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A Vineyard Position on LGBT Theological Questions
Questions around the inclusion, recognition, marriage, ordination (And, in some excessive cases, even the existence) of LGBT* people endure to challenge and separate the Body of Christ.
The Vineyard, rooted in a messy revival on America&#;s West Coast, has gradually been attempting to articulate theologically what it thinks about a number of key issues.
One way in which it does this &#; beyond the Utterance of Faith common to and shared among Vineyard Churches Internationally &#; is to release Position Papers, which tend to symbolize the settled and prayerful theological reflection of the National Leadership.
VUSA &#; the Vineyard churches in the USA &#; recently published a very helpful position paper on &#;Pastoring LGBT People&#;.
I host it here for reference, and because I&#;ve been involved in some conversations around this issue, around the nature, and care deeply about truth. This is the seventh Position Paper released by Vineyard USA &#; hence it&#;s title below, PP7.
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Vineyard and the Diverse Community
VC offers earnest welcome, hospitality, inclusion, and humble accommodation to the LGBT community. The church also holds a traditionally orthodox ethic and theology regarding marriage, sexuality, and gender. That means that everyone is welcome, and everyone will feel a gospel challenge.
While Vineyard Columbus is not considered ‘open and affirming,’ we do make every effort to be 'welcoming and including.’ Our prayer is for Vineyard Columbus to be a community where everyone has a defended space for exploring the Christian faith and for obeying Christ… no matter what. Anyone, regardless of sexual orientation or identity is welcomed into people, including: worship, baptism, communion, membership, child dedication, and volunteering in ministry through Vineyard Columbus. Many who identify as LGBT have create love, support, and comfort as they follow Christ in our community.
We repent of the terrible homophobia which has marked the attitudes of too many of us who call ourselves Christian toward those who are gay or identify with the LGBTQ+ co
'Nudge from Jesus' changes minister's queer marriage views
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When the Rev. Ken Wilson was younger, he didn't understand anyone who was openly same-sex attracted. Like many of his peers, he saw people in the LGBT community as criminals, perverts or homos, a bigoted insult he heard in school.
And when he started his church in the s in Ann Arbor, the evangelical pastor maintained a policy of not allowing gays who were actively sexual.
But about a dozen years ago, the founder and leader of Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor started to have some misgivings about his views. Members of his Christian congregation were coming forward to talk about siblings and children who were openly identified as gay.
In , he said he "got a strong nudge from Jesus," telling him to write a letter to his congregation about his changing views on gay issues, the year-old minister said.
It was a unhurried process, one that involved prayer, introspection and scholarship as he pored over the Bible and interpretations of it from various writers. Last month, the lengthy letter he wrote to his congregation was published as a
Frequently Asked Questions
Updated: September 26,
Vineyard Columbus stands in the center of orthodox Christian teaching and train. At the same period, we have not included in our statement of faith much that can be legitimately debated by orthodox Christians. In other words, we do own boundaries, but our boundaries are broad and inclusive.
What that means is that at Vineyard Columbus, we have a broad and inclusive baptism & membership that is predicated on an individual's profession of faith in Christ through the power of the Spirit, by the grace of God, and their submission to the Lordship of Christ and orthodox faith. And as people in our congregation advance closer into areas of leadership, there are several particular areas of theological alignment that are crucial so that we as a body of leaders in this church are operating out of harmony, and with personal integrity.
We believe that clarity is kindness, so we desire to be clear about some frequently asked about theological principles and pastoral practice.
There are all kinds of questions that folks who are new t