Home›Sources›Resolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)SourcesResolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province, official site, 29th Provincial Synod, St. Kitts, 2009Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Resolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/moravian-ewi-resolution-16-2009-homosexuality.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Resolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/moravian-ewi-resolution-16-2009-homosexualityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-resolution-16-29th-provincial-synod-stat, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Resolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/moravian-ewi-resolution-16-2009-homosexuality}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXResolution 16, passed at the 29th Provincial Synod of the Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province, held in St. Kitts in 2009, hosted on the province's own site. States that the province re-affirms that, as the church, it must love the sinner but stand in opposition to all sin, and resolves in opposition to the ordination of known or practicing homosexuals, the marriage of persons of the same sex, and acts of violence against homosexuals including gay bashing.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1One autonomous province's own official site hosting its own Provincial Synod resolution in full; stands for the restrictive end of a division a paired scholarly source documents across all three named provinces, not for the worldwide Unitas Fratrum, which issues no single ruling on this question.NotesWell-attestedCited for the Moravian Church's sexuality-position detail, the Eastern West Indies Province's 2009 resolution.CitationPublisherWell-attestedMoravian Church, Eastern West Indies ProvincePublication YearWell-attested2009URLWell-attestedhttps://moravians.net/en/joomla/news/31-latest/329-statement-on-homosexualitySource TypeWell-attestedOfficial doctrinal statementCustodianCustodian SourceWell-attestedYesCustodian BodyWell-attestedMoravian Church, Eastern West Indies ProvinceCustodian BasisWell-attestedThe province's own official site hosting its own Provincial Synod resolution in its own words.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMoravian Church, Denominations Well-attested This source names Moravian Church directly: "at the 29th Provincial Synod of the Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province, held in St."Source Resolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)tier 1the holders' own accountClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested11DenominationsMoravian ChurchSourcesResolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)Holds1SourcesResolution 16, 29th Provincial Synod, Statement on Homosexuality (Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province)General References1DenominationsMoravian ChurchComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year