In a follow-up to a situation in Mission Presbytery that I commented on back in September, Toby Brown, in his excellent blog “A Classical Presbyterian,” updates the situation where a declared atheist was admitted to membership in St. Andrews Church in Austin.  The membership was challenged and Mission Presbytery voted to instruct St. Andrews about the standards for membership and to invalidate the specific membership.  St. Andrews appealed to the Synod of the Sun PJC.

Rev. Brown, in his recent update, details new developments.  The pivotal event is the decision by the PJC to deny the complaint and not issue an injunction.  This clears the way for the presbytery, through the Committee on Ministry, to dialog and instruct the St. Andrews’ session on these matters.  Check out Toby’s blog for all the details.

I would also add that the pastor at St. Andrews holds a non-traditional (he might say a non-western) view of the Greek word “kurios” and that it would not be properly translated as “Lord” as we would in saying “Jesus is Lord.”  If this is of interest to you check the discussion in the comments below Toby’s blog post.