A CRC Committee Proposal for Approval of Same-sex Marriage (2)
Kenneth Koole examines a 2016 study committee report from Classis Grand Rapids East that proposed arguments for approving same-sex marriage in the Christian Reformed Church, challenging the denomination's official 1973 position condemning homosexual practice. The article documents the theological and ecclesiastical processes within CRC governance structures as the denomination grapples with this contentious doctrinal issue.
As we informed the reader last article, in 2014 Classis Grand Rapids (GR) East of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) appointed a study committee on human sexuality, giving it the mandate "to examine and summarize the biblical/theological support currently offered by Christian proponents of same-sex marriage." In 2016 the committee submitted its report to Classis GR East, a report composed of "ten-strands of arguments woven together" of sufficient strength, its committee was convinced, to...
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