[GestehenSieUndGibtAuf]

Good point. The question is, how do you suggest the church should actually do that? Would you institute an inquisition? Would you prefer a "don't ask, don't tell" policy? Or will you simply let the folks come in, and let God deal with it in His good time? How should the church's teaching reflect all of this? Should it never be mentioned from the pulpit, or should it be mentioned at every opportunity? That's the issue here.

Read 1 Corinthians Chapter 5 Paul Answers these questions pretty well.


http://www.searchgodsword.org/desk/?language=en&query=1+Corinthians+5&section=0&translation=nkj&oq=1co%25205&new=1&nb=1co&ng=5&ncc=5

[r9etb]

What Paul (and you) are suggesting is an active purge of the church. But again ... how would you do propose to do that in a manner acceptable to God? Is it a general purge of homosexuals (and must the church therefore test its members for homosexual tendencies)? Is it a purge only of those who are out of the closet? Is it a purge only of those who are out of the closet and unrepentant? Is it none of the above?

What, precisely, is the goal here? I think a lot of folks have not fully though it through, and thus have not addressed the steps needed to accomplish that goal.

For one very interesting take on the subject, I would recommend to you the booklet "True Union in the Body," published by the Anglican Communion Institute.