I have been at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) since Thursday, and it has been a great experience, but I haven't had any time to write anything about it until now so I'm trying to catch up.
The first major order of business for the Assembly is the election of the new moderator. This year there were four commissioners who were nominated, for each of them a person spoke to nominate them, then each of them spoke on their own behalf and finally there was a time for the other commissioners to ask them questions.
During the question and answer period, one question would be asked and then each of the nominees would have a chance to answer it. One of the questions asked was "what do you think is the biggest problem facing the PC(USA)?"
After hearing the answers from the nominees, I want to offer a brief answer of my own:
One of the biggest problems is that we are convinced that church growth is a valid metric for the strength of the church and that some of us believe that we can find the answers to the church's problems in focus groups.
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