Title: The Influence of Liberalism on the Church
Content br> Liberal Influences on Churches Today
1. The Church of America as a whole
2. Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA)
3. United Methodist Church (UMC)
4. United Church of Christ in the United States (UCC)
5. Episcopal Church of America (ECA)
6. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)
7. American Southern Baptist Church (SBC)
8. Cooperative Baptist Council (CBF)
9. Canadian Churches
10. Church of England (Anglican Church)
11. Korean churches (first half)
12. Christian Methodist Society (Gigam)
13. Korean Presbyterian Church (United)
1. The Church of America as a whole
1-1. A survey by Jeffrey Hadden in 1967
1) In response to the question 'Do you believe that the Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God in matters of faith, history and secular matters?' 82% of clergy, 67% of American Baptist clergy, and 77% of US Lutheran clergy answered 'no'.
2) Regarding the question, 'Do you believe that evil spirits exist in the world today?' 14% of respondents answered 'no'.
3) To the question 'Do you believe in the virgin birth of Jesus?', 60% of Methodists, 44% of Episcopalians, 49% of United Presbyterian Churches, 34% of American Baptists, and 19% of American Lutherans answered ' No,' he replied.
4) In response to the question, 'Do you accept the bodily resurrection of Jesus as fact?', 51% of Methodists, 30% of Episcopalians, 35% of United Presbyterian Churches, 33% of American Baptists, 13% of American Lutherans % answered 'no'.
1-2. 'Jesus Seminar' started in 1985
In 1985, about 125 Protestant churches and theologians of the Roman Catholic Church started the 'Jesus Seminar', the purpose of which was to determine what Jesus said and what he did not say. Its central figure is Robert Funk, a New Testament scholar with a degree from Vanderbilt University, a professor at Emory University's Candler Theological Seminary, and then founding the Westa Institute in California. He is also the president of the Bible Literature Association, the largest association of biblical scholars in the United States. As a result of this seminar, a book called The Parables of Jesus was published in 1988. Red, pink, gray, and black colors indicate the degree of historical credibility of the parables of Jesus (with Robert W. Funk, The Parables of Jesus--Red Letter Edition--A Report of the Jesus' Seminar). In 1993, he published a book called The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say.
The seminar's rough conclusions include the following, which shows how apostate today's biblical study or theology is:
① Only 20% of Jesus' words are actually considered His words, and only one verse is attributed to him in the Gospel of John.
② Even the Lord's Prayer is not Jesus' words.
③ Jesus did not publicly claim to be the Messiah.
④ Jesus felt that he was very close to God, but he did not consider himself a divine being.
⑤ Jesus never rose from the dead.
⑥ Jesus did not promise His Second Coming.
⑦ There is no hell in the mythical sense described in the Bible.
⑧ Jesus was not single, nor did he advocate for celibacy.
("Did Jesus Say He's Messiah?: Seminar Concludes He Didn't Publicly," The Charlotte <NC> Observer, October 18, 1987, Christian News, November 2, 1987, p. 24; "Views of Jesus" Seminar Scholars Adopted at Roman Catholic and Protestant Seminaries," Christian News, Jan. 2, 1989, pp. 1, 21-22; John Dart, "Panel: Jesus Didn't Speak of Second Coming," Philadelphia Inquirer, 3, 1989 March 6; "Jesus Never Promised Second Coming, Seminar Concludes," Courier Post <Cherry Hill, NJ>, March 7, 1989, Christian Beacon, March 9, 1989; Christine Wolff, "Seekers of Jesus" ' Words," Cincinnati Inquirer, October 1, 1989, Christian News, October 9, 1989, page 10; Gayle White, "Scholars Conclude Jesus Didn't Practice or Advocate Celibacy" 2 October 1989>, Christian News, 9 October 1989, pages 1, 10; "The 'Jesus Seminar' Strikes Out Again," Cal-vary Contender, 1 May 1991; Time, 1994 10 January; St. Louis Post Dispatch, 8 January 1994; "Jesus Seminar Publishes New 'Bible,'" Christian News, 17 January 1994, 1, pages 20-22.)
1-3. About 'neutral' Bible translation
The 1999 World Fundamentalist Congress (WCF) adopted the following resolution: "As delegates to the 1999 World Fundamentalist Congress, we are committed to creating international We unite in opposing and criticizing the recent efforts of the International Bible Society and the New International Bible Translation Committee and the Zondurban Publishing House, we recognize gender-specific nouns and pronouns in inspired biblical texts. The deliberate substitution of neuter words in modern translations contradicts the Bible's own teaching on literal inspiration, and is ultimately judged to be nothing more than a filthy falsification of the holy text of God's infallible Word. do." (Calvary Contender, Aug. 1, 1999.)
1-4. Harvard University
1-5. In honor of Martin Luther King
1-6. List of 'great' preachers
Preaching lists the greatest preachers of the 20th century, placing Billy Graham and Martin Luther King among the first ten (Christian News, 20 December 1999). The list also includes Scottish preachers James Stewart, George Burtrick, Harry Emerson Forsdick, G. Campbell Morgan, William Sangster, John R. W. Stott, Martin Lloyd-Jones, and Clarence McCartney. The second ten were Leslie Witherhead, George Truett, Al Juri, Norman Vincent Peel, Peter Masshen, Lee Stanley Jones, Donald Gray Barnhouse, Ralph Sarkman, W. A. Criswell, and Gardner Taylor. (Calvary Contender, January 15, 2000.) However, Martin Luther King, Harry Emerson Posdick, and Norman Vincent Peyle were far from orthodox Christianity.
2. Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA)
2-1. 1923, 'Urban Manifesto'
2-2. 1967 Confession of Faith
In 1967, the United Presbyterian Church in the United States (now the Presbyterian Church in the United States) adopted the so-called '1967 Confession of Faith', which deviated from the traditional Westminster Confession of Faith, but the confession had the following problems ("The 1967 Confession of Faith") ," Constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States, Part I: Confession of Faith, published by the General Education Department of the Presbyterian Church in Korea <1968>, pp. 251-265; co-authored with Kick, Tie Kanji, and Henry, Critique of the 1967 Confession of Faith, translated by Im Taek-Kwon <1967 year>).
1) Denying the transcendental truthfulness of the Bible
The 1967 Confession of Faith states: "The only sufficient revelation of God is the incarnate Word of God, Jesus Christ. Regarding him, the Holy Spirit is the Bible?/td>