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We encourage each Alliance congregation to develop written positions,
policies, and statements of encouragement on all pertinant contemporary
issues; however, certain issues of Alliance-wide interest will
result in proposals for consideration and adoption by the Alliance
such as the following:
A. All conduct and practice of the ordinances must fully complement
the principles of Scripture.
B. Divorce and remarriage is outside the will of God and thus
unacceptable.
C. God's gift of sex is to be reserved only for marriage. All
forms of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexualty, bestiality, incest,
fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions.
D. Human life is a special gift of God. Abortion constitutes
the inexcusable taking of unborn human life-thus it is murder.
This includes termination of pregnancies due to rape, incest,
birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control,
or the mental well-being of the mother. Infanticide and euthanasia
including assisted suicide are also to be recognized as murder.
E. The personal appearance of the true Christian believer must
present a clear witness of Biblical teachings in such matters
as modest apparel, gender distinctions, simplicity, man's unveiled
head and short hair and woman's veiled head and long hair.
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