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Gracious Separation: just an idea for now

PORTLAND — A sprinkling of people wore buttons that said: "Gracious Separation, A Faithful Choice," and a workshop to discuss it was packed, but it was far from clear whether people were just curious about the idea or willing to actually support it. The Presbyterian Coalition board has not endorsed it — it’s presenting options but not pushing openly for any — and the Lay Committee, where the idea reportedly has some support and some opposition, hasn’t voted yet.


"I don’t think it’s a very strong possibility," Coalition co-moderator Jerry Andrews said in an interview. "I don’t see the support nor do I see the viability, but others do. It requires among other things negotiation with the left and their good will. The first is inadvisable, the second invisible."

Doug Pratt, in a speech called "State of the Church," argued that it is the...

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