Open and Affirming
Saturday, July 07, 2012:7:43 PM -
"This church [...] declares itself open to all persons,
and affirming of each person without regard to race, sex,
color, physical or mental abilities, sexual orientation or gender
identity." -RUCC O&A Statement
Genesis 1:27, 31
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very
good.
Matthew 22:37-40
[Jesus] said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your
Godwith all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
your mind.' This is the greatest and first
commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets."
Galations 3:28
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or
free, there is no longer male and
female; for all of you are one in
Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 12:14-15, 24-26
Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but
of many. If the foot would
say, "Because I am not a hand, I do
not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of
the body.
[...] But God has so arranged the body, [...]
that there may be no dissension within the
body, but the members may have the same care
for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together
with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with
it.
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