Resource on Homosexuality and Same
Position Policies on Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage After we posted “A Church Statement on Human Sexuality,” we were asked if there were some actual policies that had been adopted by local churches. We have compiled a few, and with the permission of those local churches we are making them available. Due to cultural and legal changes and challenges, especially after the decision of Obergefell v. Hodges June 26, , in which the Supreme Court of the United States determined it is a fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry, the Spiritual Heritage Committee SHC was asked by many pastors and leaders of local EFC churches for help and guidance in making a statement affirming the biblical teaching on marriage.
A Church Statement on Human Sexuality
What Our Church Believes about Homosexuality and Same-Sex “Marriage” Alongside the EFCA, our beliefs about marriage, male and female, and our response to our culture’s questions and ideas about gender, are rooted in what God has taught us in the scriptures (see point #2 of our Statement of Faith). This is how the document begins:. Never have the sexual ethics of our culture been more confused and contorted. Homosexuality and Same
A wealth of resources to think biblically about the spectrum of issues regarding homosexuality from one of America’s most relevant apologists. Read More Formerly published in the Harvard Journal of Public Policy this short book makes the case that traditional marriage is both a civic and societal good that the courts should recognize and protect. Never have the sexual ethics of our culture been more confused and contorted. The need for a clear voice from the church on these matters is critical, both for the health of our own community and for our faithful witness to the world. Policies on Homosexuality and Same
What is the EFCA position on homosexuality and same-sex marriage? The EFCA affirms the inerrancy and authority of the Bible (cf. Article 2). That grounds and guides our understanding of and response to homosexuality and same-sex marriage We have a policy for those pursuing credentialing in the EFCA regarding “ Homosexual Belief and Conduct. ” The policy states that the EFCA will not. We have compiled a few, and with the permission of those local churches we are making them available. Our posting them does not entail an official EFCA endorsement. 
Biblical Sexuality and the Covenant of Marriage
This Statement, drawn from Scripture as our ultimate authority, sets forth a Christian vision of human sexuality as a good gift of God. The divine design for sexual expression within the commitment of marriage between a man and a woman is fundamental to the well-ordering of human society and is integral to human flourishing. We desire to articulate this ethic as moral truth binding on us all. Return to our Statement of Faith. Ultimately, this means that we believe God created humanity as male and female, that this binary distinction is good and to be maintained Genesis , and that our beliefs about marriage are rooted in this Biblical definition of one man and one woman committing to each other in a permanent union which ultimately reflects Christ and his church Genesis , Ephesians
A Position Paper on Homosexuality — EFCA Helps
We desire to articulate this ethic as moral truth binding on us all while recognizing our need of God's grace and forgiveness in the ways that we all fall short of this divine ideal, specifically as it relates to homosexuality and same-sex "marriage". . 
A Church Statement on Human Sexuality
The need for a clear voice from the church on these matters is critical, both for the health of our own community and for our faithful witness to the world. This Statement, drawn from Scripture as our ultimate authority, sets forth a Christian vision of human sexuality as a good gift of God. .
Human Sexuality
The Evangelical Free Church of America affirms that God created human beings uniquely in His image as male and female, and He has designed marriage to be a covenantal relationship between one man and one woman. .