Tag: homosexuality
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Statement on Gender and Sexuality
We believe: 1. That homosexual desires and actions are a result of the Fall and are sinful. 2. That homosexuals who give in to these desires and actions or who argue their legitimacy, like all sinners, must be clearly called to repentance and faith. The unrepentant must be disciplined by the church. Those who practice…
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Statement on Marriage
We believe: 1. That God wonderfully and immutably created each person as male or female. That these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27). 2. That the only kind of marriage that meets with divine approval is between a chromoÂsomal man and a chromosomal woman (Genesis 2:18-25). 3.…
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Statement on Marriage, Gender and Sexuality Based on URCNA’s Church Order
In 2011, Metropolitan Community Church of Metro Baguio, a liberal, ecumenical church in the Philippines, held a same-sex wedding ceremony for ten couples. Since same-sex marriage is illegal in the city as well as in the country, they were declared null and void and cannot be registered in the civil registry of marriages. So…