Lutheran church stance on homosexuality
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod affirms traditional stance on LGBT issues, compassion for LGBT people
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod overwhelmingly passed a resolution reaffirming its traditional, biblical stance on gender identity and sexual orientation, while also calling for churches to “minister compassionately” to people who identify as LGBT.
At the LCMS’ 67th Regular Convention in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, Resolution A, titled “To Encourage Synod to Develop Resources to Aid Congregations and Schools regarding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues,” passed with % of the vote.
Among its points, the resolution reaffirmed “the biblical truth that God created humanity as male and female” and commended people who “continue to live chaste and decent lives in repentant faith” in spite of “same-sex attraction and gender identity confusion.”
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Smaller Lutheran Church Bodies Reaffirm Bible's Stance on Homosexuality
By Joshua A. Goldberg, Christian Post Correspondent
The heads of the second and third largest Lutheran bodies in the United States spoke out Monday against the recent deeds of the largest and affirmed their Bible-based belief that homosexuality is sinful.
"To view same-sex relationships as acceptable to God is to place cultural viewpoint and human beliefs above the obvious Word of God," commented the Rev. Mark Schroeder, president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
"The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, along with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and other smaller Lutheran synods, maintains and upholds the clear teaching of the Bible that homosexuality is not in keeping with God's design and is sinful in God's eyes," he added.
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On Friday, the chief legislative body of the Evangelical Lutheran Ch
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ELCA social statement on human sexuality
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Evangelical Lutheran Worship Service of Marriag July At its convention, the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) releases the utterance “Marriage and Family,” its first on the subject, which contains no bring up of homosexuality. [1] June-July The American Lutheran Church (ALC) releases its first utterance on sexuality at its biennial convention. [2] June-July At the convention, the LCA produces a statement on “Sex, Marriage, and Family” is released that supersedes the previous statement on these subjects. This declaration contains the Church’s first mention of homosexuality, which is referred to as a sin, but also claims that homosexuals are “often the special and undeserving victims of prejudice and discrimination in regulation, law enforcement, cultural mores, and congregational life.” The statement concludes with a defense of “understanding and justice in church and community” of homosexual persons. [3] March An article in the New York Times claims that the LCA is one of only two “national church denominations” that have released a statement in support of “homosexual rights” The other denomination is the Unitari