Resources for PCUSA Marriage Amendment Issue

RESOURCES FOR MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ISSUE
This is not an exhaustive list of resources. Suggestions of additional resources are welcomed. Some of these resources are available through the Resource Center. Contact Cheryl Carson for availability. Inclusion of resources on this list should not be construed to connote official agreement as to content by Central Florida Presbytery.
AMENDMENTS BOOKLET
The booklet of pending amendments may be downloaded here:
http://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/2014-proposed-boa-electronic-version[1].pdf
The marriage amendment is the last one, Amendment 14-F.
MARRIAGE STUDY
The marriage study resource developed at the direction of the 220th General Assembly (2012) may be found here:
 Six-session study: http://www.presbyterianmission.org/media/uploads/theologyandworship/pdfs/christianmarriagestudy.pdf
 Two-hour study: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/media/uploads/theologyandworship/pdfs/twohourchristianmarriagestudy.pdf

RESOURCES ON SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE
 The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage– An Evangelical’s Change of Heart by Mark Achtemeier
 Jesus, The Bible and Homosexuality by Jack Rogers
 God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines
 “Marriage & the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); A People’s Guide for Study & Conversation” available at http://marriageguide.mlp.org/wp-content/uploads/PCUSA_Marriage_Guide.pdf
 Other resources are available from the websites of the Covenant Network and More Light Presbyterians

BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE
 “Final Report of the Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage (includes the Minority Report) – available at https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/civil-union-christian-marriage2010.pdf
 Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views, by Dan O. Via and Robert A.J. Gagnon
 Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con: A Reader by Andrew Sullivan

RESOURCES ON TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
 The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics by Robert A.J. Gagnon. Additional resources by Dr. Gagnon are available at www.robgagnon.net
 God and the Gay Christian?: A Response to Matthew Vines by James M. Hamilton Jr., Denny Burk, Owen Strachan Heath Lambert, and R. Albert Mohler Jr. (Editor)
 Homosexuality and the Church by Richard F Lovelace
 A Commitment to Stay Gay: Why a Liberal Guy Is Against Same-Sex Marriage by David Robinson
 Scripture and Homosexuality: Biblical Authority and the Church Today by Marion L. Soards
 Other resources are available from the website of The Fellowship Community (merger of Presbyterians for Renewal and the Fellowship of Presbyterians)

For a helpful summary of the nature of the discernment process, download a copy of Guidelines for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement at www.pcusa.org/resource/seeking-be-faithful-guidelines-presbyterians-times/