Statements & documents connected to our mission at MCC

Our Belief:
At Monroe Community Church we believe in the historically Christian view of marriage and sexual expression: that marriage is a lifelong one-flesh covenant union between two sexually different persons (male and female) from different families, and that all sexual practice outside of marriage is sin.

Our Practice:
While MCC upholds a historically Christian view of sexual expression, we also recognize that in recent history, the church has mishandled the topic of sexuality from a variety of angles. The church’s witness has centered on what forms of sexual expression Scripture is against instead of the dignifying, freeing sexual expression Scripture advocates for. Jesus majored in the latter; the church has emphasized the former.

While the church has historically held to an understanding of sexuality distinct from the surrounding culture, the application of that belief in recent history has become alienating to those whose sexual expression does not line up with the church’s. The tragedy of that shift has been that many have been made to feel alienated by the Christian church because of sexual practice and/or sexual orientation.

At Monroe Community Church, we want to engage with, and hold the tension of agreement and acceptance. In modern cultural rhetoric, agreement and acceptance are often used synonymously: “If you don’t agree with my ethical choices (belief), you don’t accept me (expression).” However, in Jesus, we observe the opposite phenomenon: Those who felt most accepted in his presence were those living in disagreement with his teaching. Therefore, as a church, we are committed to becoming a community linked to Jesus in both agreement and acceptance. Because we know all people are created in God’s image, we know all are loved by God, and we are called to do the same.  Therefore, all are welcome to worship our loving God with us and become part of a caring community.

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