The organization is called “The Reformation Project.” The stated purpose is to “re-educate the church concerning gay activity” by spreading the idea in conservative American churches over the next decade that the Bible “allows for monogamous homosexual activity.”
The man behind the effort is 23 year old Matthew Vines who self-identifies as same-sex attracted. The method is training hand-picked “Reformers” to be the voice of advocacy on this issue for the long term.
“The goal of the conference was to be training Christians who are in churches that don’t currently support LGBT people and to give them the biblical tools and knowledge that they need to go back to their churches and have constructive, persuasive conversations with other believers on these issues,” Vines told CP.
Offering up a decidedly dis-integrated view of faith and life, Vines believes that Christians can believe in the full authority and inspiration of the Bible and at the same time support same-sex relationships. He hopes to convince others of his way of thinking.
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The real joke is ” monogamous homosexual activity”. Take a look at stats on monogamous relationships which are pretty much open sexually. And the Bible is clear in spite of all this blather.
Here we have a 23 year old who is going to “re-educate” the churches. I try not to get frustrated, because this is all fore-told in the Bible in many places. We have people successfully teaching falsely…exchanging the truth for lies. What’s scary is the amount of people who are falling for it. Educated, Godly people for whom I have had the utmost respect for.
So true Lance. Some, like Matthew Vines, can sound quite reasonable and convincing, until you discover the flaws in their ideologies. Quality critiques of these ideologies is out there and Google can find them, but I think for many, the struggle is time. Wading through all the details in order to get a balanced perspective, can take days of research.
Fred raises a valid point too in regards to the stats on monogamous gay relationships – they are quite an eye opener.