Episcopal Church Toys With The Idea Of Making GOD “Gender Neutral”

You know what I think?

I think people are allowed to believe and express their faith in whatever way they want.

Because of that, I’m going to reserve casting too much judgment on this. I don’t want judgment cast on the way I believe. My faith is between me and God, and no person can tell me I don’t “believe” correctly.

However, my concern is that this move has nothing to do with God… and is instead influenced by our current politically-correct environment.

Faith was never meant to be politically correct.

But whatever. It’s not my place to tell them what’s right and wrong when it comes to their relationship with God.

According to Fox News:

The Episcopal Church formed a committee Wednesday to “provide a pathway” toward revising the Book of Common Prayer to include gender-neutral language.

Church leaders called for immediate revisions to correct the “overwhelming use of masculine language” throughout the book, arguing that the language is now a hindrance to spiritual inclusion, according to the Episcopal Church website.

“As long as ‘men’ and ‘God’ are in the same category, our work toward equity will not just be incomplete. I honestly think it won’t matter in some ways,” Wil Gafney, a professor of the Hebrew Bible and strong advocate for the edit, told the Washington Post

I don’t see it that way… but again… they can do whatever they want.

The Episcopal News Service shared further concerns from church leaders that the current language has created a “barrier to evangelizing young people.”

Kathleen Moore, a seminarian from the Diocese of Vermont, said she tries to help the youth see that gendered language gets in the way of faith in God.

“Let’s let God be God,” Moore told the religious news agency.

See… yeeeeeah. This makes me feel like it’s just a marketing move. Are you going to mess with your religious understanding for the sake of marketing your church?

I dunno guys. That unsettles me.

A subcommittee was tasked with providing resolutions as part of a 12-year revision process, followed by a three-year “trial” period.

Because revision of the prayer book is part of the church’s constitution, “adoption of a new book requires votes in two consecutive General Conventions to take effect, placing final approval on the agenda in 2030,” according to the church.

So um, “Our PARENT in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your REGENTdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Is that about right?

So alright, folks! Do we have any Episcopal readers? How do YOU feel about this? and can you lend a new perspective?