Published on The Wesleyan Church's own site, dated November 2023. States that all sexual relations are to be reserved for faithful marriage between husband and wife and that Scripture prohibits all same-sex sexual relationships, restating Discipline section 410. States Wesleyan pastors do not preside over a same-sex union, nor is such a union held in a Wesleyan church. Distinguishes the mere experience of temptation, which does not by itself disqualify a person from ordination or leadership, from the practice itself, without stating a separate rule for ordinary church membership. States the church rejects and repents of the way gay and lesbian neighbors have been mocked, bullied and ostracized, while maintaining the theological conviction that same-sex sexual activity contradicts Scripture.
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Citation
PublisherThe Wesleyan Church
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.wesleyan.org/the-wesleyan-church-and-homosexuality
Source TypeOfficial doctrinal statement
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The denomination's own site, restating and applying its own codified Discipline. NotesCited for Wesleyan Church's sexuality-position detail, corroborating the Discipline's own text.
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Wesleyan Church
Custodian BasisThe church's own site, restating its own codified Discipline.
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