Satan, death, and hell will be cast into the lake of fire and the glorious reign of the Kingdom of God will be eternally fulfilled. Five ministers were in attendance, representing Amish Mennonite churches which were reluctant to adopt the Old Order Amish Mennonite approach of maintaining the status quo in cultural expressions while also tending to a greater conservatism than the prevailing Amish Mennonite and Mennonite approach of that time. Earlier backgrounds include the Anabaptist movement which begin to crystallize in 1525 in Switzerland and, in later decades, was influenced significantly by the writings of the Dutch Anabaptist minister, former Catholic priest, Menno Simons. A movement of spiritual fervor and concern about practical applications in the church in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, and in Alsace, France, in the last half of the 18th century, to which the name of Jacob Ammon was attached, also forms a part of the CMC historical background along with migration from Europe to America, especially in the early 18th and early 19th centuries. Homosexuality Homosexuality is a condition outside God's creational intent.
Homosexual behavior is regarded as sinful.
Response to homosexual orientation should seek transformation through prayer, God's grace, therapy, and the love and support of Christian believers. The Scriptures, both Old Testament and New Testament, are the Word of God, a supernatural revelation from God to mankind, verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit through human instrumentality, without error in the original writings in all that they affirm. The Scriptures are the final authority for faith and practice, with the New Testament being the fulfillment of the Old Testament and the perfected rule for the Christian church. Miracles Miracles are works of God in which He intervenes in the natural and usual order of His creation. Accounts of miracles in the Scriptures are to be accepted as miraculous.