Hot Button Issue #3

A homosexual man (currently divorcing his wife) starts attending your church—bringing his three young children with him. He emails you telling you how much the music and the messages have touched his heart and challenged him to grow in his walk with the Lord. His email continues: “Would it be a problem for you if I bring my partner with me to church services?”
You hit “Reply,” and an email form pops up. With your fingers poised over the keyboard, you pause. What do you type?

Homosexuality and the Christian College Campus

There are few issues more complicated and controversial than that of how Christians are to view and treat homosexuality and homosexuals. Soulforce, a homosexual activist group, is doing a national tour to a number of Christian campuses to engage Christians and Christian college administrators, faculty and students in a discussion of the complexity of homosexuality.

A number of Christian colleges have closed their doors to the group, others have welcomed them. Gordon College in Wenham, Massachussetts has decided to welcome Soulforce.

Is it possible to have an intelligent conversation with activists? If you were a parent who had sent your child to a Christian college, would you be in favor of the administration inviting or welcoming a homosexual group? What should be the preferred stance and treatment toward homosexuals?