Five Evangelil Pastors Who Back Gay Marriage

Contents:

• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
• A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
• 3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP
• GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
• FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• IN CHURCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FAR-RIGHT PASTORS PREACH ANTI-GAY HATE AND VLENCE
• PASTOR SAYS 'SOLUTN' TO GAY PEOPLE IS EXECUTNS: IT'S THE BIBLE
• A GEIA CHURCH, KICKED OUT OF THE SBC FOR ALLOWG GAY MEMBERS, WANTS TO MAKE SURE 'EVERYBODY’S WELE'

IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?

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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. This qutn of whether the Bible warrants a gay pastor was unheard of until the last uple of s.

A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

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.

3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP

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). 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?

GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'

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. 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.

FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Three openly gay pastors are ndidat for epispal electns when the five U.

God hears the cri of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people who are beg harmed, opprsed and margalized by The Uned Methodist Church. The church do not allow gays or lbians to be ordaed clergy; however, many clergy have been g out before and after the General Conference. Thomas Lambrecht, executive wh Good News, an evangelil Uned Methodist anizatn that upholds the church’s current stance on homosexualy issu.

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

William Lawrence — former print of the Judicial Council, the church’s top urt — said that if an openly gay person were elected bishop, anyone the nomatn uld file a plat. Day said he didn’t believe the nomatn had ever had an openly gay bishop.

PASTOR SAYS 'SOLUTN' TO GAY PEOPLE IS EXECUTNS: IT'S THE BIBLE

“To elect a self-avowed practicg homosexual as bishop would ph many tradnalists over the edge of what they uld tolerate, jeopardizg the uny and the fundg of the nomatn, ” Lambrecht said. We are set apart bee we intify as lbian or gay but we are not totally fed by our sexual orientatn, ” Wulf said. Two gay pastors, who for years have been keepg their homosexualy secret, will reveal their “down low” liftyl to their fai and ngregatns an emotnal three-part seri premiere of OWN’s Iyanla: Fix My Life, which kicks off on Saturday.

But as for Iyanla Vanzant, she hop to spark a larger nversatn about the taboo topic of homosexualy the black church. “My experience has been whenever this nversatn up of homosexualy the black church, ’s shut down.

Pastor Mchell was married wh five children and spent years preachg agast homosexualy, but he was havg affairs wh men. Pastor Derek never thought his fay, who openly showed hostily toward gay people, or his ngregatn would be acceptg of his secret liftyle. “When I hear myself say, ‘I am a gay man, ’ I feel hurt.

A GEIA CHURCH, KICKED OUT OF THE SBC FOR ALLOWG GAY MEMBERS, WANTS TO MAKE SURE 'EVERYBODY’S WELE'

After Pastor Derek’s sermon where he discsed his sexualy, Vanzant said they received about 20 letters om ngregants also revealg they were gay or stgglg wh alg wh their sexualy.

“I don’t know where we get the scripture and the unrstandg that gay people n’t love the Lord or be accepted by the Lord. Evans, who is not part of the show, is also a mister and last year revealed to his iends, fay and -workers that he’s gay.