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	=====Assemblies of God=====		=====Assemblies of God=====
	The [[Assemblies of God]], the largest Pentecostal organization, states in a 2014 position paper that "there is absolutely no affirmation of homosexual activity, same-sex marriage, or changes in sexual identity found anywhere in Scripture" and that homosexual behavior is a sin.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Homosexuality, Marriage, and Sexual Identity \|url=https://ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Homosexuality-Marriage-and-Sexual-Identity \|website=Assemblies of God \|access-date=8 October 2024 \|date=August 2014}}</ref>		The [[Assemblies of God]], the [[List of Pentecostal denominations\|largest Pentecostal organization]], states in a 2014 position paper that "there is absolutely no affirmation of homosexual activity, same-sex marriage, or changes in sexual identity found anywhere in Scripture" and that homosexual behavior is a sin.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Homosexuality, Marriage, and Sexual Identity \|url=https://ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Homosexuality-Marriage-and-Sexual-Identity \|website=Assemblies of God \|access-date=8 October 2024 \|date=August 2014}}</ref>

	=====Foursquare Church=====		=====Foursquare Church=====

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	====Redeemed Christian Church of God====		====Redeemed Christian Church of God====
	The [[Redeemed Christian Church of God]] believes that lesbianism and homosexuality are sinful. Its Sunday School Teaching Manual states that homosexuality is forbidden and considered an abomination by God.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Christianity and Homosexuality \|url=https://ss.rccgnet.org/teacher/christianity%20and%20homosexuality1_2.html \|website=Sunday School \|publisher=Redeemed Christian Church of God \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>		The [[Redeemed Christian Church of God]] believes that lesbianism and homosexuality are sinful. Its [[Sunday school\|Sunday School]] Teaching Manual states that homosexuality is forbidden and considered an abomination by God.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Christianity and Homosexuality \|url=https://ss.rccgnet.org/teacher/christianity%20and%20homosexuality1_2.html \|website=Sunday School \|publisher=Redeemed Christian Church of God \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

	===Finished Work Pentecostalism===		===Finished Work Pentecostalism===

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	==History==		==History==
	The movement to create gay-affirming churches had begun in 1968 with the founding of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]].<ref name="Charisma">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/devotionals/loving-god?view=article&id=388:can-christians-be-gay&catid=146\|title=Can Christians Be Gay?\|accessdate=2014-10-27\|publisher=Charisma Media\|year=2014\|author=Bickle, Mike\|work=Charisma Magazine}}</ref>		The movement to create [[List of Christian denominations affirming LGBT people\|gay-affirming churches]] had begun in 1968 with the founding of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]].<ref name="Charisma">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/devotionals/loving-god?view=article&id=388:can-christians-be-gay&catid=146\|title=Can Christians Be Gay?\|accessdate=2014-10-27\|publisher=Charisma Media\|year=2014\|author=Bickle, Mike\|work=Charisma Magazine}}</ref>

	Affirming Oneness Pentecostals first began to organize separately from mainline ~~[[Oneness Pentecostalism\|~~Oneness Pentecostal]] churches in 1980 in [[Schenectady]], [[New York (state)\|New York]]. [[Trinitarian]] Pentecostal churches, like those in The Covenant Network, were also established.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book \|first1=William \|last1=Kay \|first2=Stephen \|last2=Hunt \|editor1-last=Thatcher \|editor1-first=Adrian \|title=The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender \|date=2015 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|location=Oxford, United Kingdom \|isbn=9780199664153 \|pages=357–376 \|edition=First \|url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/34452 \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|chapter=Pentecostal Churches and Homosexuality}}</ref>		Affirming [[Oneness Pentecostalism\|Oneness Pentecostals]] first began to organize separately from mainline Oneness Pentecostal churches in 1980 in [[Schenectady]], [[New York (state)\|New York]]. [[Trinitarian]] Pentecostal churches, like those in The Covenant Network, were also established.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book \|first1=William \|last1=Kay \|first2=Stephen \|last2=Hunt \|editor1-last=Thatcher \|editor1-first=Adrian \|title=The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender \|date=2015 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|location=Oxford, United Kingdom \|isbn=9780199664153 \|pages=357–376 \|edition=First \|url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/34452 \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|chapter=Pentecostal Churches and Homosexuality}}</ref>

	==Views by denomination==		==Views by denomination==

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	{{Christianity and sexual orientation}}		{{Christianity and sexual orientation}}
	{{Pentecostalism}}		{{Pentecostalism}}
	'''Pentecostal viewpoints concerning homosexuality''' are varied worldwide, since there is no one organization that represents all [[Pentecostalism\|Pentecostals]]. However, most Pentecostal denominations condemn homosexuality as going against scriptural teachings, though there are some affirming Pentecostal denominations.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=HRC Foundation \|title=Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Pentecostals \|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-pentecostals \|website=Human Rights Campaign \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>		'''Pentecostal viewpoints concerning homosexuality''' are varied worldwide, since there is no one organization that represents all [[Pentecostalism\|Pentecostals]]. However, most Pentecostal denominations condemn [[homosexuality]] as going against [[The Bible and homosexuality\|scriptural teachings]], though there are some affirming Pentecostal denominations.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=HRC Foundation \|title=Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Pentecostals \|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-pentecostals \|website=Human Rights Campaign \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	=====Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ=====		=====Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ=====
	The [[Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ]] states in its Constitution that homosexuality is both "sinful and offensive to God" and that marriage is exclusively "covenantal union before God of one man and one woman for life."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Articles of Faith {{!}} General Constitution \|url=https://aljc.org/resources/aljc-constitution.pdf \|website=Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ \|access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>		The [[Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ]] states in its Constitution that homosexuality is both "sinful and offensive to God" and that marriage is exclusively a "covenantal union before God of one man and one woman for life."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Articles of Faith {{!}} General Constitution \|url=https://aljc.org/resources/aljc-constitution.pdf \|website=Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ \|access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>

	=====IEANJESUS=====		=====IEANJESUS=====

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	The Covenant Network is an LGBTQ-affirming organization founded in 2000 by Randy and Johnny Layton-Morgan of New Covenant Church in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.newcovenantatlanta.com/about \|title= About Us \|publisher= New Covenant Church of Atlanta \|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Catt \|first1=David \|title=Castle Hill the new home to gay-supportive New Covenant Sydney church \|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/castle-hill-the-new-home-to-gaysupportive-new-covenant-sydney-church/news-story/88404366e0586ea3fa0bb64becbc5fb5 \|website=The Daily Telegraph \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|date=22 September 2014}}</ref> They state that "all people regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation + identity, social status, etc. can receive the born-again experience through Jesus Christ."<ref>{{cite web \|title=What We Believe \|url=https://www.thecovenantnetwork.com/about \|website=The Covenant Network \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|language=en}}</ref> According to a denomination census released in 2023, it has 18 churches in 3 countries.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thecovenantnetwork.com/churches/\|title= Churches\|accessdate= March 19, 2024}}</ref>		The Covenant Network is an LGBTQ-affirming organization founded in 2000 by Randy and Johnny Layton-Morgan of New Covenant Church in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.newcovenantatlanta.com/about \|title= About Us \|publisher= New Covenant Church of Atlanta \|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Catt \|first1=David \|title=Castle Hill the new home to gay-supportive New Covenant Sydney church \|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/castle-hill-the-new-home-to-gaysupportive-new-covenant-sydney-church/news-story/88404366e0586ea3fa0bb64becbc5fb5 \|website=The Daily Telegraph \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|date=22 September 2014}}</ref> They state that "all people regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation + identity, social status, etc. can receive the born-again experience through Jesus Christ."<ref>{{cite web \|title=What We Believe \|url=https://www.thecovenantnetwork.com/about \|website=The Covenant Network \|access-date=9 October 2024 \|language=en}}</ref> According to a denomination census released in 2023, it has 18 churches in 3 countries.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thecovenantnetwork.com/churches/\|title= Churches\|accessdate= March 19, 2024}}</ref>

	=====The Fellowship ~~(FGFCMI)~~=====		=====The Fellowship=====
	[[The Fellowship (FGFCMI)]] states in its beliefs that "any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Beliefs \|url=https://thefellowshipnetwork.net/about/beliefs/ \|website=The Fellowship Network \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>		[[The Fellowship (FGFCMI)]] states in its beliefs that "any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Beliefs \|url=https://thefellowshipnetwork.net/about/beliefs/ \|website=The Fellowship Network \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

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			{{short description\|Pentecostal denominations' views on homosexuality}}
⚫	'''Pentecostal viewpoints concerning homosexuality''' are varied worldwide, since there is no one organization that represents all [[Pentecostalism\|Pentecostals]]. However, most Pentecostal denominations condemn homosexuality as going against scriptural teachings, though there are some affirming Pentecostal denominations.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=HRC Foundation \|title=Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Pentecostals \|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-pentecostals \|website=Human Rights Campaign \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
	{{Christianity and sexual orientation}}		{{Christianity and sexual orientation}}
	{{Pentecostalism}}		{{Pentecostalism}}
		⚫	'''Pentecostal viewpoints concerning homosexuality''' are varied worldwide, since there is no one organization that represents all [[Pentecostalism\|Pentecostals]]. However, most Pentecostal denominations condemn homosexuality as going against scriptural teachings, though there are some affirming Pentecostal denominations.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=HRC Foundation \|title=Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Pentecostals \|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-pentecostals \|website=Human Rights Campaign \|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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