Churches Should Take Role in AIDS Crisis, Editor Says
A Duke University Divinity School professor says that regardless of what views are held about homosexuality, Scriptures make clear that churches should take a responsibility in dealing with the AIDS crisis.
“AIDS victims are people in need, and the New Testament clearly teaches ministering to people in need,” says James M. Efird. “The issue is simply a person or a group of persons in need.”
Efird, who also is editor of a series of books on contemporary Christian concerns for the United Methodist Abingdon Press, suggests that the church community assume a constructive role of educator, in an effort to reduce panic and prejudice.
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, an incurable disease that cripples the body’s immune system, mainly has affected homosexuals and drug addicts.
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