Would You Let a Known Lesbian Perform at Your Church???

No she is in open sin and needs to be


1Co 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

 

Whats the name of the San Diego preacher??

 

Do you let anyone living in open sin speak/sing in your church?

 

Nope..wouldn't be singing in the church. Wouldn't be a member of the church. Neither would be let an open drunk, adulterer, theif, etc sing or be a member.

 

Would You Let a Known Lesbian Perform at Your Church?

Uhhhh, NO!

 

Wouldn't let anyone involved in known, unrepentant sin be in any kind of leadership, including performances.

 

There is a big difference in letting someone in blatant, open sin take a leadership position in a local church, and having the congregation issue church discipline towards the goal of restoration. The two have nothing to do with each other, and I am very surprised the two would even be compared. And no, I do not subscribe to the theory that someone in open sin, after a period following restoration, can never be in a leadership position again. Such a mindset tells me that the person believing that does not really believe that Christ can make a new creation. However, each case would have to be taken individually.

 

Open sin, no.

But what if someone who was lesbian or homosexual and led a chaste life? If they didn't want to or couldn't change their same-sex attraction, but vowed to never act on their urges?

All people are called to chastity in their station of life, whether it be married folks, single folks, or homosexual folks.

 

http://phoenixchorale.org/pressroom/boys-to-men-vi/

*Phoenix Metropolitan Men's Chorus

**Camelback Bible Church
This church's pastor serves with Baptists Albert Mohler, John Piper, Mark Dever, and Thabiti Anyabwile on the Council of The Gospel Coalition!

 

There is a difference between a performance in a church facility and a performance in a church service. This event does not appear to be a service.

 

Does your reply mean you approve of secret sin?

Who is without sin?

 

This resonates with me.

I certainly don't think the homosexual lifestyle is God's ideal by any means, but it's something a number of people struggle with.

Basically, we all have blind spots, and though I might not let an open homosexual Christian perform at a church function, I think it's high time we stop pretending that sexual sin is somehow grosser or more sinful than any others. There are people openly sinning in every church, some with gossiping, others with idolatry, others with pride, others with any number of other cancerous kinds of sin.

What's worse, most of these people don't think they're doing anything to be ashamed about.

If we're going to come down on homosexuality, we have to be willing to do so with other sin.

 

You have some excellent points in this post. First of all, the lifestyle in mentioned in this post is disguisting to me, without the Bible or Scripture. Therefore, for me to point a finger at someone who struggles with this, is being a hypocrite on my part, because it is a sin that has zero appeal to me.

You are correct. In God's eyes, sin is sin. It seems to me that we have, as Baptists, elected the worst sins of the century. That would be drunkedness, adultery, same sex relationships, and even invented some that are not sins, such as dancing, card playing, and lottery tickets, even though I participate in none of them.

But it is also amazing that we have also elected sins to be non sinful. When was the last time you heard a sermon about gossips, tale bearers, backbiters, and those that cause dissention in the remote corners of the church? When was the last time you heard a sermon about people stuffing their fat guts at the latest pot luck, then grabbing their fat stomachs and laughing about it? When was the last time you heard a sermon about modern day idols, whether it be a new car, a new house, a bank account, a superior job, or some other such worldly nonsense?

And maybe worst of all, why have local congregations for years, tolerated deacons, or others in leadership positions who shun people trying to join a local church because they are either a different race, class, or not quite as well off? Why is it when a homeless person walks in, very few shake their hands?

No, I would not let an openly sinful person lead a service in any capacity. But let me tell you one thing, those who bring up the subject and are sitting in judgement better make sure that their own house is clean, based on God's laws, and not your imaginary list of best and worst sins.

Believe it or not, one day all will be revealed, and lots of you holier than thous are going to get crushed by the big thumb. "But Lord, I did this and that for you. Depart ........"

 

No one is without sin. And as I said above, all sin. I do not think she meant she approves of secret sin. By its nature, that being secret, there is no basis for denying a leadership position.

 

RevMitchell had worded it this way, so I stated my question with his wording.

Where do you draw the line on "sin" and letting people who sin lead in services? How do you decide which sin is one that is "okay", but not another?

What about the sin of arrogance?

Do you allow a pastor to tell a joke about a black woman, but he decides to use the "n" word during the service?

What about letting a deacon serve whose wife is a gossip??