Proud brother
: Go here and you’ll see a picture of and quotes from my sister, the Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, in a story about a good fight she’s waging against fringe Presbyterian efforts to proselytize Jews in a fake synagogue. Says my sister:
4 responses to “Proud brother”
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Freedom is a funny thing. Now we’re supposed to suppress the freedom of religion in order to protect those who may be with no religion from choosing wrongly or from offending someone. I’d imagine that Orthodox Jews might take issue with Reform synagogues in their midst. The point is no one is forced to do anything. That’s freedom for you.
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No, Bob, this is about using the funds of the mainline Presbyterian church to do something that church does not normally do. It’s subversive within the Presbyterian church. If they want to go out and get their own money to do this, you’re right, they can. But the Presbyterian church better know that this is being done in its name with its funds. That is the issue.
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Is there a service out there that keeps track of conversion rate among religions? I ask because in everything I’ve read the Presbyterian’s may have done well to invest the 345K into revamping their Sunday school programs like a lot of religious groups have done this year. Did they really study this or is it just a fringe theory?
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You’re related to the Rev. Jarvis?!? I had no idea! Good grief. She was absolutely my idol growing up, hearing her at Nassau Presbyterian every Sunday. There aren’t a dozen people in the world better suited to the pulpit than she. Even now, years after I left the church, I can still remember her voice. It’s great to hear that she is keeping up the good work.
Wow. Small world.
