Comg out as a gay Evangelil Christian - LGBT+ History Month reflectn by Pam Gold — Open Table Network

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• COMG OUT AS A GAY EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN - LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH REFLECTN BY PAM GOLD
• CHRISTIANY & LGBTQ ISSUOF ALL THE ISSU I WRE AND SPEAK ABOUT, I AM MOST WILY KNOWN FOR MY S OF WORK AT THE TERSECTN OF CHRISTIAN FAH AND LGBTQ ISSU.SCROLL DOWN FOR MY BLOG POSTS ON THE TWO TOPICS. IN ADDN:MY BOOK TORN IS THE BT TRODUCTORY ROURCE I KNOW OF FOR CHRISTIANS WHO ARE NEW TO THE LGBTQ NVERSATN AND WANT TO UNRSTAND BETTER.YOU N BRG ME TO SPEAK TO YOUR CHURCH OR GROUP—NOT ONLY ON LGBTQ ISSU, BUT ALSO ON TOPICS LIKE FIVENS, REBUILDG LOST FAH, AND HANDLG DIVISN AND DISAGREEMENT.I HAVE AN ONGOG LGBTQ & CHRISTIAN VIO SERI ON YOUTUBE TO ANSWER MANY MON QUTNS.FOR MORE ON THE SCRIPTURE ARGUMENTS, MY BIBLE AND HOMOSEXUALY PAGE OFFERS A EPER DIVE.POSTS ON CHRISTIANY AND/OR LGBTQ ISSUTHE SURPRISG TE STORY OF WHY SOME PEOPLE SAY “SAME-SEX ATTRACTED” STEAD OF “GAY.”…AND WHY MATTERS SO MUCH.[READ FULL POST…]WHY I TALK SO MUCH ABOUT BEG A GAY CHRISTIAN.
• UNSTOPPABLE GRACE: THOUGHTS ON THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE
• 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
• VICTOR CBOTA: “THE MORE I PRAYED, THE MORE I BEME AWARE THAT I AM GAY AND I WILL NEVER CHANGE”

COMG OUT AS A GAY EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN - LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH REFLECTN BY PAM GOLD

Other than a few disparagg ments ma about “homosexualy”, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and the AIDS crisis, the LGBTQ muny was barely mentned. When we say y to marryg someone ’s bee we want to spend our liv wh that person and as a gay person.

Datg is ed a difficult topic to fully grasp the do’s and don’ts of for any class of people, let alone a gay Christian, but our suatn as queer people of fah, there are certa unique challeng that we are prented wh beg active members of both the LGBTQ muny and the church at large. Here are five piec of advice I’ve piled for someone gettg ready to start datg as a gay Christian:.

CHRISTIANY & LGBTQ ISSUOF ALL THE ISSU I WRE AND SPEAK ABOUT, I AM MOST WILY KNOWN FOR MY S OF WORK AT THE TERSECTN OF CHRISTIAN FAH AND LGBTQ ISSU.SCROLL DOWN FOR MY BLOG POSTS ON THE TWO TOPICS. IN ADDN:MY BOOK TORN IS THE BT TRODUCTORY ROURCE I KNOW OF FOR CHRISTIANS WHO ARE NEW TO THE LGBTQ NVERSATN AND WANT TO UNRSTAND BETTER.YOU N BRG ME TO SPEAK TO YOUR CHURCH OR GROUP—NOT ONLY ON LGBTQ ISSU, BUT ALSO ON TOPICS LIKE FIVENS, REBUILDG LOST FAH, AND HANDLG DIVISN AND DISAGREEMENT.I HAVE AN ONGOG LGBTQ & CHRISTIAN VIO SERI ON YOUTUBE TO ANSWER MANY MON QUTNS.FOR MORE ON THE SCRIPTURE ARGUMENTS, MY BIBLE AND HOMOSEXUALY PAGE OFFERS A EPER DIVE.POSTS ON CHRISTIANY AND/OR LGBTQ ISSUTHE SURPRISG TE STORY OF WHY SOME PEOPLE SAY “SAME-SEX ATTRACTED” STEAD OF “GAY.”…AND WHY MATTERS SO MUCH.[READ FULL POST…]WHY I TALK SO MUCH ABOUT BEG A GAY CHRISTIAN.

I foced on them of ternalized homophobia, self acceptance and story. Ever wonr what a nversatn between a nservative Christian and a gay Christian might sound like?

When we me out (ag ago) there weren’t very many rourc for LGBTQ+ spirual seekers and pretty much all of the rourc that DID exist only asked if was okay to be gay. Dan shar some reflectns on an important qutn: If my inty is J, to what extent n I embrace gay stereotyp?

UNSTOPPABLE GRACE: THOUGHTS ON THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE

FOR LGBT+ History Month, Pam Gold, former Co-Convenor of the Evangelil Fellowship of Lbian & Gay Christians (EFLGC), and founr of two Open Table muni, shar her story of g out and beg an Evangelil gay out.

I knew what others had said about ‘gays’ as I was growg up, but I uld fight no more, I prayed ‘please God if this is real then brg someone to speak to me’ my surprise the next week I got chattg to a patient (I’m an optometrist) and she me out to me - she said she felt that I need to hear . I ntacted an anisatn lled LGCM (Lbian & Gay Christian Movement, now OneBodyOneFah) and I was sent a bundle of urage my heart and hope for somethg new I went along to a gay Christian group Manchter, where I was the only woman! Neverthels, they put me touch wh a uple of women and, through them, I went along to Metropolan Communy Church (MCC), also known as ‘the gay church’ first urageo steps set me on the path to disvery of beg an ‘out and proud’ lbian Christian wh a ep and meangful relatnship wh God.

10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

There were 30+ gay Christian anisatns om all over Europe, Wt and East.

Back home the UK, I joed an anisatn lled the Evangelil Fellowship for Lbian & Gay Christians, affectnately lled EF. For many at the weekend retreats, this would be the only ‘church’ they would have all ’s tough beg an Evangelil gay Christian. Requirg that all gay Christians rema celibate for life bee of their sexual orientatn is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy.

VICTOR CBOTA: “THE MORE I PRAYED, THE MORE I BEME AWARE THAT I AM GAY AND I WILL NEVER CHANGE”

Contue Readg >> and Gomorrah addrs gang rape, not a lovg stctn of Sodom and Gomorrah is monly assumed to have been the rult of God’s wrath agast homosexualy, but the only form of same-sex behavr scribed the story is an attempted gang rape (Genis 19:5)—nothg like the lovg, mted relatnships that are wispread today. For every verse that anti-LGBTQ Christians say nmns homosexualy, there are a dozen that clearly nmn somethg we support or support somethg we nmn (which isn’t to say that those passag even do nmn queer people). I have a nfsn to make to you: sometim, when I lay bed on particularly rtls nights (ually when I’ve stayed up way too late and had way too many Pepsis) I stare at the ceilg and ntemplate eher (a) the vastns and meangls of the Universe or (b) “what if they are right and is a s to be gay???

And then eventually I fall asleep and allow to slip away three s of relentls homophobia that have been thrown at me.

The surprisg te story of why some people say “same-sex attracted” stead of “gay.