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Contents:

• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
• CONSERVATIVE PODSTER, ALLIE BETH STUCKEY DTROYS GAY PASTOR ABORTN DEBATE
• ANTI-GAY PASTOR RIGNS AFTER ALLEGEDLY 'BEG WH PROSTUT'
• IN CHURCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FAR-RIGHT PASTORS PREACH ANTI-GAY HATE AND VLENCE
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
• I'M A GAY, CELIBATE PASTOR OF A NSERVATIVE CHURCH. HERE'S A TRICK FOR -LATN.
• PASTOR DEBAT MORAL ISSU OF GAY MARRIAGE
• PASTORS DEBATE: IS GOD OK WH GAY MARRIAGE?
• CONSERVATIVE PODSTER, ALLIE BETH STUCKEY DTROYS GAY PASTOR ABORTN DEBATE
• PASTOR DEBAT MORAL ISSU OF GAY MARRIAGE

IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?

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.

CONSERVATIVE PODSTER, ALLIE BETH STUCKEY DTROYS GAY PASTOR ABORTN DEBATE

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.

ANTI-GAY PASTOR RIGNS AFTER ALLEGEDLY 'BEG WH PROSTUT'

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? Do you thk gay people should bee Pastors? Brandan Robertson has been the headl que a b the last year or so as he is an openly gay, self-scribed “pastor” who opposed tradnal, biblil theology while stallg himself as a biblil scholar and theologian.

IN CHURCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FAR-RIGHT PASTORS PREACH ANTI-GAY HATE AND VLENCE

The post Conservative Podster, Allie Beth Stuckey Dtroys Gay Pastor Abortn Debate appeared first on The Dissenter. Donnie Romero, a Baptist pastor who has ma natnal headl for his vilently homophobic sermons, recently rigned om his Texas church after admtg he has been “a terrible hband and father. Courty Stedfast Baptist Church / YouTubeWhile Romero — who has pared LGBTQ people to pedophil, lled gays “scum of the earth” and appld the 2016 mass killg of gay people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub — did not provi tails about his behavr, Steven Anrson, a pastor who joed Romero last week durg his rignatn sermon, shared sight on YouTube to his iend’s “grievo ss.

Shelley, like Anrson, said equentg prostut led to Romero’s rignatn, though Shelley add that he did not know the genr of the Romero, Shelley strongly nmns homosexualy.

“The bible mak clear that homosexuals should be put to ath acrdg to God's law, and at the foundg of Ameri that once was the law, ” he claimed. “I personally believe that every homosexual is a pedophile … bee of this they should be removed om society.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

Pl Peterson and Gregory Norman are Lutherans whose fah pels them to believe a lot of thgs — but not that gays and lbians mted relatnships should be pastors. Delegat to the Prbyterian Church’s nventn Mneapolis earlier this month also addrsed homosexualy.

HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI

A ltle more than half of the Prbyterian legat voted to shelve the proposal to refe marriage as beg between “two people” stead of between “a man and a woman, ” while 53 percent of them voted to allow noncelibate gays mted relatnships to serve as clergy. The issue of gay clergy fac more bate before n bee church policy.

Nomatns have taken the step of fully endorsg gay marriage. ELCA’s policy had allowed s ngregatns to ll homosexual pastors only if those pastors remaed celibate, but that changed Augt. “Gays or lbians would be weled here … but we believe that God is a transformg and lovg God, and that, through that, we all n change.

I'M A GAY, CELIBATE PASTOR OF A NSERVATIVE CHURCH. HERE'S A TRICK FOR -LATN.

Universy Lutheran Church of the Epiphany Pastor Jayne Thompson has said homosexuals mted relatnships have served fahfully and well as pastors ngregatns across the ELCA for years. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.

The Uned Methodist nomatn has over 6 ln members the Uned Stat, and they're divid over the qutn of ordag gay misters. She left the church for seven years and me back to be s first Black, female, openly gay pastor, and she jos now om Phoenix. KIMBERLY SCOTT: Thank you, So this bate over ordag gay clergy has been gog on for a while, sce the late '60s.

And then the other part was always send-gusg myself - whether or not I was supposed to be open about my sexual orientatn, whether or not I was supposed to play the game of don't ask, don't Jt so that I'm clear, is the church's official stance on homosexualy today ambiguo or is pretty clearly fed and you'd like to see changed? It clearly stat that you nnot be an openly-practicg homosexual and be ordaed the Uned Methodist Church. It also stat that although all human begs are of sacred worth, homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

PASTOR DEBAT MORAL ISSU OF GAY MARRIAGE

S., church have gone beyond what the Book of Disciple says to make the church open and accsible to gay and lbian clergy like Do you know other pastors who aren't as open as you or haven't been able to be as open as you - have ma this choice to keep this important si of their liv quiet or secret om their ngregatns? The bate around homosexualy is not somethg that most Ain and third-world untri are - really re about.

In the fallout om Print Obama’s endorsement of marriage equaly, vio and d has cropped up of several right-wg pastors different stat advotg physil vlence toward gay people and generally disparagg the LGBT muny.

PASTORS DEBATE: IS GOD OK WH GAY MARRIAGE?

— North Carola Pastor argu for a gay ncentratn mp. Charl Worley told his ngregatn, “Have that fence electrified so [the homosexuals] n’t get out.

— Kansas Pastor says gays should be put to ath. — Indiana Pastor says gay marriage leads to abe of children. — Maryland Pastor says his ‘flh’ lik the ia of killg gays.

CONSERVATIVE PODSTER, ALLIE BETH STUCKEY DTROYS GAY PASTOR ABORTN DEBATE

— Pastor advot child abe on gay children.

— At church, a child sgs “a’t no homo gonna make to heaven” —  the same town where a fifteen year old killed himself after beg bullied for beg perceived of as gay by his classmat.

PASTOR DEBAT MORAL ISSU OF GAY MARRIAGE

Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab".

"We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May. The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.