Is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay? |

Contents:

• HOW A MEGACHURCH WORKED THROUGH THE SUATN WHEN A CHURCH LEAR CAME OUT AS GAY
• GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
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• TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON
• HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI

HOW A MEGACHURCH WORKED THROUGH THE SUATN WHEN A CHURCH LEAR CAME OUT AS GAY

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But this dilemma has not remaed only at the lay 2012, the learship staff at the southern California megachurch, Calvary Communy Church (CCC), had to grapple wh their church's nvictns on homosexualy, when Kev McCloskey, one of the members of the executive team revealed that he was gay and that he would be also be divorcg his wife of 17 years. Johnson and senr pastor Shawn Thornton engaged McCloskey after he nonted them about his homosexualy. "The church stopped short affirmg McCloskey's sire to be a relatnship wh another man and did not stray om s nvictns that that the "liftyle of homosexualy" was a "s, " though Johnson said that he did not see as more egreg than pri or actg on heterosexual feelgs of, Doug Lemen, CCC's Director of Wele and Connectns, said that one msage that the church wanted to send to McCloskey was that he as a "person still has tremendo value.

GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY

"It n't be te that someone who is gay is turng their back on God and at the same time beg blsed mistry and beg heaped upon wh promotns and rponsibili, " McCloskey said. I believed the llg of the work I was dog there, and I thk all the people that I worked wh, and all the pastoral staff felt the same way, " he the former church lear, the re of his tratns me om the failure of the church lears to "fd ways to love the gay muny, to embrace them, and maybe even fd ways to disagree wh them.

" Instead, McCloskey said durg his tenure at CCC, he had watched keep dividuals who had had prev gay experienc om servg church learship, volunteerg or beg members.

IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?

"McCloskey believ there is a way for the church to "ntue to have s stance, which is 'We don't believe that God has ordaed gay relatnships', " but wele the LGBT populatn. 2, 2010— -- The pastor of a Geia megachurch wh thoands of followers, who was twice married and is a father of four, is speakg out about his recent cisn to publicly clare he is gay. I want to tell you that is not, " Jim Swilley said a vio shot the nonnomatnal megachuch Swilley found 25 years Swilley said g out was a cisn he's stggled wh sce childhood, he ma the announcement last month not for personal reasons -- he said he hop to save 52-year-old founr of Church the Now Conyers, Ga., said he's g out to help stem the recent ti of gay suicis Ameri and won't be swayed by some hateful msag that have been wrten about him onle.

""Hearg about the kids who are mtg suici, the reactn as a gay adult is, 'I wish I uld have jt talked to them for 15 mut or five mut and told them gets better, '" Savage said.

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"Officials, Celebri Jo 'It Gets Better'Three weeks later, a cy uncil meetg Fort Worth, Texas, gay cy uncilman Joel Burns was moved to share his own emotnal story about how close he me to killg himself at age 13. Some people nsir themselv gay bee they are attracted to members of their own genr, even if they do not act on those attractns.

TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON

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. 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.

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

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. 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).