Gay uple fally tie the knot after beg turned down by 31 church

Contents:

• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'
• GAY WEDDG WAS A TRIAL FOR THE REFORMED CHURCH
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• ENRE: IS IT LOVG FOR A FAHFUL CHRISTIAN TO GO TO A “GAY WEDDG”?
• WE SHOULD ALLOW GAY WEDDGS CHURCH
• GAY WEDDGS CHURCH
• ABOUT THAT CHARLOTTE METHODIST GAY WEDDG CHURCH

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

| Getty Imag Uned Methodist clergy who oppose same-sex marriage won't be required to officiate gay weddg ceremoni if the nomatn chang s stance on LGBT issu, acrdg to a clergy Church of the Rurrectn, a UMC megachurch based Kansas and head by the Rev.

CHRISTIAN GAY UPLE FALLY GET CHURCH WEDDG AFTER BEG 'TURNED DOWN BY 31 PLAC'

Haton, who's theologil progrsive and wants the UMC to change s biblilly-based opposn to homosexualy that's ced s Book of Disciple, morated a church lears panel to discs the hotly bated issue wh the male Prottant asked the panel if they believed that all pastors should be required to perform same-sex weddg ceremoni, should the UMC remove s official opposn to gay Copeland, the senr pastor of Lovers Lane Uned Methodist Church of Dallas, Texas, remarked that “right now, ” pastors n already refe to perform any weddg “unr their own nvictns.

GAY WEDDG WAS A TRIAL FOR THE REFORMED CHURCH

Shortly thereafter, as vot were g , Haton pulled up a graphic that showed around 90% of the atten said pastors should be allowed to officiate gay weddgs, but not be required Haton, btsellg thor and pastor of Church of the Rurrectn of Leawood, Kansas, one of the largt Uned Methodist ngregatns the world, speaks at his church's annual Learship Instute event, held Sept.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

| Screengrab: YouTube/Rurrectn ShareChurchThe panel and Haton also nounced what they scribed as the “fear-mongerg” often found the homosexualy bate, takg issue wh claims om both liberals and nservativ. ”The panel was part of a multiday gatherg at the Church of the Rurrectn known as the Learship speakers at the event clud Jasme Smothers, lead pastor of First Uned Methodist Church of Atlanta, Geia; Bob Goff, an attorney and btsellg thor; Savannah Kimberl, director of rearch solutns at Barna Group; and Kev Murriel, senr pastor of Cas Uned Methodist Church Atlanta, the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a bate over s Book of Disciple, which labels homosexualy “patible wh Christian teachg” and prohibs clergy om officiatg same-sex marriag. (SWNS)A gay uple who claim they were turned down 31 tim for a church weddg have fally Yerrell, 39, and David Sparrey, 30, tied the knot Wanstead, East London, last month after stgglg to fd a church that would marry pair had ially planned to wa to marry but a fay health issue prompted them to ph spe both beg Christian and always wantg a church weddg, they say they were knocked back 31 tim by var plac before fally somewhere that would agree to marry happy uple had planned to wa to marry but, after a fay health issue, cid to go ahead wh the ceremony.

ENRE: IS IT LOVG FOR A FAHFUL CHRISTIAN TO GO TO A “GAY WEDDG”?

"Gay people jt don't thk is possible, but if you are a same-sex uple and you want to get married a church jt don't give up. "But I thk they uld fd a way of terpretg that for themselv and makg possible, after all, love is love no matter whether you're gay or straight.

WE SHOULD ALLOW GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

Gay-affirmg pastors wh the church have bee more outspoken, too. "I uld have unted on my hand the number of out gay people I knew the nomatn and of people who supported out gay people, " Ann Kansfield says. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.

Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. Some Evangelil lears today who claim to accept (or at least once accepted) the scriptural view that homosexual practice is a s do not see the answer as a certa “No.

GAY WEDDGS CHURCH

” Timothy Dalrymple, the CEO and Print of Christiany Today, formerly the flagship magaze of Evangelilism, actually attend a “gay weddg” 2019, where he engaged activi that uld only be characterized as celebratory. ” It seems that Foc John 4 part to dite that one uld attend a “gay weddg. Prton Sprkle, a biblil scholar who heads up his Center for Fah, Sexualy & Genr, thks that sayg “y” to an vatn to attend a “gay weddg” is one of the optns that “n be fahful to the biblil view that marriage is between two sexually different persons—as long as you don’t send mixed signals to the uple gettg married.

He even advis parents to attend their child’s “gay weddg” lt they be shut out of their child’s life forever (and grandkids!

Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley is reported by one pastor as sayg at a meetg wh pastors (rroborated by other pastors prent), “I don’t do gay weddgs, but I n’t say I would never do a gay weddg.... However, the are probably not the words of a Christian pastor who still believ homosexual unns to be sful.

ABOUT THAT CHARLOTTE METHODIST GAY WEDDG CHURCH

Stanley, who has been driftg toward acceptance of homosexual unns for at least a , employs unselors like Debbie Csey who direct Christians stgglg wh same-sex attractn to mistri that affirm homosexual practice. Attendg a “gay weddg” is not “a Romans 14 issue” where believers n agree to disagree over matters of difference like eatg meat or not, which do not terme entrance to the kgdom of God (Rom.

Those who thk otherwise eher have difficulty reasong analogilly on this matter or else have parted some way om the scriptural view of homosexual practice.

They e arguments like wantg to stay relatnship wh a “gay” fay member or iend; imatg J’ practice of eatg wh sners; or parg attendg a “gay weddg” to attendg a weddg of a divorced believer.