The meetings between the Commission and the WWC theology faculty were said to be very positive and productive. They were meeting with us to listen and to understand. Though not a core belief, a personal statement on homosexuality is also requested. The request puzzled the theology faculty. We wanted to avoid a creedal statement.
Patzer says the request was a tool to clear up misunderstandings.
We were not asking them to sign a creed. These statements would simply provide more specific information. October 15, 1997. In response to this request for voluntary individual written statements, the theology faculty wrote a letter to the Commission. It doesn t seem to represent what the Commission has to this point been doing so carefully.