THE THREE CORE VALUES of the LGBTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH HONGKONG
1.FAMILY- a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together:
Love makes a family. Biblical Foundation: I Corinthians 13:4-8
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it
is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.”
Emphasis/Activities
-Love
-Support Group
-Friendship
-Acceptance/Tolerance
2.SPIRITUALITY - a life oriented toward the Holy Spirit. Biblical Foundation: Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Emphasis Activities
-Worship
-2 Sacraments (Baptism and Eucharist) and 5 Rites (Ordination, Church Initiation, Holy Union, Memorial Service, Blessings)
-Ecumenism (Respect For Others Belief, Promote and Practice)
-Discipleship (Church Education)
-Evangelism (To bring all people to God)
3.LIBERATION- the act or process of freeing someone or something from another’s control. It is the removal of traditional social or sexual rules, attitudes, etc. Biblical Foundation: Isaiah 61:1
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring Good News to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
Emphasis/Activities
-Marriage equality
-Anti discrimination, bigotry and hate
-Gender recognition
-Social justice
