Marriage & Sexuality

    Our Position Statement

    As an ecclesiastical nonprofit religious corporation and church, Redeeming Love Christian Center (the “Church”) accepts the Holy Bible as the inspired, infallible, revealed will of God and the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice (II Timothy 3:16). Thus, in accord with the Holy Bible, the Church adopts this Position Statement on Marriage and Sexuality, according to the Church’s Statement of Faith, which are the Church’s religious beliefs and tenets.

    As a Christian church, and according to the Holy Bible, we are not required to provide, and we specifically choose against the provision of, services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges to an individual if such request is in violation of the Church’s religious beliefs as duly set forth in the Church’s Statement of Faith, governing documents, policies, the Holy Bible, and this Position Statement on Marriage and Sexuality. However, any and all decisions pertaining to providing such services shall be carried out in a manner that promotes the salvation (i.e., the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and the biblical acceptance of the provision of Jesus Christ for eternal life) of all persons.

    As a Christian church, we believe that living contrary to (i.e., conflicting with, disobedient to, and/or in opposition with) the Holy Bible is sin, but also believe, sponsor, support, and practice repentance according to the Holy Bible (1 John 5:17; 1:9).

    We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of the Church and to provide a biblical role model to the members and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by the Church in any capacity, or who serve as members, volunteers, students, or interns, should abide by and agree to the Church’s Position Statement on Marriage and Sexuality and Statement of Faith and conduct themselves accordingly.

    The Board of Directors shall be the express and final arbiters of all matters of ecclesiastical governments, doctrine, ministry discipline, etc. and shall be handled in accordance with the Church’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

    Statement of Unacceptable Behaviors and Lifestyles

    The following are examples, and not an exhaustive list, of some of the behaviors and lifestyles that violate the belief systems of Redeeming Love Christian Center:

    God created males and females for the purpose of the continuance of the human race, for the purpose of procreation as an act of marriage (Genesis 1:27-28). Therefore, it is unacceptable for people to change (alter, adapt, modify, convert, or pervert) the God-ordained and God-intended purpose and use of the human body and human sexuality.

    We believe that God creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complimentary genders together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of one’s biological gender is a rejection and denial of what God has ordained for His creation.

    Behaviors and lifestyles such as homosexuality, bisexual conduct, same-sex marriage, sodomy, lesbianism, bestiality, incest, pornography, pedophilia, transgender, any attempt to change one’s gender or appear as the opposite gender, or disagreement with one’s biological gender is sin, offensive, an abomination, and detestable to God. And, accordingly, it is considered absolutely inappropriate (i.e., unsuitable, unfitting, and wrong) and unacceptable (i.e., improper, intolerable, deplorable, and offensive) by this Church, its pastors, staff, employees, volunteers, members, etc.

    • You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)
    • If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. (Leviticus 20:13)
    • Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves . . For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful. (Romans 1:24-32)
    • Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites . . . will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
    • Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. (1 Timothy 1:9-11)