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Contents:
- HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
- ANTI-GAY PREACHER STUNS CONGREGATN, CONFS TO MOLTG UNRAGE BOYS
- GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
- YOUTH MISTER AT ANTI-GAY CHURCH ILLOIS CHARGED WH SEXUALLY EXPLOG TEEN BOY
- WHEN HIS SON CAME OUT AS GAY, THIS PASTOR DELIVERED A SERMON OF SUPPORT
- WATCH: ANTI-GAY HATE PASTOR PROUDLY SPEWS HIS VILE NONSENSE TO LTLE KIDS
- MEET SALLY GARY, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ADVOTE FOR GAY CHRISTIANS
- ‘I AM A GAY CHRISTIAN’: DEBAT ABOUT LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE ROIL SEATTLE-AREA NONPROFS, CHURCH
- EVANGELILS WH GAY CHILDREN CHALLENGE CHURCH
HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
For nearly 20 years, Greg Johnson has served as a pastor to the ngregatn of Memorial Prbyterian Church St. Louis, which is part of the Prbyterian Church Ameri. Last year, the PCA attempted to ban clergy for intifyg as gay. * pastor young gay *
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.
ANTI-GAY PREACHER STUNS CONGREGATN, CONFS TO MOLTG UNRAGE BOYS
(RNS) — As whe evangelil nomatns double down on their opposn to equaly, many younger evangelils, gay and straight, are votg wh their feet. * pastor young gay *
“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. ”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.
GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
The pastor of an Atlanta 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. * pastor young gay *
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.
YOUTH MISTER AT ANTI-GAY CHURCH ILLOIS CHARGED WH SEXUALLY EXPLOG TEEN BOY
Danny Cortez, once a Southern Baptist mister, did do more than accept his gay son: He cid to talk to his ngregatn about homosexualy, even though ultimately meant his leavg the church. * pastor young gay *
”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.
WHEN HIS SON CAME OUT AS GAY, THIS PASTOR DELIVERED A SERMON OF SUPPORT
David Gura speaks wh Rev. 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. * pastor young gay *
“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.
WATCH: ANTI-GAY HATE PASTOR PROUDLY SPEWS HIS VILE NONSENSE TO LTLE KIDS
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On March 18, 2019, Stalker announced on a blog post he was gay.
MEET SALLY GARY, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ADVOTE FOR GAY CHRISTIANS
“But they shoved a handful of vers down my throat that pletely sexualize me as a gay person and put a p on what I n do. That’s g many younger evangelils — gay and straight — to qutn the tegry of their church’s theology and the nsistency of s biblil terpretatn.
“Most people know and love someone who’s openly gay, ” said Julie Rodgers, a Christian wrer, activist and lbian whose story is featured the new documentary on Netflix, “Pray Away.
‘I AM A GAY CHRISTIAN’: DEBAT ABOUT LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE ROIL SEATTLE-AREA NONPROFS, CHURCH
In ntrast wh most male Prottant nomatns where LGBTQ members are routely ordaed and their marriag solemnized church (the Uned Methodist Church beg the exceptn), whe evangelil nomatns such as the Southern Baptist Conventn, the Prbyterian Church Ameri, the Anglin Church North Ameri and dozens of others have risted offerg gay people equaly. That leads them to highlight a handful of passag that nmn gay sex.
EVANGELILS WH GAY CHILDREN CHALLENGE CHURCH
A straight man, he lived for a while New York Cy where he met lots of mted gay Christians. Jonathan Merrt, a senr lumnist at Relign News Service and a ntributg wrer for The Atlantic, who recently me out as gay, said he fore a gradual evolutn evangelil circl.