John Calvin Presbyterian Church
Henrietta, NY
September 1979
In harmony with the 1978 General Assembly, John Calvin Presbyterian Church
affirms the civil rights of all persons who both seek and have found
Christ's love. This church will not select one particular element from a
person's total humanity as a basis for denying full partcipation and
service in the body of Christ. Nor will this community of faith condemn or
judge our sisters and brothers 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 live and grow,
liberated from the oppression invoked upon us by ourselves and others.
Within this context, John Calvin Presbyterian Church reaches out to
Christian and non-Chrsitian persons with a ministry of support, caring and
openness, a ministry in which the creative, liberating power of the Holy
Spirit rules and guides. --Adopted by the Session, September, 1979.