Seventh Day Adventist Churches

SDA says homosexuals are sinners in need of the Grace of God

Koforidua, July 11, GNA - The Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) has described homosexuals as sinners who are in need of the Grace of God.

The church has therefore appealed to churches and religious organizations in Ghana to stop the vilification and condemnation of homosexuals but instead put in place structures to reach out to them and help those who want to get out of the practice to do so without feeling judged.

This was contained in a statement from the Church’s Union Conference which was released at Koforidua a copy of which was made available to the Ghana News Agency.

The Church called for intensification of education programmes using the media to educate children and the youth on what God’s divine plan for human sexuality is.

It said parents must begin sex education of their children at an early age to teach them to report any negative sexual advances made towards them.

The statement said concerns raised over the upsurge of homosexual activities in Ghana by many sections of the society, including the Christian community, could push them underground and deny opportunity to innocent ones who might need help to come out from the practice.     

The Adventists stated that they believed that sexual intimacy happened only within a marital relationship of a man and a woman as established by God at creation and that the Bible makes no accommodation for homosexual activity or relationships.

JIM GILLEY and Me - It's Okay NOT to be a Seventh-day Adventist

The Gilleys were pillars of the Dallas First SDA Church on Central Expressway where my family attended and all of the kids attended the SDA church school there. The Gilley's four kids, about the same ages as my younger four siblings all played together too. I remember picking the phone up and hearing Jimmy Gilley (in fifth grade) crying, trying to "win back" my sister Heidi who he evidently had a crush on. I have enough memories of the Gilleys to fill a book. Mr. Gilley, as I knew him before he was "pastor Gilley," with his charming and always calm smile, his slurred melodious voice and his gracious wife always at his side. Our families, along with the Collums, were the ones with the large homes and we were always entertaining--giving each other showers and surprise parties and occasionally spending a fourth of July or New Year's Eve together. We had fun. Jim rose in the SDA ranks rather later in life. He became a pastor and eventually did something with the General Conference. The last time I saw them was when they, as always, graciously opened there home for us to stay with them near the General Conference in DC. It was so fun for my family to hear some of Jim's fabulous adventure stories, as well as the horrible time he had with shingles. Now Jim Gilley is head of the ailing 3ABN (Three Angels' Broadcasting Network). I was so glad to hear that he was placed there. Jim is good at bringing humor and relaxation to whatever he is doing. I wish him the very best. Jim is one of the reasons I think Adventism will eventually become a mainstream religion. Unless he has sincerely become orthodox as he grows older (and I guess some do sometimes, as my parents did) he will melt the radicalism of the SDA conservatives with his generous smile. Please use this opportunity you have to influence your church about abortion. Mr. Gilley, the SDA church is really a one-commandment church because of its exclusive promotion of the fourth commandment, when our society is collapsing under the weight of sin of ALL Christ's commandments. I know you aren't going to jump into a picket line, that is not your style. But you have enormous pull--a quiet strength, that can mean all the difference. You can be a silent hero of Adventism. Take the opportunity. Adventist for almost forty years. Published articles in Spectrum, Adventist Review and others. Loved being an Adventist most of the time until I began studying the Bible in depth. Wow. That was a shocker.

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