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Presbyterians and overpopulation - part 3
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The Presbyterian denomination, despite its energetic efforts to be non-Presbyterian - is dying because it is failing to keep pace with the population increases of the United States over the past 15 years. My last articles have highlighted the vile efforts of a liberal Presbyterian denomination to stifle population growth, but still immigrant and foreign-American babies continue to be born in this country. Native-American, or simply white, families are almost as small as the government would like, and a sour economy will only ensure that cost-saving measures within families begin with contraception and end in menopause. But as my erstwhile Old Testament professor said, "The kingdom of God is doing just fine in other parts of the world, but the Presbyterian Church (PCA) in America is dying." Probably he is referring especially to the growing churches in Asia because apart from multiplying Muslims, native Europeans are in moribund decline - even offering financial incentives to families who will opt for children instead of abortion.
Presbyterians, though offering the richest history and theology on offer in accordance with biblical faithfulness, have become increasingly narcissistic – also as my former professor has observed. The focus of churches is on improved thinking, improved fellowship, improved entertainment, improved health; an improved self apart from an improved world. The reason for intense self-concern is because it is commonly believed that the world around us is in irreversible decline; or at least it is true of the Republican Party. We have forfeited the battle for the fate of the world, and as a result we have nothing of substantive hope to offer the world. The constant barrage of grossly selective and distorted global media coverage has dimmed the American Presbyterian hope, and the only realm that still seems promising is the one that we cannot see.
What are we to do?
We must keep baptizing babies. Which also means that all Christians, especially Presbyterians, are to continue with the ordinances of this life – marriage, work, Sabbath rests, worship and the Lord’s prayer. Which is to say that Presbyterians and the Church at large can claim a great percentage of the growing population for Jesus Christ by promoting life as God has given it to us on the earth. We must fight fiercely against even a related denomination when they seek to inhibit human existence with the help of the federal government. We must also promote life by living as if “our labors in the Lord are not in vain” (1 Thess. 15.58). God commands us to take every thought captive to the obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus commands us to go into all the world as ambassadors in the name of our triumphant King. In short, the Presbyterian denomination in America and elsewhere will only stave off death if it starts to live!
For more info:
Richard Pratt, "Kingdom Vision," part 1-3 (http://www.stpchurch.org/page3.html)
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