First openly gay mister to be ordaed by Prbyterian Church (USA) tomorrow - Natnal LGBTQ Task Force

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
• HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH USA TO ORDA FIRST GAY MISTER
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY
• US PRBYTERIAN CHURCH ORDAS OPENLY GAY MISTER
• PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• PRBYTERIANS APPROVE ORDATN OF GAY PEOPLE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• POPE, ANGLIN, PRBYTERIAN LEARS NOUNCE ANTI-GAY LAWS
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW

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. Greg Johnson scrib himself as a “gay atheist teenager” who fell for J — and found himself at the center of evangelil Christiany’s ternal battl over nearly 20 years, Johnson has pastored Memorial Prbyterian Church St.

He says he’s been gay and celibate the entire time. When he me out to his church, he said he received a standg ovatn and shouts of “We love you, Greg” om sce Johnson went public wh his orientatn Christiany Today, pastors his nomatn, the Prbyterian Church Ameri, have tried to banish clergy who intify as gay, even if they m to celibacy. “I spent a lot of years nvcg myself that I was a straight man wh a disease lled homosexualy that uld be cured, ” Johnson said on Wednday’s St.

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

”The ln Johnson is referrg to are people who participated the so-lled “ex-gay movement, ” which centered on the theory that one n change sexual orientatn. “I really believe that J lov gay people, and I want evangelil church to learn to say that and believe that, ” he said. Gay pastor Greg Johnson is fightg for the future of the PCA.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH USA TO ORDA FIRST GAY MISTER

Last year, Johnson released a book lled “Still Time To Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” which scrib the fall of the ex-gay movement. ”When the PCA nomatn voted last year on whether to keep gay people om beg clergy members, one observer wrote that the actn was signed to “prevent another Greg Johnson. ”More than 60% of regnal church bodi voted favor of barrg people who intify as gay om beg clergy, even if they do not engage sexual behavr.

“My nstant fear is that somebody's gog to tell their kid, ‘Why n't you be one of the good gays like Greg Johnson? ”Johnson said there’s a huge need wh the evangelil church to tra parents and pastors to love gay youth whout tryg to ntrol them.

“If you're gog to be a nomatn that says you n't have gay marriage, then you've got to provi alternate forms of muny, ” Johnson said.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY

Stt Anrson, an official wh the Wisns Council of Church, is set to be the first openly homosexual man to be ordaed a pastor the Prbyterian Church (U.

In July, the standard was changed om one that required eher a sgle man to rema chaste or a married man to rema fahful to his wife, but the new requirement do not addrs guidance for sexual behavr, nor do clu a biblil reason for why non-maral sexual relatnships are now acceptable for ordaed the nomatn's Book of Confsns still profs that sexual relatns should be rerved for marriage between a man and a woman, s ambiguy is flexible enough so that those wishg to do so may orda church lears same-sex or oppose-sex relatnships outsi of issue of homosexualy has always been a hot-button issue the Christian muny and has many divid on the notn that is an abomatn or a s to live a homosexual rponse to a blog post on the topic of Anrson's ordatn tled "Meet Stt Anrson" by John Shore, er Christocentric posted:"A huge mistake many church are ignorg havg Gay pastors or acceptg homosexualy is ignorg God’s scriptn of love: “.. "However, not all members of the PCUSA agree wh the move to orda open homosexual misters, and some feel the ordatn go agast biblil teachgs that homosexualy should be nmned. Addnally, the Wtboro Baptist Church, a factn famo for picketg the funerals of soldiers and homosexuals, posted on their webse that they plan to make an appearance at the ordatn.

) on Tuday voted to allow the ordatn of openly gay and lbian misters.

US PRBYTERIAN CHURCH ORDAS OPENLY GAY MISTER

It is the latt move by a Prottant nomatn toward the cln of gay and lbian clergy. Fahful and qualified lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Prbyterians will be able to openly serve the church wh energy, telligence, imagatn and love, " said Rev.

Glasspool was the first openly gay bishop the Epispal Church sce Gene Robson took office New Hampshire 2004. Epispalians stuted a temporary ban on gay bishops after Robson's ordatn but later revoked that ban. (AP) -- A Wisns man who left his Prbyterian mistry California more than 20 years ago after tellg his ngregatn that he is gay was weled back to the church learship on Saturday as s first openly gay ordaed mister.

) barred homosexuals om servg as misters. Achtemeier ed to be one of the most vol opponents of gay ordatn, but he announced a plete turnaround after iendships wh gay Christians prompted him to re-evaluate scriptural teachgs about homosexualy. Image ptn, Steven Smyrl had been an elr at Christ Church, Sandymount, Dubl sce 2007A Prbyterian mister and a church uncil are facg disciplary sanctns for "endorsg a homosexual relatnship" Rev Kathere Meyer and the Christ Church, Sandymount church uncil, were found to have jtified "approval for that which scripture God nmns" Smyrl was sacked as an elr at the Dubl church October the Prbyterian Church cid to vtigate the learship which allowed Mr Smyrl - who is a same-sex marriage - to be an elr.

PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT

"In ntrast, however, both the mister and church uncil of Christ Church, Sandymount, have supported the homosexual relatnship of two of s members over many years.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

"'Grave jtice'When ntacted by BBC News NI, Mr Smyrl claimed that the charg were "aimed only at publicly dimishg the liv of gay Prbyterians". (RNS) — Pastors and church lears the Prbyterian Church Ameri passed an overture at s General Assembly this week sayg those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn the nservative Prbyterian nomatn.

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The overture clus any inty Christians may profs “that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, ” though sgl out “gay Christian, ” “same sex attracted Christian” and “homosexual Christian” among those inti.

PRBYTERIANS APPROVE ORDATN OF GAY PEOPLE

The nomatn already bars any “practicg homosexual” om ordatn. Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, ‘gay Christian, ’ ‘same sex attracted Christian, ’ ‘homosexual Christian, ’ or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office.

Barber told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate.

“We don’t need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, ” the Rev. Johnson, who voted agast the overture, has prevly shared his story as a “gay atheist kid who experienced a nversn to J llege and has joyfully walked wh him celibacy ever sce.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

The pastor pots a fger at the ex-gay movement and nversn therapy, which, while wily discreded the mental health field, he said ntu to shape many evangelils’ beliefs about and expectatns of LGBTQ people.

His book, “Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” releas September. “While the ex-gay movement is ad, s daver walks about unad among .

POPE, ANGLIN, PRBYTERIAN LEARS NOUNCE ANTI-GAY LAWS

“The reigng cultural narrative is that ‘Christians hate gay people.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

Ordag bodi (ssns and prbyteri) are permted but not required to orda lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr persons. ” Meanwhile, on Twter, the Relign News Service announced that wh the PC(USA) change “male Prottants have solidified their support for gay marriage. “I remember Chris wrote , ” she says, sharg the story of how her son me out to her as gay.

” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men. She had never nmned homosexualy as agast God’s will, but tth be told, she had been uneasy wh .