Dating Guidelines

[jfrog]

I was going through some of my old stuff and happened across this paper:

Dating Guidelines for our Church

Rules of Engagement

In an endeavor to promote the right dating practices for our youth, the following guidelines have been set forth so that the youth and their parents will know the proper guidelines for dating and the consequences for improper dating.

I want every parent to know that I truly respect their authority as parents. These rules are not written to undermine your authority, but to strengthen that authority. These are minimum requirements and you may wish to go beyond them, but that will be your decision. I speak only concerning the Church. These minimum requirements will not be shortened.

We all must realize that even the best and strongest of our youth, when put in bad situations, can find themselves falling into temptation. Temptation allowerd to occur over and over again can produce sin. So we must endeavor to keep our youth active in the right activitgies and in as much group settings as possible. Parents, you will be called upon to act as chaperones, an be postive influcences upon our youth. We need to understand that dating is alright with God, if it's Godly Daying. They all should have the opportunity to get to know one another.

The first issue we will discuss is where to find that person.
The word of God is very clear that the person you date must come from the faith.

2nd Corinthians 614 Declares, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?"

Verse 15, "And what concord or agreement hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believerth with an infidel?"

I know that in life we meet nice people and they may really be gentlemen or really nice young ladies, but goodness isn't enough. Parents, you might trust them to date your son or daughter but one must realize that you are looking for more than that. You might trust them not to take advantage of your child physically, but what about spiritually? Will they draw them away from the faith?

It's something to think about---your child ending up lost because you let them date a good moral person.

1. No youth will be permitted to date anyone outside of the faith. I believe God speaking very clear on this.

That is the only page I had and I cannot remember anything about the rest of it. Thoughts opinions?