Please listen, remember what I told you about "other" Presbyterian churches that are going to have to carry the burden of having the same name within their church title as that of Presbyterian USA. They did not go off the path, but will be persecuted because of what P-USA did.
We the church have got to stop being easily offended, worried or embarrassed. That is just to scare everyone off, give up, and feel hopeless. It's just more division to keep the unity and strength of the organized church from interfering with the issues that this country and other countries have.
Do I sound a little conspiratory (theory) at times when I see people participating with the division....yes...because I have studied it for many years, from a biblical standpoint. The inside will divide itself. Mother against daughter, Son against Father and so on. It's set up to do that.
You use the word missionary within one's own church. I realize that you probably mean that differently, but I have had the displeasure of having the so-called great Cindy Jacobs crew contact our church wanting to use our space when we are not using it to have their praise time. Really? When they have their own churches? Well if anyone studies her they find that she has another mission to invade the local churches with her ideas of what she thinks they should be like and pray that they change to that standard. She doesn't like denominations/institutionalized church. So don't think that I don't listen closely to christians when they say that they go within churches...not to worship and be a part of the family but to "pray" for them. It has a much different meaning than when I say I want to pray with them and be a part of them.