A statement on GCI Update, Grace Communion International's own official site, dated 14 January 2015, defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, stating no pastor is required to perform any marriage, homosexual or heterosexual, and stating that as Christians the denomination is opposed to verbal or physical abuse of anyone in the LGBT community, framing identity in Christ as taking priority over sexual orientation.
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The denomination's own official update site stating its own consensus position directly; used alone because the statement is clear, dated and unambiguous, and no independent account of it beyond restating the same page was found. NotesCited for Grace Communion International's sexuality-position and its detail.
Citation
PublisherGrace Communion International
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://update.gci.org/2015/01/lgbt-issues/
Source Typeorganization primary source
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyGrace Communion International
Custodian BasisGCI Update is Grace Communion International's own official site, publishing its own denominational statement.
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- Sources, 10 claims: 10 well-attested.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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