Council on Biblical Sexual Ethics

Nine diverse and distinguished Bible scholars developed the Colorado Statement on Biblical Sexual Morality.

In early 2000 Focus on the Family recruited a team made up of diverse Bible scholars, all of whom are deeply concerned about God’s call for a sexually pure Church, and all of whom are well qualified to address biblical doctrine on the issue. The Council members are listed here.

• Dr. Daniel Heimbach: Professor of Christian Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. Dr. Heimbach served in the elder Bush’s administration as Associate Director for Domestic Policy and as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Navy for Manpower. In addition, Dr. Heimbach is a board member with the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Dr. Heimbach has written extensively on the Bible’s teaching on human sexual behavior.
• Dr. Craig Blomberg: Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary. Dr. Blomberg is regarded as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the gospels. He was the primary author of a Focus booklet titled “What the Bible Really says About Sex,” which was a response to a Debra Haffner (SIECUS) booklet.
• Dr. Wayne Strickland: Professor of Theology and academic dean at Multnomah Bible College. Dr. Strickland is a former regional chair for the Evangelical Theological Society. His Master’s thesis was on Paul’s use of “natural” and “unnatural” in discussing homosexuality in Romans 1.
• Dr. Peter Jones: Chairman of the Biblical Studies Department at Westminster Seminary (California campus). Dr. Jones is also a board member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
• Dr. Daniel Juster: President of Tikkun Ministries, an organization that oversees and helps dozens of Messianic congregations throughout the country, and that also oversees several Messianic missions organizations. Dr. Juster is one of the most highly respected men in the Messianic movement.
• Father Francis Martin: Member of Pope John Paul II’s Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Fr. Martin has written extensively on the topics of marriage, family and sexual behavior.
• Dr. La Verne Tolbert: Author, teacher, former pastor and former professor of Christian education at Talbot Theological Seminary. Dr. Tolbert has taught the virtues of premarital abstinence in the African-American community, and has written extensively on the topic, including a book recently published by Zondervan.
• Dr. Steven R. Tracy: Professor of Theology and Ethics (and Vice President of Academic Affairs) at Phoenix Seminary. Dr. Tracy’s specialty is sexual ethics.
• Rev. Roy A. Holmes: Pastor of Greater Walters A.M.E. Zion Church, one of Chicago’s oldest and most respected churches.

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