Since 1974, an influential minority within the Moravian church has changed church doctrine incrementally. Through multiple resolutions addressing homosexuality that were not widely publicized or published for widespread congregational consideration; this minority group is attempting to overrule the majority opinion of the people in the Northern Province and encourage the ordination of lesbians and gays into the ministry of the Moravian church; in violation of the Holy Scriptures, tradition and legality. We present this petition so that the leaders of our church will understand there is not a consensus on this issue and that further action taken that contradicts the Bible on this matter, would be an act of human desire and not a mandate from God. While all people are welcome and included in our community, we cannot condone nor advocate a lifestyle that is forbidden in the Holy Scriptures of the Bible, whether it is regarding homosexuality or other lifestyles of sin outlined in the New or the Old Testament. This petition has been created to bring the leadership of our church back into the fold and prevent the apostasy of the Moravian Church.