA) from letter, it’s safe to assume it’s fairly representative of the majority. here is yet another link from PC(USA)’s general assembly communications coordinatorOn October 5, 2012, leaders of 15 Christian churches and organizations e28093 including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk, the Reverend Gradye Parsons e28093 joined together to sign and send a letter to Congress calling for a reconsideration of unconditional military aid to Israel. The Presbyterian News Service story, containing the complete text of the letter, is found here.An official response by Rev. Parsons to those who have communicated with him about the letter is found below. The Stated Clerke28099s statement outlines the explicit actions from the past two General Assemblies that directed him to send such a letter to Congress.i do not think it is unusual for a fringe group to claim they represent the majority (it’s a tactic actually), and alex wrote But that ignores the fact that the resolution was passed by the general assembly. it sounds a bit to me like the JTA was seeking out a fringe group using inflammatory rhetoric to buttress their claim.