The Newtownabbey Times has reported on the Community Carol Service which took place in Glengormley Methodist Church during December. This event is in its third year and 'rotates around the four Glengormley Churches annually, under the auspices of the Glengormley Clergy Fellowship'.
Invited guests include local retailers, representatives from local community groups and schools, as well as the Mayor of Newtownabbey, Alderman Victor Robinson, the Mayoress and local councillors. Taking part in the service was: Rev Mervyn Kilpatrick of the Methodist Church; Rev David Brice from Glengormley Presbyterian; Rev William Boyce from St Brigid's Church of Ireland; and 'Father' Dan Whyte of St Bernard's Roman Catholic Church.
This event further highlights the gross apostasy of the mainline Churches which can conduct joint worship with a Roman Catholic priest. A letter was sent to the Newtownabbey Times pointing this out:
Invited guests include local retailers, representatives from local community groups and schools, as well as the Mayor of Newtownabbey, Alderman Victor Robinson, the Mayoress and local councillors. Taking part in the service was: Rev Mervyn Kilpatrick of the Methodist Church; Rev David Brice from Glengormley Presbyterian; Rev William Boyce from St Brigid's Church of Ireland; and 'Father' Dan Whyte of St Bernard's Roman Catholic Church.
This event further highlights the gross apostasy of the mainline Churches which can conduct joint worship with a Roman Catholic priest. A letter was sent to the Newtownabbey Times pointing this out:
The ecumenical spirit on display at the Community Carol Service in Glengormley is a sad betrayal of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by those Protestant ministers who joined with and permitted a Roman Catholic priest to participate.
Romanism is not Christian therefore no Romish priest should be taking part in any service in a Protestant Church. The doctrinal statements of the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, as well as the teachings of John Wesley which forms the basis for the doctrinal beliefs of Methodism, clearly emphasis this.
God can only be properly worshipped on the basis of truth, John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. There can be no common ground between Romanism and Biblical Protestantism.
The 'Christ' that Romanism preaches is one totally different to that revealed to us in the Word of God. It is not possible for these so called Protestant ministers to profess allegiance to the Saviour and the Bible and at the same time associate with one who openly denies the Christ of the Bible. Romanism preaches another Christ and 'another Gospel' which will not save anyone, Gal 1:6-9.
Sadly we live in times when great departure from historic orthodox Christianity has taken place. These Protestant ministers are part of that growing departure, 2 Thess 2:3.
Born again believers should have no part in such a service and also have no association with those who betray the Gospel in this fashion.
We are commanded in the New Testament to mark out those who have departed from the faith, Rom 16:17; reprove and reject them, Eph 5:11, Titus 3:10; have no fellowship with them, 2 Cor 6;14 and separate wholly from them, 2 Cor 6:17. That was evidently not happening at the community carol service.
May in this year that marks the 150th anniversary of the 1859 Revival we see a return to Biblical Christianity.
2 comments:
It is clear that Free Presbyterianism itself is an exclusive grouping that has no open association with even any other evangelical church in the protestant community. Perhaps it is only Free Presbyterianism that is Christian and has the full truth.
Anonymous
If you cared to look you would find that your assertion is just plain wrong.
It is true that the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster has nothing to do with the ecumenical apostasy of the mainline Protestant Churches, such as Church of Ireland, Presbyterian & Methodist. That is why there is a 'Free' in our name.
However, we do have associations with other evangelical churches, for example, those within the Caleb Foundation here in Northern Ireland. If you care to look at the 'Council of Reference' you will see there a number of Free Presbyterians listed, [www.calebfoundation.org/page2.htm].
Maybe you would now like to deal with the issue raised in this post: How can so called Protestant ministers join with a Romish priest in defiance of the teaching of Scripture and their ordination vows?
Honesty and integrity would at the very least require them to resign their positions if they no longer believe what their confessional statements say.
Rev Brian McClung
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