What does the AI that is proposed for removal say?
The 1978 Policy Statement and Recommendations say that: “Therefore, the 190th General Assembly (1978) of The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America offers the presbyteries the following definitive guidance: “That unrepentant homosexual practice does not accord with the requirements for ordination set forth in Form of Government, Chapter VII, Section 3 (37.03): . . . ‘It is indispensable that, besides possessing the necessary gifts and abilities, natural and acquired, everyone undertaking a particular ministry should have a sense of inner persuasion, be sound in the faith, live according to godliness, have the approval of God’s people and the concurring judgment of a lawful judicatory of the Church.’ “In relation to candidates for the ordained ministry, committees should be informed by the above guidance.” The constitutional provision cited in this guidance is no longer in the Book of Order, having been changed at Reunion.
