Abstract:
The main problem of this study is; "How should Biblical views of sex be applied in the life of the unmarried Christians in the church of God?"<br><br> In attempting to address this question, the study will try to answer the following questions:<br><br> 1 What are the Scriptural perspectives about Pre-marital sex?<br> 2 What are the practical situations that unmarried Christians meet in their daily lives?<br> 3 How can unmarried Christians be guided within Christian perspectives to abstain from pre-marital sex?<br><br> And therefore the aim of this study was:<br><br> To investigate and propose guidelines for counselling unmarried Christians on matters of pre-marital sex.<br><br> The method followed in this study was<br><br> The model of Zerfass for research is utilised in this study forming basis-theoretical, meta-theoretical and practice-theoretical guidelines (Heyns & Pieterse, 1990:35-36).
