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The evangelical lutheran church in america metropolitan chicago synod believes that masturbation is sinful. 108 the conservative lutheran churchmissouri synod s commission on theology and church relations says the following regarding masturbation to view our sexuality in the context of a personal relationship of mutual love and. Protestant beliefs accepting masturbation we have not found any biblical verses which deal directly with masturbation. Still, when this section of our web site was first written in 1997, all of the protestant web sites dealing with the topic severely condemned the practice. Masturbation is healthy, the bible supports homosexual unions and teaching teens how to use condoms to prevent disease is a moral imperative, says a task force leading the. okay listen, im a 15 year old guy, i am a lutheran christian, i had masturbated before but then i had heard it was a sin and never did again. My parents arent christians, so i cant get the kind of answer im looking for from them. But one day they had just brought it up (after i quit) asking me if i do, so i said no. Then they said why not? Because theres nothing wrong with it. Masturbation is self-stimulation to some form of arousal and climax. God gave sex as a gift and a blessing to human beings for marriage with a life-long partner of the opposite sex. Self-stimulation is a corruption of gods gift and blessing of sex. Gods word also says that we should do all things to the glory of god (i corinthians.). Note many adults find masturbation -- particularly when performed by youth -- to be a very sensitive topic. Many individuals -- particularly teens -- have been taught that masturbation is a serious sin and suffer from immense guilt when they do it. the lutheran church missouri synod has adopted the belief that homosexuality is contrary to bible teaching, and encourages members to minister to homosexuals. It does not state that homosexual orientation is a conscious choice but still contends that homosexual behavior is sinful. Same-sex marriage is not performed in churches in the missouri. Meneutics series called the sex we dont talk about, designed to feature female perspectives on aspects of sex and sexuality that can go overlooked in the church.