Unfundamentalist Christians founr John Shore recently shared a letter om a gay Christian who is stgglg wh his sexualy and fah. Among the many enuragg ments on that post was one om a gay pastor who betifully explaed his unrstandg of the Bible, Christiany, and sexualy.
Contents:
- A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
- DC GAY BLACK CHURCH CELEBRAT 4TH ANNIVERSARY WH GAY PASTOR
- FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
- THE CALL AND RPONSE OF A GAY BISHOP: HOW THE TTH TRANSFORMED DENNIS MEREDH'S LIFE AND MISTRY
- IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON
- REFLECTNS OM A CLOSETED GAY PASTOR
- MARRIED PASTOR FALLS LOVE WH HOMELS GUY (GAY SHORT)
- CHURCH MEMBERS WALK OUT AS GAY PASTOR SAYS HIS HBAND IS PREGNANT
- HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
* gay pastor and first man *
Unfundamentalist Christians founr John Shore recently shared a letter om a gay Christian who is stgglg wh his sexualy and fah. Among the many enuragg ments on that post was one om a gay pastor who betifully explaed his unrstandg of the Bible, Christiany, and pastor gracly agreed to let me share his ment as blog post here.
Pl was not sayg that idolatry turns people gay; rather, he was sayg that idolatry led to participatn shameful acts of lt. As I said before, Romans 1 is not about gay Christian boys or girls, but about idolaters wh darkened unrstandg.
DC GAY BLACK CHURCH CELEBRAT 4TH ANNIVERSARY WH GAY PASTOR
The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis. He will bee the first * gay pastor and first man *
Another passage often quoted agast is 1 Corthians 6:9, wrongly translated as “homosexuals.
But Genis 19 no more nmns all homosexualy than Judg 19 nmns all heterosexualy. If I ever meet a fe gay man who is Spirual and lovg and mutually attractive, and if I felt the Lord leadg me to him and him to me, I would feel ee to be his mate.
Addnally, homosexualy seems to make the chief of sners ready to stand on their soapbox to exprs their disapproval. We nsir ourselv to be a light lled by God to she amidst the spirual ignorance of our age that perpetuat racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia as well as all isms and phobias that promote hatred, vlence, poverty, relig fanaticism and ignorance cloaked relig dogma.
FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
Is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay? Do beg gay disqualify a man om servg as a pastor? * gay pastor and first man *
The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis. He will bee the first openly gay mister ordaed by the Prbyterian Church (USA) sce the nomatn amend s nstutn this year to elimate official barriers to the ordatn of people based on their sexual orientatn.
“So much of my work wh the Shower of Stol Project volv holdg my hands every day symbols of loss — loss of mistry, loss of votn, loss of llg, ” says David Lohman, fah work ordator at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force. But before leavg the church, she wanted to do somethg symbolic to show that she was only one of untls lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people servg the church silence bee the st of livg thentic, open liv was too high. There had been mblgs among members of Meredh’s ngregatn that the charismatic pastor who was married to former First Lady Lydia Meredh for 27 years and bore three sons, was gay, or at the very least bisexual.
“For everyone that left, 15 to 20 people joed bee I was the only Ain Amerin pastor the cy that was sayg 's not a s to be gay. A whole bunch of gay people started jog Tabernacle, jt drov started jog the church, and I was like, well, what the heck is gog on?
THE CALL AND RPONSE OF A GAY BISHOP: HOW THE TTH TRANSFORMED DENNIS MEREDH'S LIFE AND MISTRY
Kev Maxen is now the first openly gay male ach the NFL. * gay pastor and first man *
The ans got upset wh me bee they said, ‘you're turng this church gay. Their middle son, Mih, a gifted mician, is also gay.
Meredh tells The Reckong that he me out to Lydia 12 years to their marriage as bisexual, although today he now intifi as gay. I remember him sayg, ‘I never thought I uld be a pastor and be openly gay until I met you. Is Dwight Howard gay?
IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay pastor and first man *
Howard faced a lawsu om a gay man named Mas Elijie back 2019.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
A Texas baptist church — labeled an "anti-LGBT hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center — has ed outrage after a pastor said gay people should be "l * gay pastor and first man *
However, the one-time NBA champ nied the allegatns and claimed that he's not gay, an appearance on Fair Game wh Kriste Leahy on FS1. "I'm not gay, " Howard said.
Some people nsir themselv gay bee they are attracted to members of their own genr, even if they do not act on those attractns. So may be biblilly allowable for a pastor to nsir himself gay—that is, he stggl wh homosexual attractn—if he is mted to sexual pury, never acts on those sir, and never enurag anyone else to do so (see Romans 1:32). For the purpos of this article, we will fe gay as “practicg a homosexual liftyle.
JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
I’m a closeted gay man. When I first typed that sentence, felt good. The more I looked at on my screen, the ls good felt. I want the urage to lete the word “closeted” and to not nfe my claratn to wrten words that will never be attributed to me by name. I’m a closeted gay man, but of a different sort. I’m attracted to other men – always have been – but * gay pastor and first man *
This qutn of whether the Bible warrants a gay pastor was unheard of until the last uple of s. There was never any qutn wh the church about whether a practicg homosexual uld or should pastor a church. The sfulns of homosexualy has never been up for bate until our sexually exploive culture cid should be.
God’s Word is as clear on the s of homosexual behavr as has always been (Levic 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corthians 6:9). Homosexualy is clud often lists of wickedns and never validated any way Scripture. It is agast the Bible’s clear teachg for a pastor to be gay.
Homosexual s is no different om any other that all s keeps om God. A pastor is a fallible human beg jt like those his ngregatn; so is biblilly allowable for him to stggle wh homosexual sir, adultero sir, greedy sir, priful sir, etc.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
By Victor Ochieng, Deadle: It me as a shock when news me out that the pastor of Atlanta’s Ltle Rock Missnary Church Of God was gay. The onle muny me out guns blazg, quotg the scriptur as they rebed the pastor. However, that wasn’t enough to make members of the church walk out or even * gay pastor and first man *
A pastor who choos to live a homosexual liftyle is unf to gui a ngregatn and has missed the pot of what means to follow J (John 14:15, 23).
Unls we are willg to forsake our s, cludg the s of homosexual behavr, we nnot be followers of J. Jt as we nnot clare that is allowable for a pastor to actively pursue other ss, we nnot clare that is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay.
Is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay?
TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON
Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.
REFLECTNS OM A CLOSETED GAY PASTOR
Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen is now the first openly gay male ach the NFL.
(Jam Gilbert/Getty Imag)Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength ach Kev Maxen me out publicly as gay Thursday, which mak him the first known openly gay male ach the NFL and all of Amerin men’s profsnal joed the Jaguars’ strength and ndng staff last season.
MARRIED PASTOR FALLS LOVE WH HOMELS GUY (GAY SHORT)
”Maxen is the latt the NFL to e out publicly as gay. Tampa Bay Bucneers fensive end Carl Nassib beme the league’s first active openly gay player when he me out 2021, when he was wh the Las Vegas Rairs.
Former San Francis 49ers assistant Katie Sowers ma history as both the first woman and first openly gay ach a Super Bowl was a lebacker at Wtern Connecticut State, a Divisn III program. From HIV ttg to feedg the homels and muny outreach through Black Gay Pri events such as the Pure Heat Communy Ftival, the reach of The Visn Church will not be nfed to Atlanta.
Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.
CHURCH MEMBERS WALK OUT AS GAY PASTOR SAYS HIS HBAND IS PREGNANT
A Texas baptist church — labeled an "anti-LGBT hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center — has ed outrage after a pastor said gay people should be "led up agast the wall and shot the back of the head. " Aw read several passag om the Bible and nmned homosexualy as a s. At one pot, he told the ngregatn that gay people "are dangero to society" and said that "all homosexuals are pedophil.
""I’m not sayg that every sgle homosexual that’s alive right now has mted that act wh a child already bee uld be they haven’t had the opportuny yet and they will at some pot later their life, " he said. Aw told the room that he thks the "solutn for the homosexual 2022" is the ath penalty. Every sgle homosexual our untry should be charged wh a crime.
The abomatn of homosexualy that they have, they should be nvicted a lawful trial.
HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
"Enuragg the executn of gay persons is not protected speech. The church's ma pastor, Jonathan Shelley, fend Aw sayg a lengthy statement that Ameri has weakened "punishments for homosexualy. Durg the terview Bishop Allen spoke on his past and prent stggl as an openly gay Pastor and man.