can someone explain the Evangelical religion to me.....?

Question

my aunt and uncle belong to this faith and I am curious as to their stance on homosexuality.

Answer 1

Evangelical means "good news". An evangelist is one who shares good news. It is commonly used to refer to Christians who are fairly conservative and would likely be opposed to homosexuality. However, the word does not, in itself, imply a stance on homosexuality.

Answer 2

Evangelicalism is a form of Christianity but really it should be part of all Christianity in that evangelicalism is the mere spreading of the faith to others by word of mouth. It doesn't have to be grand or spectacular, it could be as simple as a conversation in private with a friend who is not yet a believer.

As far as homosexuality, most evangelicals, in fact most Christians who take the word of God seriously are opposed to it because the bible tells us it is wrong!

Answer 3

i don't understand lots approximately evangelicals. Presbyterians have been a Calvinist group specifically recent in Scotland. The Scots-Irish delivered Presbyterianism to the yankee colonies. Puritans have been additionally Calvinist, yet have been a specifically English group. They had to reform the Church of britain yet generally emigrated to the hot international to establish their very own religious communities.

Answer 4

Here is some information on what the bible says about homosexuality. Find Him and you will be forgiven of your sins. Remember, it is a search that will take you the rest of your life.

Lev 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.

Lev 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

Lev 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

If you are homosexual (which is a sin) The bible says...

1Ti 1:12 ¶ And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

1Ti 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.

1Ti 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1Ti 1:15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1Ti 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Answer 5

You want to hear about the basics of christianity or of what they believe in reguarding homosexuality... I guess i'll just do both. This first Thing explains how christians believe they go to heaven. It is something I wrote and saved, earlier on yahoo answers.
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The way to christianity is kind of like a story, and you finish it yourself at the end. This is how it works:

First off, humans messed up, no one can deny that though we are basically owned by God, we have all sinned, cursed, and worshiped false idols. It even says that in the bible:

"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23

This statement might not seem like that big of a deal, but there's a penalty for our sin, and It's Hell. Doing good stuff rocks, but it's not the way to heaven. You can't cover up the smallest bit of your sin by flooding your life with good deads.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23

But wait, there's more! Jesus came to earth. The price of sin is death (or Hell) but Jesus paid for that! It's amazing what happened on the cross 2000 years ago!

"But God demonstrates his love for us in this: While were still sinners, Christ [God's only son] died for us. Since we have therefore been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!" - Romans 5:8-9

Time for you to finish the story. Jesus has basically already saved you, but you have to accept his ticket to heaven still! It sounds easy... and it is!

"That if you confess with your mouth 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." - Romans 10:9 -10

If you believe everything I just said, Satan has just lost his grip on you, and there's a party in heaven! You see, as God sits on his mighty throne, he doesn't view us as peasents. He is our father, our savior, redeemer, and friend! Again, there is a party in heaven. This message should not be taken lightly, because it it not religion. Religion is Man's attempt to reach God. This is a relationship, God's attempt to reach man!
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Now is says in the bible that God created man to parter up with a woman, to work as a team. God has given both genders strangths and weaknesses, and to choose someone of your own gender is denying God's plan, therefore, a sin. So yeah, It's not a good idea, and it makes sense why.

Answer 6

True Christianity is evangelical, and to true christians, homosexuality is a sin.

Answer 7

18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

Just that.