MC USA: To Laugh or to Cry?

I read today the new issue of Mennonite Weekly Review with coverage of the 2009 gathering of the Mennonite Church in the USA. As I read the articles on the gathering, I did not know whether to laugh or to cry. I was moved to prayer for the church. It seems rather clear that Mennonites have abandoned their long standing commitment to the Bible, at least in regard to the nature of the church. Gone is the sense of the church as a called out people not conformed to the world. Instead, in the name of inclusivity everything goes. People and congregations may believe whatever they want without fear of church discipline. There is a fear of offending or excluding anyone.

The articles boasted of the presence of the Spirit at the gathering. Yet the actions of the gathering cannot be reconciled with the Biblical teaching of the Spirit. It is even likely that will the attendees boasted of the Spirit, that in actuality Ichabod has been written over the church.

The Mennonite convention in many ways parallels the General Convention of the Episcopal Church taking place now. In violation of Scripture, the Convention seems bent on approving blessings for same sex relationships. This is claimed to be the leading of the Spirit but that seems far fetched.

Eventually members from these churches will stand before Christ to give an account of their actions.