| GA 2010: Church leaders urged to get HIV test, set an example |
| Written by Lynn Hargrove, Outlook special correspondent | ||
| Saturday, 10 July 2010 14:23 | ||
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The 219th General Assembly is encouraging all Presbyterians, especially those who are clergy and church leaders, to know their HIV status – saying that testing will make them a “visible example” and will “help eliminate the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS testing.” The assembly voted today (July 9) to approve a report on HIV testing and also to encourage testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Free, confidential testing was offered at this assembly, and the assembly considered the findings of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, which the General Assembly in 2008 instructed to prepare information on a comprehensive HIV/AIDS policy. Other issues the assembly considered July 9 is the report of the its Health Issues Committee included a statement regarding violence against pregnant women, and an overture that was amended to say that women should not be “forced or coerced” regarding decisions to end or continue a pregnancy. Your Responses (1)
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico This recommendation that our clergy & church leaders should get themselves tested for HIV/AIDS is really an indicment of what they livestyle has been. Back where I was born, sex outside of marriage was considered wrong. And what is sex between two people of the same gender. The answer is that it is more than fornication. This issue has been voted down 4 times in the past 14 years. When will this issue be settled so that the church can go forward and fulfill the Great Commission of Mt. 28:19. Or will our church continue to lost its members as Christians walk out the door in disgust? |
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