RATIONALE: While the Church of God is clear on Biblical marriage and sexuality, the General Assembly has not addressed by name the culturally unfolding topic of gender identity.

For the sake of our General church, our local churches, and our church institutions, we should posture our conservative, Biblically faithful denomination to articulate clarity from our highest governing body, the Church of God General Assembly so that our churches and institutions are appropriately aligned, particularly so that our credentialed and non-credentialed employees of the church are aligned with the Doctrine and teaching of the church.