Salvation army position on homosexuality
Dutch Salvation Army Changes Stance on Sexuality
Recently The Salvation Army in the Netherlands has issued a utterance saying they are exiting from the International Salvation Army’s stance on sexuality. This move is a part of a wider trend of mixed messages on human sexuality in The Salvation Army. Here’s a link to an article where I document some of these trends. On today’s podcast I discuss this concern.
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A few years back, we were asked about the current relationship between our communities and the Salvation Army. As you understand, the Army organised the infamous petition against lesbian law reform in the 1980s, an act which damaged relations for many years, so that many gay people still perceive unable to contribute to the SA’s fundraising attempts. So the Board wrote to them. After considerable discussion, the following mutual statement was written in 2012.
RAINBOW WELLINGTON AND THE SALVATION ARMY REACH A RAPPROCHEMENT:
A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD
“A very significant step forward and an crucial building block for the future”, is how Tony Simpson, Chair of the Wellington based gay, dyke and related groups human rights organisation Rainbow Wellington, and Campbell Roberts, chief of The Salvation Army’s Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit, described jointly issued statements of the two groups made public today.
For the past year, both groups have been considering future perspectives on their relationship.
“This initially arose” says Simpson, “because our board was discussing the role of The Salvation Army in the context of the 25th anniversary of the 1986 decriminalisation of
Salvos back away from anti-gay comments
The Salvation Army in Australia is distancing itself from a statement by its international parent organisation that homosexuality is "an unacceptable urge".
The gay collective has criticised the church's online declaration.
Church spokesman Major Bruce Harmer says its Australian arm believes the statement needs to be changed.
He has denied the Salvation Army is homophobic and has appealed to the gay community not make judgements on the declaration.
"If you had a bad taxi driver, you wouldn't group all taxi drivers the alike as well," he said.
"At the moment the international statement is our remark, but we are productive behind the scenes."
He says the church's position on homosexuality is being debated internally and the Australian arm believes it needs to be changed.
Major Harmer says the Salvos suggest services to all who are in need, regardless of sexual orientation.
"The Salvation Army has worked for many years with homosexual and lesbian people through their treatment centres and welfare agencies, we include employees who are queer and members of our church who are gay," he said.
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LGBT Statement
The following declaration is The Salvation Army Northern Division’s response to false accusations claiming that The Salvation Army discriminates against the LGBT society and pays lobbyists to fight against their interests.
- The Salvation Army is open and inclusive to all people. Anyone who comes through our doors will receive help based on their need and our capacity to assist. We annually serve around 30 million Americans from a variety of backgrounds – we do not pick and choose who we serve based on religion, sexual orientation or any other factor. This promise to serve goes to the core of our beliefs as laid out in our organizational Mission Statement: “The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.”
- Any instance of discrimination is in direct disagreement to our core values and is against all of our policies.
- It is not The Salvation Army’s practice to spend funds on lobbying. The Salvation Army i
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