041: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), women preachers, and gays, oh my!

This week we return to worship with our Presbyterian friends; This time, a congregation of the PCUSA.  We explore their history, with a musical journey through the high points of their 20th century milestones.  We discuss some of the recent developments that led this denomination from being a fundamentalist affirming group in the early 1900s (during the moernist/fundamentalist debates) to embracing a much more broad theology, with a bent toward social justice.  We also discuss the schisms that this has produced both in the denomination and in local churches.  (We visited one such schismatic denomination that broke with the PCUSA early on, in episode 31).  Finally, we discuss the worship experience we had, the organ music, the liturgy, and why the whole church didn't say the creed this Sunday.  And we do it in exactly 1 hour and 57 seconds...very Presbyterian of us, we think.For an OFFICIAL view of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), visit their website at pcusa.org.