The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991.
Contents:
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
* lutheran gay marriage *
In 1991, the Churchwi Assembly passed a rolutn statg that, "Gay and lbian people, as dividuals created by God, are wele to participate fully the life of the ngregatns of the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri. It has weled gay people sce 1976, when s General Conventn cid that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the Church.
OUR STANCE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS AND LESBIANS. ” God did not create people as or to be homosexuals or lbians any more than He created people as or to be thiev, child abers, or alholics. Those who claim that God ma them as or to be homosexuals or lbians are mtg blasphemy agast the holy name of God.
As nfsors of the Lord J Christ Who has reemed om s, ath, and the power of the vil, and Who has washed clean by His blood, we believe that God earntly sir the salvatn of homosexuals and lbians. People who have homosexual and lbian tennci may be members of our church so long as they. are not promo tg homosexualy and lbianism as an acceptable life style.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
God – numero plac His Word – nmns thepractice of homosexualy and lbianism: Genis 19:1-23; Levic 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-28; 1 Corthians 6:9-10. In 1 Corthians 6 the apostle Pl clearly shows that the ss of homosexualy and lbianism are no more ser than any other s, but that they are s.
We reject any suggtn that our practice discrimat agast homosexuals or lbians, or that is unlovg.
The posn of the Church of the Lutheran Confsn is that homosexual unns are clearly and explicly forbidn the Old and New Ttaments (Levic 18:22, 24; 20:13; 1 Corthians 6:9-10; 1 Timothy 1:9-10) bee they are ntrary to the Creator’s sign and will (Romans 1:26-27). The posns and beliefs n be found the “Onle Library” sectn of the CLC Webse, along wh other statements, papers, and reports on the subject of homosexualy and same-sex civil unns and “marriage. The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed.
RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church. Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who had performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son. Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage.
Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey. A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy.
Views about homosexualy among members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod by views about same-sex marriage% of members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod who say homosexualy….