Donna
Danna (29 July 2005)
"Pastor Denies Membership
To Homosexual, Placed On Leave"
http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.913795/k.C5AC/Pastor_denies_membership_to_homosexual_member_placed_on_leave.htm
Membership to a church should be denied to a homosexual,
a fornicator, or an adulterer although they should be allowed to attend
church to hear the gospel preached because "faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God' (Romans 10:17). It would give them a
chance to repent of their sin. A believer who is already a member of the
congregation, and who later commits these sexual sins should be given a
chance to repent. And if they won't repent, they should be told to
leave until they do repent.