The Presbyterian Church USA represents one of the dying branches of mainline Christianity in America today. Go into most PCUSA churches and you are more likely to hear the gospel of political correctness preached than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The denomination is one of several plunging headlong into apostasy. As a former Presbyterian, I know. Nevertheless, even with the denomination in such an advanced state of moral and spiritual decay, it was disappointing to witness its General Assembly vote overwhelmingly to side with Yasser Arafat and his terrorist hordes over the only freedom-loving country in the Middle East. That's right. The PCUSA is the first and only church in America to vote to divest from Israel – equating the Jewish state with the apartheid state of South Africa. U.S. Jews are understandably upset, given lingering tensions over persecution in the past. They are also concerned about another policy adopted by the church at its annual meeting – refusing to cut off funding of evangelism of Jews. Let me attempt to put to rest any concerns about the Presbyterians evangelizing Jews. Have no fear, my Jewish friends, of evangelism by these Presbyterians. They have demonstrated their woeful inability to evangelize anyone in the last 20 years. All you have to do is look at the denominations dwindling numbers. But the PCUSA does command a $7 billion investment portfolio. And, therefore, it is of concern that its decision to divest from Israel might set off a chain reaction among other liberal mainline denominations.
