The Silent Moderator

Quite some time has lapsed since I asked the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church, Rev Ron Johnstone, to publish His denomination's present position on terrorist inclusive government; there has been no reply, not even an acknowledgement to my request.

Just prior to Rev Ian Paisley's fellowshipping with terrorists in government, the presbytery released the following statement; 'As a denomination we will continue to stand without compromise for Jesus Christ and will vigorously oppose any betrayal of His gospel and departure from the Biblical faith and truths'.

After Rev Johnstone's appointment as moderator he had this to say regarding the DUP and its former leader; concerning the Free Presbyterian Church and the DUP, 'we are totally different organisations', 'there is no official connection'. Rev Johnstone went on to say that, 'Dr Paisley will continue to have a prominent role in the church, and in the presbytery'.

Clearly, Rev Paisley and others broke with the long established separatist position of their church so as to fellowship in a terrorist inclusive government; such action has not been censored or condemned by the presbytery. Rev Ian Paisley held the positions of Moderator, Minister, First Minister and President of the Whitefield College of the Bible simultaneously, without objection from the presbytery, even in light of their former public statement.

Rev Johnstone has publicly vindicated Rev Paisley's position and in doing so, it is my opinion that he has contradicted his presbyteries former statement. It is absurd in the extreme to have a statement which condemns sin, apostasy and immorality and then to vindicate those that have compromised the very principles upon which their church purports to stand.

For some time I have sought to understand what has gone wrong in our society here in Ulster; ever since the establishment of the humanistic Good Friday Agreement, there has been a steady decline in the moral fabric of this Provence; this decline has resulted in a coalition government without moral authority and a form of protestantism without foundation or voice.