Pew Burning and the Perils of Pluralism by Susan Easton - HUMAN EVENTS

re: "...May 27th is Pluralism Sunday, so declared by The Center for Progressive Christianity (TCPG.org)...[snip]... / Pluralism Sunday event organizers are encouraging committed Christians to visit congregations other than their own. The idea here is that faith is not threatened, but indeed can be deepened, by exposure to other expressions of the same core beliefs...[snip]...Pluralism Sunday is also being promoted, in part, as an invitation to the unchurched, or to those who have rejected Christianity’s long standing and often “wild” theological claims, to feel welcomed into worship communities and give the faith another go. Fair enough. / But then come the assertions which make traditionalists and evangelicals uneasy. / One press release from TCPC states: “one does not need to believe that Jesus is the only way to God in order to be a Christian.” This statement is used as part of the progressive inducement to visit a modern (or is that post-modern?) Christian church. / It also represents a profound misreading of the basic requirements for, among other things, membership in the World Council and also the National Council of Churches. Both of these theological organizations stipulate that, in order to be a member in good standing, a Christian congregation must recite The Nicene Creed and hold to the statements of faith therein..."...