Cornerstone University affirms biblical views of human sexuality. C.U. believes the Bible is God's Word and, therefore, we teach and promote abstinence from any and all sexual activity or expression outside the boundaries and the bonds of monogamous, heterosexual marriage.

In a biblical view, God defines one’s gender at conception prior to birth. One is either a male or a female. Sexuality, however, while a gift of God, is often perverted to sinful ends by both men and women. Sexual expression is a moral choice. According to the Bible, God defines all forms of sexual immorality as sin, and God condemns any and all alternatives to monogamous, heterosexual marriage.

While others adopt labels, we try to avoid labeling individuals based upon some spiritual struggle in their lives. In other words, we think of a person struggling with narcotics, not just a "drug addict." Or we think of a person struggling with temptations to steal, not just a "thief." We do this because we do not recognize any of these labeling designations as indicative of some kind of "unalterable state or condition."

We are all "sinners," but praise God this condition is not unalterable. If we have accepted Christ as our Savior, then we are "sinners saved by grace." Yet sometimes the sin is more evident than the grace in our lives.

People’s expression of human sexuality is influenced by this sin and grace struggle in the form of sexual temptations. The temptation in itself is not a sin; dwelling on that temptation, yielding to that temptation, becomes sin. People struggle with sexual integrity. Sometimes they yield to immoral behavior, whether heterosexual or homosexual. This act of sin does not make people unforgivable nor does it mean that by the grace of God they cannot change. A struggle with sexual temptation, even an act of sexual immorality, does not turn a person into a labeled category. It simply means there is sin in that person's life and Christ is the answer to that sin.

Cornerstone University’s mission includes those students who are growing in the Lord, and the university’s mission includes those students who, while struggling with sexual temptation, are desirous of following principles of Scripture.

Adopted Jan. 24, 2002 Board of Trustees