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Jeremiah Wright’s Church Denomination Banishes “God The Father” For (Gay) Inclusion 

The former pastor of President Barack Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright is under the United Church of Christ which is making some major changes in their doctrine. They have decided to banish God “the Father” from its organizational documents, say report.

A report from Eric Anderson on the denomination’s websiteconfirmed that delegates to the UCC’s “General Synod 28″ agreed late Monday to a series of proposed amendments to the constitution and bylaws. The vote was 613 in favor of the changes, 171 against and 10 abstaining.

The changes include a pointed deletion of a reference to God “as heavenly Father,” which has been part of Christendom’s description of the Trinity for millennia – the three persons of God being the heavenly Father, Christ the Son and Savior, and the Holy Ghost, the counselor and comforter.

In exchange after approval, the language would be changed to say, “A Local Church is composed of persons who, believing in the triune God, accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and depending on the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”

Denomination spokeswoman Barb Powell told WND today that the change was made because the reference to “heavenly Father” was too restrictive.

“In the UCC, our language for God, Christ and the Holy Spirit … is preferred to be more open for different expressions of the Trinity,” she said. “Heavenly Father is just one vision.”

“…the denomination seeks to be “inclusive” in its language, “so therefore we will tend to change language that is more traditional to be more inclusive.” (Translation: more gay affirming).

A group within the denomination, the Biblical Witness Fellowship, with some reverence for God, was critical of the editing.

“Rejecting God as Father in an age of fatherlessness is unthinkable,” said David Runnion-Bareford, a leader of the fellowship organization. “God acted toward us in amazing grace when He offered to be our Father through the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ who offers us life in his name.

“This is not something we as humans made up in some other time. Rejecting our Father is [an] act of arrogant rebellion in the name of cultural conformity that only further alienates members, churches, but more importantly God himself.”

“We are deeply concerned about the alarming rate at which the UCC is encouraging the ordination of those who choose ‘alternative’ lifestyles (i.e., homosexuality, bisexuality and sexual activity outside of marriage), embrace moral relativism, seek authority in human experience, or are ambivalent about such basic beliefs as the Lordship of Jesus Christ, the reality of the Resurrection and other doctrines of the church which are the foundation of our faith. Continued ordination of ministers who cannot accept even the simplest truths of the Christian faith will only contribute to the further collapse of our church to the prevailing mythologies of the culture.”

If they are careful, they’re going to bust Hell wide open!!