We who have chosen the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church as our community of faith reaffirm our 122-year-old commitment to respect the worth and dignity of every person as a child of God, something that human judgment cannot set aside. We reaffirm our commitment to serve our neighbor, regardless of his or her beliefs.
Therefore, the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church affirms that it welcomes into its fellowship all persons, regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation or preference, economic, cultural or religious background. This congregation will not select any of these elements from a person's total humanity as a basis for denying full participation and service in the body of Christ, including membership and ordination. We will work for healing in both Church and Society whenever persons are caused to suffer by reason of one or more of the above-mentioned elements.
The Committee on Social Concerns of this congregation shall continue to seek ways of relating the Church to the needs of all men and women in our community, and shall offer counseling and information to all who seek more light on the Christian approach to human sexuality and wholeness.
--Adopted by the Session, September 1979.