Southern Gospel Sger Kenny Bishop is Now a Gay Uned Church of Christ Pastor — The Life and Tim of Bce Gerencser

Contents:

• SOUTHERN GOSPEL SGER KENNY BISHOP IS NOW A GAY UNED CHURCH OF CHRIST PASTOR
• WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?
• 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
• TONEX: FIRST OPENLY GAY GOSPEL SINGER HAS NEW NAME AND NEW SOUND

SOUTHERN GOSPEL SGER KENNY BISHOP IS NOW A GAY UNED CHURCH OF CHRIST PASTOR

The worship sger, who me out as gay on The Voice 2019, told Baldridge he was let go om his job as a worship lear at his church after revealg his sexualy. 's high time christian mic got a shake up wh a msage of realy & hope beyond the homogenized CCM... The reactn mirrors the way many morn megachurch eher offer vague statements about acceptance while tryg to shift the foc away om their anti-gay polici or stay quiet on the issue.

WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?

Sger-songwrer Julien Baker me out as queer 2016 alongsi Trey Pearson om Everyday Sunday, who me out as gay an emotnal letter to fans. (Photo by Paras Griff/Getty Imag for ESSENCE)McClurk, 61, had prevly opened up years ago about his past stggl wh homosexualy, which he lled a “perversn, ” and claimed that he was able to supprs his sexual orientatn, cg his and many Christian church’ stance on homosexualy as a admted that he still had urg to be wh men but chose not to. Comparg homosexualy to diabet he said, “I don’t eat sugar, but don’t mean that I don’t want sugar.

”Read More: Kirk Frankl lls out homophobia the church: ‘Nothg to do wh the Bible’Now, the Grammy Award-wng artist says he believ his stggle over his sexualy will leave him whout the fay he always dreamed of. ”Read More: Kelly Rowland explas why she left her church after Dty’s Child’s ‘secular mic’ cricism“There may be some who will read this and rent some of the statements ma about homosexualy.

40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

My hope is for gay/queer children and adults are met wh love and acceptance so they n eely exist.

The Gospel church and homosexualy has reportedly had a long ter-twg relatnship. Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer. We wrote about her a few months ago after she shouted “Gay rights!

” at a Swchfoot ncert, a practice she advot dog orr to publicly force ‘Christian’ artists to nont their homophobia and outdated and amoral views on homosexualy. (In rponse to that ll out, Swchfoot’s Jon Foreman rpond to the axg of a queer “Christian” artist qutng his pro-LGBTQ+ creds, tellg her that LGBTQ+ people are always wele at his ncerts and that he supports gay rights and eedoms.

TONEX: FIRST OPENLY GAY GOSPEL SINGER HAS NEW NAME AND NEW SOUND

Ltle did I know that Kenny had strayed far om his Fundamentalist Christian roots and was now a married gay man and a bivotnal pastor at Bluegrass Uned Church of Christ  Lexgton, Kentucky!

Talk about fdg the unexpected — a liberal, gay Kenny Bishop. The fact that there are many mic artists who are openly gay is a big step for LGBTQ+ rights, which mak the artists important and fluential.

And that’s why we’re ditg today’s article to the bt gay sgers and micians of all time.