Vision Forum - Distinctive Beliefs

Distinctive Beliefs

Vision Forum is an advocate of "biblical patriarchy". The "Tenets of Biblical Patriarchy" article on its website advocates such beliefs as:

• God reveals Himself as masculine, not feminine.
• God ordained distinct gender roles for man and woman as part of the created order.
• A husband and father is the head of his household, a family leader, provider, and protector.
• Male leadership in the home carries over into the church: only men are permitted to hold the ruling office in the church. A God-honoring society will likewise prefer male leadership in civil and other spheres.
• Since the woman was created as a helper to her husband, as the bearer of children, and as a “keeper at home,” the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household and that which is connected with the home.
• God’s command to “be fruitful and multiply” still applies to married couples.
• Christian parents must provide their children with a thoroughly Christian education, one that teaches the Bible and a biblical view of God and the world.
• Both sons and daughters are under the command of their fathers as long as they are under his roof or otherwise the recipients of his provision and protection.
• The age-integrated communities of family and church are the God-ordained institutions for training and socialization and as such provide the preferred pattern for social life and educational endeavors.