#ChristianReformedChurch #LGBTQrights
"Christian Reformed churches leave denomination in droves after anti-LGBTQ+ vote"

Reformed churches disaffiliate in droves after LGBTQ+ vote

The Christian Reformed Church in North America voted last week to hand down a “limited suspension" to institutions that publicly embracing the queer community.
https://www.advocate.com/religion/christian-reformed-churches-lgbtq-vote?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

#Churches prepare to leave the #ChristianReformedChurch following #LGBTQ #decision

Office-bearers — #pastors, #deacons and #elders — and CRC #schoolfaculty must share the #belief that #LGBTQ+ #relationships are #sinful, and cannot be in #samesexrelationships themselves. The denomination voted to make its stance a confessional issue, or a core belief.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/churches-prepare-to-leave-crc-following-lgbtq-decision/

"Better Together" is never true, pragmatically. It's always more efficient to operate separately, with specialization and distinction.

But "Better Together" is always true when it comes to the Church, for we do not constitute ourselves, but are formed by, in, and around Christ.

#Theology #Christianity #Ecclesiology #ReformedTheology #ChristianReformedChurch