This UPCI position paper, adopted by the General Conference in 1990 and again in 2012, resolves that the UPCI "uphold the biblical ideal of the basic family as one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-9; Ephesians 5:22-25, 28), married by law in accordance with all biblical injunctions," with the extended family comprised of relatives by blood and marriage. It further resolves that the UPCI and its ministers defend the family publicly and resist legal recognition of arrangements that contradict biblical teaching, and go on record opposing any change to the definition of marriage that broadens it beyond one man and one woman.
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The church's own official position paper, hosted on its own site, naming its own General Conference adoption years directly on the document. NotesCited for the UPCI's description and its family articles; states the definition of marriage but no remarriage-after-divorce rule, so marriage-position itself is left unwritten.
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PublisherUnited Pentecostal Church International
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://upci.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The_Biblical_Ideal_of_Marriage_and_Family.pdf
Source TypeOfficial doctrinal statement
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyUnited Pentecostal Church International
Custodian BasisThe church's own General Conference resolution, published on its own site.
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This source names Matthew directly: "one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-9; Ephesians 5:22-25, 28), married by law in accordance with all biblical injunctions," with the extended family comprised of relatives by blood and..."
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