Text of
resolution
This is the resolution adopted on May 22, 2001, by the session of
First Presbyterian Church in Sebastian, Fla.
- Jesus Christ alone is Lord of the Church and the way to salvation
for all who will receive him.
- Holy Scripture is the revealed Word of the triune God, and the
Church's only infallible rule of faith and life.
- God's people are called to holiness in all areas of life. This
includes honoring the sanctity of marriage between a man and a
woman, the only relationship within which sexual activity is
appropriate.
The Session, therefore, commits itself to the movement known as
the Confessing Church. With it, we implore all Presbyterians who uphold
these historic Christian convictions to:
- Renew their individual and corporate commitments to the above
statements.
- Urge their sessions and presbyteries to affirm these confessions
and to declare that they will not ordain, install or employ in any
ministry position any person who will not affirm them.
- Urge the 2001 General Assembly to instruct the General Assembly
Council to uphold these confessions and ensure that these
confessions are followed faithfully in all programs and policies of
the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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