Category: Christian Sexuality Focus

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus The state government of Victoria, Australia, has decriminalised the prostitution industry. Decriminalisation of prostitution is generally a legislative position adopted by people who believe in sexual liberalisation and has very little to do with protecting people who work in the sex trade. It may mean sex industry workers are… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Victoria Decriminalises Prostitution

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus The issue of the treatment of women and the honouring of their sexuality, not just in society but in the Church, has been foremost in the world for at least the last century, but more especially in the past 50 years due to something called the sexual revolution. Whilst… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Youth Protest “97%”, March 2021 in New Zealand

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus This blog has been migrated from a previous site name and location. All requests for the previous site will be redirected to this site. The name change is to reflect the evolving shift in the focus of this blog and associated ministry interests. Christian Sexuality Focus will also become… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Welcome to Christian Sexuality Focus

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/108603420/time-to-come-out-hi-im-sarah-and-im-intersex This is an important issue and it is one that I believe the Church as a whole has yet to come to grips with in terms of an appropriate response to people who are intersex. However, it is important to note that the tacking of the letter I… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: “Hi, I’m Sarah, and I’m intersex”

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus Just in this past quarter, Touchstone Publishing (a division of Simon and Schuster) have released Linda Kay Klein’s compelling personal critique of the complementarianist evangelical sexual purity movement which became prominent in the 1990s with the resurgence of complimentarian theological beliefs in organisations such as the Southern Baptist Convention.… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Complementarianism vs Egalitarianism in the Church – An examination of theological beliefs on sexuality in light of Linda Kay Klein’s new book.

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus This blog hasn’t been written for more than a year because of some questions over its function and purpose. The Facebook page that used to be linked to it was voluntarily taken offline due to this uncertainty. However it will continue to receive occasional posts like this one and… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Evangelical view of sexuality questioned

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus The 2019 Christchurch local body elections were marred by accusations brought against a sitting councillor in the Central ward, who was standing for re-election. It soon emerged that the complaints had been brought against them months earlier, but the Mayor had decided to support her protege by keeping quiet… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Christchurch Councillor Code of Conduct Campaign

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus Our revised statement appears below. This has been updated to address new focuses for our present and forthcoming ministry. We are excited to see new developments and opportunities for the development of our ministry that we believe are starting to open up. This section is divided into two parts:… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Revised Statement of Beliefs and Principles

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus This afternoon in New Zealand, the Government introduced the Abortion Legislation Bill into Parliament for its first reading. We watched the debate live on national TV. Our position is that we feel there is little need for this legislation, but the issue is just one of a number of… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: NZ Abortion Legislation Bill

First published on Christian Sexuality Focus This is an interesting commentary in the New York Times about purity culture and the potential harm it causes. A key point is that many churches still teach some form of purity culture, because nothing else has come along to fill its place. Evangelical teaching on sexuality is still… Continue reading Christian Sexuality Focus: Opinion: How Should Christians Have Sex?