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.