posted on June 21, 2001 03:12:29 PM newDALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Leaders of the [Presbyterian] Church in America voted Thursday to allow varying interpretations of biblical accounts of creation. The general assembly of 1,500 male ministers and church elders voted by 2-1 to deny an attempt by some conservative members to label as exceptions interpretations that do not support the literal viewpoint which some see as a concession to evolution and modern science..
posted on June 21, 2001 09:02:10 PM new
My guess is that the Presbyterians seeing the Fundamentalist take-over of the Southern Baptists and how the organization is breaking up, have now takne the first steps to ensure that this won't happen to them.
