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In her first major appearance as Moderator of the 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reverend Joan Gray spoke to about a thousand evangelical Presbyterians at the PFR Christian Life Conference in Montreat, NC on Sunday, July 2, 2006.This PFR conference came right on the heels of the PC(USA) General Assembly, whose action on ordination standards has caused much soul searching among evangelicals. The question on the minds of many at the conference was, “where do we go from here?”
The Moderator spoke candidly, and she pointed the crowd to Jesus and to prayer. “I want to recognize that many of us are hurting, grieving, sometimes even angry at what happened and what has come out of the General Assembly…Where do we go when we are broken?....Where do we go as believers?... There’s only one place to go when we get to places like this, and that’s to our knees.”Recognizing that for many evangelicals the PC(USA) feels like a desert right now, Gray noted that it is when “we get to the places where there is no water and nothing to eat. Those are the times when God does miracles.”
To listen to Joan Gray’s remarks at the PFR Christian Life Conference (6 minute recording), click the play button below. You may also download the MP3 below.
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