Downtown United Presbyterian Church
Rochester, New York
March 1979

In harmony with the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church, the Downtown United Presbyterian Church affirms the civil rights of all persons without regard to sexual preference. Further, in keeping with our General Assembly's guidelines, this community of faith welcomes as members all persons who both seek and have found Christ's love. This local congregation will not select one particular element from a person's total humanity as a basis for denying full participation and service in the body of Christ. Nor will this community of faith condemn or judge our brothers and sisters who declare their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and promise discipleship to Him. We affirm that in meeting each other in Christian love, God's Spirit frees us all to give and grow, liberated from the oppression invoked upon us by ourselves and others.

The implication of the above is that all persons who choose to unite as members of the Downtown United Presbyterian Church will have extended to them the full privileges and responsibilities of membership, including the right to hold office as an ordained elder or deacon if elected by the congregation.

--Adopted by the Session, March, 1979.