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Lutherans: No To Same Sex Marriages

Image: Some members of the Lutheran community in St. Lucia
Some members of the Lutheran community in St. Lucia

THE Trinity Lutheran Church at Bisee says its pastors will not officiate in any marriage ceremony or celebration and its church sanctuary may not be used for any activities related to a marriage ceremony or celebration that is inconsistent with its beliefs.”

The Church issued a statement this week, in the wake of the recent United States Supreme Court ruling that now allows same sex marriages throughout the country. It emphasized its position that marriage is the sacred, life-long union between one man and one woman.

Trinity Lutheran Church (islandlutherans.com) is a member of the Wisconsin Ev. Lutheran Synod (WELS.net), a global Lutheran church body consisting of almost half a million in fellowship around the world. They are the third largest Lutheran church body in the United States.

The Church’s statement reads:

“The Bible teaches that marriage was established and given by God at the time of creation. As He designed and instituted it, marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:4-6). It is a relationship that is to be honoured and kept pure (Hebrews 13:4; Ephesians 5:22-33). As a man and woman promise life-long faithfulness to each other as husband and wife, God himself joins them as one. Marriage is not simply a contract between two consenting individuals, nor is it merely a creation of human society, culture, or tradition. God himself instituted marriage at the time of creation, and God himself joins a man and woman in marriage today.

“The biblical teaching on marriage emphasizes the blessings God intends to convey to those joined together in the marital relationship. Through marriage God provides partners well suited and complementary to one another. In marriage, God provides a partner who will provide encouragement and support. Marriage is also to be the God-ordained means to procreate and to establish a stable environment in which children can be nurtured both physically and spiritually. Marriage is the one context God intended for the use of the blessing of sexual intimacy, where the sexual union of one man and woman is an expression of love and oneness rather than a sinful satisfaction of lust. Finally, since we live in a fallen world, in marriage God provides a restraint for selfishness and sin as each partner strives to live the pure life that God intends for his people (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8).

“This is the Bible’s teaching about the origin, definition, and nature of marriage. For that reason it is also the doctrine of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Every congregation and called worker accepts the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of faith and practice. That marriage is the God-ordained union of one man and one woman is the clear teaching of the Bible, and therefore is the teaching and confession of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The policy and practice of Trinity Lutheran Church, a member congregation of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, is consistent with the synod’s beliefs and teachings regarding marriage. We believe that marriage is the sacred, life-long union between one man and one woman. Therefore, our pastors will not officiate in any marriage ceremony or celebration and our church sanctuary may not be used for any activities related to a marriage ceremony or celebration that is inconsistent with these beliefs.”

1 Comment

  1. may I remind st lucia,that the laws of the United states do not apply to us .We are a free and souvreign country,with our own laws.Whatever laws that the United states passes is its internal business.If they make bulling legal that is on them.None of our business.
    We must stop being monkeys adopting every shitty thing the US does.
    If bulling is illegal here it is illegal here.

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