06 June

Nebraska Synod Assembly Sense Survey Results

Bishop David deFreese has reported the results of the 2009 Nebraska Synod Sense of the Assembly Survey on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Below are the questions that voting members were asked to consider. Before each response, which the voting members could have chosen, is the number of votes that each response received.

Sense of the Assembly Survey

Question 1: As to the question of same gender relationships, I believe that:

213 votes--the church should definitely not approve of same gender relationships.

89 votes--while I personally disapprove of same gender relationships, I could accept the church recognizing such relationships

39 votes--I don't have a sense of God's will on this.

130 votes--while I accept same gender relationships, I can see how the church would not approve of such relationships.

163 votes--the church should definitely approve of same gender relationships.


Question 2: As to the question of rostering persons in a same gender* relationship, I believe that:

259 votes--the church should definitely not roster persons involved in same gender relationships.

61 votes--while I personally disapprove of same gender relationships, I could accept the church's rostering persons involved in such relationships.

37 votes--I don't have a sense of God's will on this.

128 votes--while I accept same gender relationships, I can see how the church would not roster persons involved in such relationships.

150 votes--the church should definitely roster persons involved in same gender relationships.

*when used refers to "publicly accountable life-long, monogamous same gender relationships."