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.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
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.
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.