Stories tagged with: sexuality

• Racism, sexual sin among T4G speakers' topics

  by SBTS Communications, posted Tuesday, April 17, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Racism and sexual sin were among the facets of holiness addressed during the 2018 Together for the Gospel conference during nine plenary sessions attended by more than 12,500 evangelicals.

  "Distinct from the world" was the theme of the April 11-13 sessions in the KFC YUM! Center in Louisville, Ky. The conference also featured various panel discussions, breakout sessions and other gatherings.

  Speakers David Platt and R. Albert Mohler Jr. addressed the key issues of racism and sexual sin, respectively, during their messages. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: John the Baptist & The Nashville Statement

  by Owen Strachan, posted Wednesday, September 06, 2017 (7 years ago)

  The Nashville Statement on biblical sexuality, Owen Strachan writes, "is not problematic for Christian witness. It is Christian witness" as well as an key landmark in "an age when there is little clarity on sexual matters." Read More

• InterVarsity fellowship reaffirms sex theology

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, October 10, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  MADISON, Wisc. (BP) -- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA has reaffirmed its longstanding theology limiting sexual relations to heterosexual married couples, and said gay employees and others who disagree theologically will likely feel compelled to leave the ministry.

  But Greg Jao, the interdenominational college student ministry's vice president and director of campus engagement, said a Time report of people being "fired" for disagreeing with the policy was misleading. Read More

• Transgenderism is growing ministry focus

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, May 04, 2016 (8 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- John Pouchot has been in the pastorate 16 years. But it was only within the past three years that he first encountered a family dealing with transgenderism. Read More

• Church & sexuality focus of conference

  by Maggie Walsh/The Alabama Baptist , posted Wednesday, March 02, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo from The Alabama Baptist

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- The sexual revolution in which our society finds itself has been a long time coming, said Timothy George, dean of Samford University's Beeson Divinity School, in his keynote address, "The Biblical Truth About Sexuality in a Morally Relative Age."

  The speech kicked off The Church and Sexuality Conference on Feb. 29 at First Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. Read More