In the middle of an otherwise peaceful Thursday afternoon, my phone and Facebook newsfeed lit up simultaneously with something that I thought was impossible at this point: yet more surprising PCA-related news out of St. Louis, Missouri. Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA), the host church of the first Revoice Conference, has recently opened its doors to activities even further beyond the pale of PCA faith and practice than Revoice. Though Todd Pruitt and Denny Burk have done fine work in summarizing the essence of the controversy in their respective blog posts, the relevant details are worth rehearsing as we consider here Memorial PCA’s immediate response to the online uproar.
The event in question is called Transluminate, which according to the website of sponsoring organization The Q Collective, “is a short-play festival and celebration of transgender, agender, non-binary, genderqueer, and...