International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Churchĭivinity-Divine Charity,(WELS) Whitefish Bay, WI St Georges Anglican Church (CANA) - Colorado Springs, COĬhrist Church Anglican, ACNA, Crawfordville, FL Anne Catholic Church, Grants Pass, OregonĪssemblies of God, City Reach Church Network George's Anglican Church, Colorado Springs, COĪnglican Church North America - Missionary Diocese of All Saints Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy St. Shephers of the Hills Church, Porter Ranch, CA George's Anglican Church, Colorado Springs, COĬommunion of Reformed Evangelical Churches Westminster Chapel.Reformed reconstruction Patrick's Anglican Mission, Charlotte, NCĬhrist the King Anglcan Church, Dayton OhioĪnglican Church of the Good Shepherd, Anglican Diocese of the Southwest, San Angelo, Texas Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Staunton, VA) John Baptist RC in North Bennington, Vermont Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church Prince of Peace Church (Anglican) - Aliquippa, PA Presbyterian Church of Manchester, Manchester, CT Grace Lutheran Church (LCMC), Big Sandy, MT –Ed.įor all media inquiries regarding the marriage pledge, please contact First Things at 21 or via email at Sign the Pledge Laymen are welcome to sign to express support for pastors making this pledge. Please join us in this pledge to separate civil marriage from Christian marriage by adding your name. We will preside only at those weddings that seek to establish a Christian marriage in accord with the principles articulated and lived out from the beginning of the Church’s life. We will ask couples to seek civil marriage separately from their church-related vows and blessings. We will no longer sign government-provided marriage certificates. We will no longer serve as agents of the state in marriage. Therefore, in our roles as Christian ministers, we, the undersigned, commit ourselves to disengaging civil and Christian marriage in the performance of our pastoral duties. To continue with church practices that intertwine government marriage with Christian marriage will implicate the Church in a false definition of marriage. Our biblical faith is committed to upholding, celebrating, and furthering this understanding, which is stated many times within the Scriptures and has been repeatedly restated in our wedding ceremonies, church laws, and doctrinal standards for centuries. The new definition of marriage no longer coincides with the Christian understanding of marriage between a man and woman. If we fail to take clear action, we risk falsifying God’s Word. Now marriage is being fundamentally redefined, and we are being tested yet again. We have been too complacent in our responses to these trends. Divorce and co-habitation have weakened marriage. In a few short years or even months, it is very likely that this new definition will become the law of the land, and in all jurisdictions the rights, privileges, and duties of marriage will be granted to men in partnership with men, and women with women.Īs Christian ministers we must bear clear witness. In many jurisdictions, including many of the United States, civil authorities have adopted a definition of marriage that explicitly rejects the age-old requirement of male-female pairing.
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