The Utah Presbyterian Church is adding members, thanks to an influx of former Latter-day Saints.For more than a week, the Salt Palace Convention Center hummed with hymns, prayers and lively debate as Presbyterian leaders gathered to vote on a plethora of policies and stances on issues ranging from racism to climate change.
Presbyterianism is defined by its belief in the “priesthood of all believers.” The Rev. Bronwen Boswell, outgoing head of the General Assembly, put it this way: “We believe that the Holy Spirit works in and through every one of us.” Once the assembly has approved an item, it returns to individual congregations and their leaders, who are given wide latitude, decide how they will implement them locally.claimed the Presbyterian Church denomination in 2000. Today, the number stands at roughly half that.
The Presbytery of Utah, the Rev. Haas-Melchior said, is committed to creating “safe places for religiously and spiritually hurt people,”Indeed, among the General Assembly’s speakers was Owen Gibbs, a transgender teenager and member of thein Salt Lake City. Gibbs said that when, at 12, he came out as trans, “our church didn’t miss a beat” in affirming him and his new name and pronouns.
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