Author: Leigh Warmbrand

WE AFFIRM that those born with a physical disorder of sex development are created in the image of God and have dignity and worth equal to all other image-bearers. They are acknowledged by our Lord Jesus in his words about

WE AFFIRM that the differences between male and female reproductive structures are integral to God’s design for self-conception as male or female.  WE DENY that physical anomalies or psychological conditions nullify the God-appointed link between biological sex and self-conception as

WE AFFIRM that divinely ordained differences between male and female reflect God’s original creation design and are meant for human good and human flourishing.  WE DENY that such differences are a result of the Fall or are a tragedy to

WE AFFIRM that God created Adam and Eve, the first human beings, in his own image, equal before God as persons, and distinct as male and female.  WE DENY that the divinely ordained differences between male and female render them

WE AFFIRM that God’s revealed will for all people is chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage.  WE DENY that any affections, desires, or commitments ever justify sexual intercourse before or outside marriage; nor do they justify any form

WE AFFIRM that God has designed marriage to be a covenantal, sexual, procreative, lifelong union of one man and one woman, as husband and wife, and is meant to signify the covenant love between Christ and his bride the church.