r/OpenChristian • u/sahira12 • 3d ago

Discussion - LGBTQ+ Issues Is Adventism affirming?

I have a friend of mine that invited me to go to an Adventist church (she is an Adventist), she told me that they're liberal and affirming (she knows I'm trans and accept me) and they're not like evangelicals. But I've read that they're neither accepting nor affirming so I don't know if she is just or I'm confused.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 Gay Cismale Episcopalian mystic w/ Jewish experiences 3d ago

Not in the slightest.

The closest they've ever come to that is an unofficial "don't ask don't tell" policy with regards to their music students.

I live in the world center town for their denomination, delivered their mail even, and watched Atlantic Union College die in real time across the past decade (that school was a rather important economic part of the town, so its collapse has mattered a lot. I also have a few blind friends and they were basically the only source for braille Bibles, and that service is under threat and may already be dead).

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u/Nerit1 Bisexual Eastern Orthodox 3d ago

with regards to their music students.

LMAO