Standing Ground

The Revoice Conference will soon take place. There has been a great deal of controversy swirling around the stated theme and topics. 

This following is from the front page of the Revoice Conference website:

Revoice 2018-Supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex attracted and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality. 

In light of the this sort of accommodation of false teaching on sexuality becoming increasingly common, our denomination, The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) has put out the following statement.

CREC Statement on Sexuality

CREC Statement on Sexuality

July 16, 2018

The CREC affirms the Bible’s teaching on the creation of man and woman and the establishment of the marriage relationship as only between one man and one woman. There are two sexes, male and female. We stand against all attempts to confuse the Bible’s clear teaching in this area. 

The CREC believes that Christians who struggle with various sexual temptations should receive ongoing pastoral care, including those who are tempted to engage in sexual perversions. At the same time, we believe that any teaching that combines LGBTQ identity with identity in Christ is completely unbiblical.

We believe that encouraging Christians who face certain sexual temptations to identify as lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders, whether in sexually active relationships or not, is unbiblical, and further, that this teaching will have destructive effects in the long term, both for individuals who follow it and for any Christian bodies that accommodate it. 

We exhort all ecclesiastical bodies to declare the Bible’s full and clear teaching on sexual behavior, whether in desires or actions, and to encourage individuals to repent of sinful desires and sexual behavior as they turn to Christ to resist temptation. 

We encourage patient pastoral care for struggling individuals who repent of their sins and seek to be obedient to Jesus.

We exhort the broader Christian Church, and particularly Reformed Churches, to hold their churches and pastors accountable to faithful biblical doctrine and practice in all areas of sexuality. 

Virgil Hurt

Presiding Minister of Council

Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)