The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:26 AM
Evangelical Group Who Released "Nashville Statement" Concerning Christian Stance On Same-Sex Marriage Under Fire
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), consisting of a number of evangelical Christian leaders, published a manifesto aimed at addressing issues of sexuality. It was endorsed by scholars, pastors and leaders at a Nashville conference Friday.
“The spirit of our age does not delight in God’s good design of male and female. Consequently, confusion reigns over some of the most basic questions of our humanity,” CBMW President Denny Burk said in the statement.
“The aim of the Nashville Statement is to shine a light into the darkness – to declare the goodness of God’s design in our sexuality and in creating us as male and female.”
Those signing the statement include at least two prominent evangelical figures who are among President Trump’s evangelical advisers: Southern Baptist pastor Jack Graham and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, the Washington Post reported.
Perkins reportedly recommended to Trump to ban transgender people from military service, the New York Times reported.
The “Statement” includes 14 points on issues such as gay, lesbian and transgender rights, and marriage -- rejecting what the signers describe as an attitude of “moral indifference” toward those issues.
