Basest form of sinful conduct
Alliance Church rules, like those of other evangelical denominations, strongly oppose homosexual relationships, describing them as the “basest form of sinful conduct.”
Alliance Church rules, like those of other evangelical denominations, strongly oppose homosexual relationships, describing them as the “basest form of sinful conduct.”
One problem with the Alliance Church is that it’s really far-reaching. They have a powerful network in Canada, but also world-wide …
The Manual has a policy that folks who endorse homosexuality cannot be ministers, license issuers or appointed to serve in the church…
One idea for trying to research the harm done to gay and transgender people who grow up in the Alliance Church is to research folks who have left the church. It’s possible, for instance, to publicize a call out to folks who: grew up in the Alliance Church, and made a choice to leave because…
It’s relevant there are law centers in the US that are working to resist “conversion therapy,” “reparative therapy,”
There is widespread agreement in the psychological sciences that homosexuality is normal and healthy. So the question is, how do we develop research to gauge the harms done to folks who are gay, when they’re raised in communities that place moral prohibitions on them and prevent them from behaving in ways that are consistent with…
Since the ’80s and ’90s, conversion therapy has been condemned by most psychiatrists and psychologists, and the Canadian Psychological Association formally opposed its techniques in a statement released in 2015—due not only to the lack of scientific research supporting its efficacy, but more importantly because of the documented mental health consequences, including anxiety, distress, depression,…