Allow female pastors today and expect gay clergy tomorrow, Mike Law warns – Baptist News Global

Contents:

• ALLOW FEMALE PASTORS TODAY AND EXPECT GAY CLERGY TOMORROW, MIKE LAW WARNS
• GAY PASTORS, FEMALE CLERGY AND THE GOSPEL
• FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• LUTHERAN GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS ARE 'REAL PEOPLE'

ALLOW FEMALE PASTORS TODAY AND EXPECT GAY CLERGY TOMORROW, MIKE LAW WARNS

She has two gay brothers, a lbian sister and a transgenr son. 3 ln members, Pastor Rohrer had been barred om the church bee of s “polici agast gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer dividuals, ” acrdg to Pastor Rohrer’s bgraphy on the Grace Evangelil Lutheran Church Megan Rohrer Pastor Rohrer was ordaed 2006 through the Extraordary Candidacy Project, now known as Extraordary Lutheran Mistri, which origated the early 1990s ristance to an Evangelil Lutheran Church policy that required s gay clergy to be celibate.

GAY PASTORS, FEMALE CLERGY AND THE GOSPEL

”In July 2010, Pastor Rohrer was one of seven openly gay pastors who had prevly been barred om mistry to be regnized as clergy members by the Evangelil Lutheran Church a news nference after the pastors were regnized, Pastor Rohrer relled facg challeng while growg up South Dakota and endurg discrimatn, such as havg holy water thrown at them the name of exorcisg them.

FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

“There was once a time when suici was better bee I uld not image beg openly gay and a pastor. LGBTQ youth often hear om their church, “jt don’t be gay, and if you are, don’t tell about , bee we don’t want to stggle wh , ” Flipp said. Allowg women to serve church wh the tle “pastor” is a slippery slope that will lead to acceptance of gay, lbian and transgenr pastors next, acrdg to a Virgia pastor llg for an amendment to the Southern Baptist Conventn’s nstutn.

LUTHERAN GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS ARE 'REAL PEOPLE'

“History shows that once a nomatn allows female pastors ’s ually jt a matter of time until they affirm practicg homosexuals as pastors.