For now it is pro-life and does not have homosexual pastors, yet it has women pastors and is heading the way of actively gay pastors. More important, Wesleyan philosophy which rejects TULIP rejects scripture. To reject these concepts means a rejection of Christianity.
“Standing Firm: The Wesleyan Church Speaks on Contemporary Issues”
“We believe that abortion is the taking of human life; therefore, society brings grave danger to itself by
permitting abortion on demand, and thus treating God-given life so lightly.
We call our members to oppose this social evil with great vigor.
The Wesleyan Church stands firm against the EVIL of abortion—both the personal evil of abortion by any individual among us and the worldwide social evil of abortion, which we believe must someday end.
Until that day, we will instruct our people to avoid this sin personally, and call them to the work of enlightening a blind culture, as we once did with the sin of slavery.
Life is a gift of God. It is sacred. Christians are compared to light and as such are expected to have a
pervading influence for good in society.
Also, Christians are to exert a salting impact on our world. By word of mouth and by godly living, Christians should strongly influence sanctity-of-life issues.
We specifically reaffirm our strong position that the practice of homosexuality is a SIN, and that even the propensity toward homosexuality is out of step with both the
order of creation and the will of God.
On this matter we cannot and will NOT compromise—the only
marriage blessed by God is a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman.
Ministering to Homosexuals
From a biblical background, we seek to minister to the homosexual as we should to any person who violates God’s laws of chastity and purity.
1. How should we apply the gospel of Jesus Christ to homosexuality?
We should clearly proclaim that God created Adam and Eve heterosexual.
We must declare homosexuality to be a PERVERSION; that it is not an acceptable lifestyle.
In performing marriages, Wesleyan ministers shall NOT unite in marriage persons of the same sex (Discipline 3112).
Parents should thoroughly instruct their children concerning the true sexuality of their bodies and carefully warn them that homosexuals may attempt to take advantage of them.
Public School Prayer
“The Wesleyan Church . . . affirms . . . its conviction that the Bible is an appropriate book for reading in
the public schools and that the right of students to pray should not be abridged” (Discipline 410:8).