Sexual Apostasy in the Current Church

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Most Mainline Protestants Say Society Should Accept Homosexuality

March 19, 2009

Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, two mainline Protestant denominations, are considering whether to allow the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians as members of their clergy. The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that majorities of both denominations say that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society. Among mainline Protestants overall, 56% say homosexuality should be accepted, compared with only about one-in-four evangelical Protestants and four-in-ten members of historically black Protestant churches.

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Lutherans to allow sexually active gays as clergy

Patrick Condon
American Family News Network
2009-08-22

"MINNEAPOLIS — The nation's largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gay and lesbian people from serving as ministers.

Under the new policy, individual ELCA congregations will be allowed to hire homosexuals as clergy as long as they are in a committed relationships. Until now, gays and lesbians had to remain celibate to serve as clergy.

The change passed with the support of 68 percent of about 1,000 delegates at the ELCA's national assembly. It makes the group, with about 4.7 million members in the U.S., one of the largest U.S. Christian denominations yet to take a more gay-friendly stance..."

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Metropolitan Community Church San Francisco

A professing Christian church who according to their Vision and Mission statement located on their website state, “We, of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco, are a beloved community joining together from diverse spiritual backgrounds and ministering primarily within the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered Community as a house of prayer of all people and a home for queer spirituality. One of their stated goals is to, “Education: We educate people about queer spirituality and empower people to live their spirituality in the world.”

Episcopal leaders affirm new policy on same-sex blessings

By Duke Helf  
July 18, 2009
LA Times

Capping a 10-day convention in Anaheim, leaders of the Episcopal Church agreed Friday to consider marriage liturgies for same-sex unions and to give bishops greater latitude in meeting the spiritual needs of gay and lesbian couples….

On Friday, the U.S. church's top two officials sought to calm fellow Anglicans, including the communion's spiritual leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

In a letter to Williams, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and the president of the church's House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, described the resolution on gay bishops as "more descriptive than prescriptive in nature."

They said it does not repeal the earlier ban on such ordinations, but instead reaffirms commitments made by the church's constitution and canons, which prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation….

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Black Baptist Church Supports Same Sex Marriage

Covenant Baptist Church of Washington, DC pastured by husband and wife Dr. Christine Wiley,
Dr. Dennis Wiley, both promote same sex marriages and are involved in ensuring legislation is passed that recognize same sex marriage.

 Following is a video[1] validating their position on same sex marriage:

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