基要福音派传道人联盟(FEMA)严正声明

反对和抗议拜登签署的“2024年跨性别者可见日公告”

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4月5日凌晨更新：截止4月4日晚上10点，我们有7682位弟兄姊妹签署了这个抗议书。4月5日零点20分，我们的同工已经把我们的抗议书分四次电邮至白宫的官方邮箱中（该邮箱限制字数，所以我们的同工分四次才发送完毕），下面的图片上我们收到的白宫电邮的自动回复。4月5日上午，我们会将英文抗议书及大家的联署名单，打印出来，用邮递方式Fedex寄到白宫，并要求签收。

本网页的签署功能将继续运作（添加了世界各地的人均可签署的功能），继续接受弟兄姊妹们的签署；因为我们刚刚送交了第一次的抗议；接下来或许需要我们持续不断地发声、斥责罪恶。愿神带领我们下一步的行动。

下图为白宫信函办公室自动发的回执截图：

4月3日更新：敬请弟兄姊妹注意，本文的英文版会提交至白宫，表达我们的抗议。同时我们鼓励各州的教会、基督徒，把我们的英文版的“严正声明”，提交给你们本地的议员。为此，我们已经把英文文件的名称改为“American Chinese Christian Community Solemn Declaration”(美国华人基督徒社区严正声明)，这样方便各州的弟兄姊妹在本州提交。若您愿意参与提交，我们可以提供给您最后的签署版本。敬请联系我们:cclife@gmail.com

此外，我们做了以下三项更新：

1.更新了本文个别措辞，使之更加适合提交至白宫，让拜登政府听到我们的声音；

2.增加了本文英文版（在中文版之后），将会把这个英文版提交给白宫并发表在英文网站；也鼓励各位弟兄姊妹把我们抗议的声音，发给您本地的议员，我们会提供最后的有大家签署的资料；

3.我们的技术同工已经极迅速地制作并完善了自动签署的表格，鼓励大家继续签署。您签署后可以往下拉，到达本文的最后，您会立刻看到全部的签署人数与您的名字。我们将会把最后的资料整理出来，把带有众人署名的文本提交出去。

最后敬请各位注意：我们将在美国中部时间4月4日(周四)晚上10点（即美东时间周四晚上11点；美西时间周四晚上8点）截止签署，并把英文的抗议声明提交至白宫政府。

敬请转发，邀请更多人参与签署，在这个悖逆邪恶的世代，捍卫真理，为主发声！

生命季刊编者按：“基要福音派传道人联盟”（Fundamental Evangelical Ministers’ Alliance ，FEMA)，成立于2021年7月，目前有北美60位牧师、师母、传道人加入；联盟宗旨之一是：在末世，为主作整体的见证！关于联盟更多信息，请点击：

https://www.cclife.org/View/Category/11067

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2024年3月29日，礼拜五受难日，正當普世各教会纷纷纪念救主耶稣为世人流血舍命的大恩，并预备3月31日复活节主日欢庆救主复活的时刻，美国总统拜登宣布今年3月31日复活节为“变性人可见日”。早在2009年，跨性别人士便提出每年3月31日为“变性人可见日”，拜登亦于2021年宣布当年3月31日为“变性人可见日”，而今年（2024年）的3月31日恰为复活节，拜登却仍执意做出来这种对神毫无敬畏之心的宣布。我们基要福音派传道人联盟，及众多生活在美国的华人牧师、传道人、基督徒，特此声明，谴责拜登总统的这一决定。我们认为这是对基督教一年中最神圣的复活节主日的侮辱，是对基督教信仰的亵渎。

复活节对于全世界的基督徒来说具有无与伦比的意义。它纪念我们的主和救主耶稣基督的复活，并宣告了十架战胜罪恶、生命战胜死亡、希望战胜绝望、光明战胜黑暗。这是一个充满喜乐和荣耀的日子，我们为基督复活胜过罪恶与死亡的权势而欢欣鼓舞。

拜登政府的这一行为，严重损害了复活节的神圣性，宣扬了与圣经真理相悖的意识形态，把神所厌弃的罪正当化，是对造物主的公然挑衅，也是对全美国乃至全世界持守圣经真理的基督徒信仰的公然践踏。

政府当尽的职责是赏善罚恶（罗马书13:3-4）。基督徒在不违背圣经基本原则和基本道德的前提下，愿意顺服在上的各种权柄（罗马书13:1）。但是当政府的政策或法令违背圣经的基本原则和基本道德时，基督徒应当顺从神，不顺从人（使徒行传5:29）。尤其是当面对政府或政府首脑的罪恶时，教会应当正视和谴责，而不应当无视和沉默，正如施洗约翰谴责希律说：你娶你兄弟的妻子是不合理的（马可福音6:18），因为教会是世上的光，世上的盐，山上的城（马太福音5:13-14）。

拜登政府的宣布，首先违背了圣经关于人性、性别和身份的界定。人的男女性别确定是根据出生时的生理性别，而非心理认同的性别。两性是神的创造，不是人可以改变的。当性别混乱时，婚姻、家庭和社会都会偏离神创造的秩序。所以，拜登政府的宣布是对婚姻、家庭和社会秩序的破坏，尤其是扭曲了下一代年轻人的性别常识，将把更多人引向性别混乱的误区。拜登政府对同性恋和变性的推崇和推广，违背神的创造，违背人性，破坏家庭和社会的秩序，是神所恨恶的大罪。

其次，拜登政府的宣布无疑鼓励人接受变性手术。这并不是对他们的爱，而是把他们推向更深的混乱和罪恶。爱不是纵容罪恶，自由不是为所欲为，平等不是不容他人有合理或合乎圣经的质疑和谴责，合理谴责别人的罪不是歧视。我们相信有同性恋倾向和变性倾向的人应当得到关爱和接纳，但是他们在性别认知上的误区需要被提醒，被纠正，被帮助。拜登政府宣称的所谓对他们的爱实际上是害了他们。

第三，拜登政府的宣布直接践踏了基督信仰的底线，因为今年的3月31日这一天是基督信仰的盛大节日——复活节。拜登政府公然把这一天称为“跨性别者可见日”，不仅亵渎神， 亵渎神的儿子耶稣，也是对教会的公然羞辱、蔑视和挑衅。教会在这样一个时刻不该沉默，也无法沉默。所以“基要福音派传道人联盟”对拜登政府的宣布提出严正反对和抗议。若是一个敬畏上帝的国家领袖，便不会做出敌对上帝、敌对基督、敌对教会、敌对神创造秩序的决策。因此，我们呼吁每一位有良知和常识的人，尤其是基督徒，在2024年的大选中，务必按照圣经的价值观，为着神的荣耀，为着减缓社会灵性与道德的堕落，慎重投出自己手中的一票，选出敬畏上帝，秉公行政的国家领导人；抵挡、弃绝不敬畏神、甚至亵渎神的候选人。

面对试图侵蚀我们信仰基础、违背天理人伦、破坏神话语权威的政策，我们恳请众教会和广大信徒以及同工同道，与我们一同为这个国家祷告，并向白宫拜登政府发出我们的抗议：

1.我们为美国现任领导人拜登总统迫切祷告，使他对神的真理圣洁产生敬畏，从而认罪悔改；我们要求拜登收回错误的决定并公开道歉。

2.我们呼吁所有的基督徒勇敢地坚持圣经原则，抵制任何扭曲、妥协或改变福音真理的企图。

3.我们关爱那些在性别焦虑中挣扎的人，我们要向他们分享耶稣基督的爱与真理、恩典和救赎。

4.在当今政府日益侵犯基督徒信仰与良心自由的情况下，我们呼吁设立更多的支持保护基督徒按照其自身的信仰良心生活而不必担心受到歧视或迫害的政策。

在刚庆祝完复活节的时刻，让我们再次致力于宣扬福音和宣扬基督的得胜。 愿我们在这个充斥着荒谬价值观念和道德相对主义、日趋败坏、日益黑暗的世界中，成为真理的灯塔。以耶和华为神的，那国是有福的；耶和华拣选作自己产业的，那民是有福的。（诗篇33：12）呼吁:美国，回转归向真神！

“基要福音派传道人联盟”全体成员

写于主后2024年4月1日

附：我们向所有的牧师、师母、传道人及基督徒呼吁：您若赞同我们对拜登公告的反对和谴责，请您与我们一同署名发声，敬请填写下面的表格，注明您的英文姓名，所住的城市及州，然后提交即可。我们将在美国中部时间4月4日(周四)晚上10点（即美东时间周四晚上11点；美西时间周四晚上8点）截止签署，并把英文的抗议声明连同您的签署一并提交至白宫政府。在本文的最后，您可以看到签署名单。您若有任何问题，敬请发电邮至：

femaoct2021@gmail.com

Christian Life Quarterly editor’s note: We appeal to all pastors, ministers and Christians:  If you agree with our opposition and condemnation of Biden’s announcement, please join us in signing and speaking out. Please fill out the form above with your English name, the city and state you live in, then submit. We will close the signing deadline on April 4 (Thursday) at 10 pm Central Time (i.e. Thursday 11 pm Eastern Time; Thursday 8 pm Western Time) and send the protest statement in English together with your signature submitted to the White House administration. If you have any questions, please send an email to:

femaoct2021@gmail.com

American Chinese Christian Community Solemn Declaration

Opposing and Protesting against the "2024 Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation" Signed by Biden

Sponsored by Chinese Christian Life Fellowship, Inc

Written by the Fundamental Evangelical Ministers’ Alliance (FEMA)

Editor’s note: Chinese Christian Life Fellowship, Inc (CCLiFe) is a non-profit religious organization registered as 501.c.(3) located in Streamwood, IL

 "Fundamental Evangelical Ministers' Alliance (FEMA)" founded in July 2021, currently has 60 members including local church pastors, ministers, and co-workers of evangelical organizations in North America. One of FEMA's main purposes is bearing witness together for the Lord Jesus Christ in the last days! For more information about FEMA, please click:  https://www.cclife.org/View/Category/11067

March 31^st, a day that God has made, was first disgraced as "Transgender Day of Visibility" in 2009. This godless action was promoted and reconfirmed by U. S. President Joe Biden in 2021. On Friday, March 29, 2024, Good Friday, just as the universal churches were commemorating the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's bloodshed and sacrifice of His life for the world and preparing for the celebration of His resurrection, the Biden administration blatantly insisted on proclaiming this year's March 31 as the Transgender Day of Visibility, even though it falls on Easter Sunday!

FEMA, along with many Chinese pastors, ministers, and Christians living in the United States, do hereby condemn this decision by President Biden. We consider this an insult to Easter Sunday, the holiest day in a year for Christianity, and a blasphemy against the Christian faith.

Easter has unparalleled significance for Christians around the world. It commemorates the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and proclaims the victory of the cross over sin, life over death, hope over despair, and light over darkness. It is a day of joy and glory as we rejoice in the resurrection of Christ over the power of sin and death.

Biden’s promotion of “Transgender Day of Visibility” on Easter Sunday severely undermines the sanctity of Easter, promotes ideologies contrary to Biblical truth, and justifies sins detested by God. It is a blatant provocation of the Creator and a flagrant violation of the faith of Christians who hold to the Biblical truth throughout the United States and the world.

The government's due diligence is to reward good and punish evil (Romans 13:3-4). Christians are willing to submit to all kinds of authority above without violating basic Biblical principles and fundamental morals (Romans 13:1). However, when government policies or laws violate basic Biblical principles and morality, Christians should obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29). Just as John the Baptist rebuked Herod for marrying his brother's wife, which was unreasonable (Mark 6:18), the Church should also confront and condemn the wickedness of governments or heads of government, not ignore and remain silent, for the Church is the light of the world, the salt of the earth, and a city on a hill (Matthew 5:13-14).

The Biden administration's announcement, first and foremost, violates the Biblical definition of human nature, gender, and identity. The male and female sex of a human being is determined by the biological sex at birth, not the psychologically identified sex. The two sexes are God's creation and are not changeable by man. When there is gender confusion, marriages, families and societies deviate from the order created by God. Therefore, the Biden administration's announcement disrupts marriage, family, and social order, particularly distorting the gender awareness of the next generation, leading more people into the misguided path of gender confusion. The Biden administration's promotion and advocacy of homosexuality and transgenderism violate God's creation, violate human nature, and disrupt family and social order, constituting great sins detested by God.

Secondly, President Biden's announcement undoubtedly encourages people to undergo transgender surgery. This is not love for them but pushes them deeper into chaos and sin. Love does not condone sin; freedom is not doing whatever one pleases; equality is not preventing others from reasonable and Biblically-based questioning and condemnation; legitimate criticism of others' sins is not discrimination. We believe that people with homosexual tendencies and transgender tendencies should be cared for with love and acceptance, but their gender confusion needs to be reminded, corrected and helped. The Biden administration's so-called love for them is actually harming them.

Thirdly, President Biden's announcement directly violates the bottom line of Christian faith because this year’s March 31st is a grand holiday of Christian faith—Easter. The Biden administration's blatant proclamation to this day as "Transgender Day of Visibility" not only blasphemes against God and His Son Jesus, but also publicly humiliates, disdains, and provokes the Church. The Church should not and cannot remain silent at such a moment. Therefore, the Fundamental Evangelical Ministers’ Alliance is raising serious objections and protests against the Biden administration's announcement. A God-fearing leader of a nation should not make decisions that are hostile to God, to Christ, to the Church, and God's created order.

Therefore, we call on every person of conscience and wisdom, especially Christians, to cast their votes carefully in the 2024 general election in accordance with Biblical values, for the glory of God, to halt the spiritual and moral degradation of society. We should elect God-fearing national leaders who fear God and govern justly, not those candidates who are godless, and even blasphemous against God.

In the face of policies that seek to erode the foundations of our faith, violate natural law and humanity, and undermine the authority of God's Word, we implore all churches and believers in general, as well as fellow laborers and co-workers, to join with us in praying for this nation and sending our protests to the Biden administration in the White House:

1. We pray urgently for President Biden, the current leader of the United States, that he may develop a reverence for the truth and holiness of God and thus confess his sins and repent; we ask Biden to retract his wrongful decision and publicly apologize.

2. We call upon all Christians to stand boldly for biblical principles and to resist any attempt to distort, compromise, or change the truth of the gospel.

3. We love those who struggle with gender anxiety and we desire to share with them the love and truth, grace and salvation of Jesus Christ.

4. In today's context of increasing governmental encroachment on Christians' freedom of belief and conscience, we call for more policies that support the protection of Christians to live according to their own beliefs and consciences without fear of discrimination or persecution.

At a time when we have just celebrated Easter, let us rededicate ourselves to proclaiming the Gospel and the triumph of Christ. May we be beacons of truth in a world that is increasingly corrupt and darkened with absurd values and moral relativism.

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” (Psalm 33:12) We call upon America to turn back to God!

Members of the "Fundamental Evangelical Ministers’ Alliance"

Written on April 1, 2024 AD

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