Having just posted Pastor Harrison's public statement about SCOTUS' ruling, I would also like to respond as a congregational pastor. Civilly, this ruling has fundamentally changed the U.S. and our culture, it is the realistic result of saying that the parts of the baby in the womb don't matter, so now in marriage and family it only follows that the parts of a girl or boy don't matter. The bible speaks differently.

For the sake of God's creation, what presupposed Roe v. Wade, was the acceptance that mankind didn't matter, this fundamental shift in "what does it mean to be a "human" being was ushered in by Darwin's evolutionary theory. However, never forget, the philosophical foundation of Darwin's evolutionary theory was the same Hegelian philosophy of Karl Marx.

This is why the church cares more about condemning sin and forgiving it and all the while loving the immoral members of our communities, which begins with our pastors, our members, and then the citizens of where we live.

Proclaiming sin to be sin is more important than over-reacting to immorality as the church. This ruling does not change the First Article of the Apostle's Creed. It only substantiates the need for the Second and Third Article.