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.
Contents:
- A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
- FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- THE FORT OF RAMBOUILLET HAS BEEN HIDG THE SECRET FOR 33 YEARS: WHO KILLED JOSEPH DOUCé, THE GAY PASTOR ON FILE?
- BLACK GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS MERGE CHURCH TO PROMOTE 'RADILLY INCLIVE' THEOLOGY
- GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
- IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
- HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
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 sexualy. * pastors that are gay *
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.
FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
Two predomantly black ngregatns Harlem, NY., where the rpective pastors are gay and lbian, have merged to fight for homosexualy to be accepted by the Church, givg their ngregatn the msage, "He (J) got up so I n e out. He got up for you n e out!" However, their promotn that God created people gay has been firmly rejected by mastream Church, who mata that the Bible clearly intifi homosexualy as a s. * pastors that are gay *
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. They're tryg to strate my kid and feed them gay porn, and you're out here talkg about, you know, five steps to lookg nicer, okay, ont of mons.
If you said someone was evangelil you knew pretty much what you were gettg – errancy of the Bible, importance of preachg, a foc on evangelism, warngs of hell and most of all – opposn to gay marriage. While still far om the mastream and the overwhelmg majory of self-scribed evangelils are still opposed to gay marriage, there are a growg list of pastors who scribe themselv as evangelil and yet support same sex upl. 'It has taken untls hours of prayer, study, nversatn and emotnal turmoil to brg me to the place where I am fally ready to ll for the full acceptance of Christian gay upl to the Church, ' he wrote.
THE FORT OF RAMBOUILLET HAS BEEN HIDG THE SECRET FOR 33 YEARS: WHO KILLED JOSEPH DOUCé, THE GAY PASTOR ON FILE?
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'Through [my wife] Peggy, I have e to know so many gay Christian upl whose relatnships work much the same way as our own.
In a bate at San Francis's Grace Cathedral 2013, the thor and pastor Rob Bell, already discreded by many evangelils for his book Love Ws, gave a blanket endorsement of gay marriage. An outspoken cric of the Relig Right and print of the Sojourners magaze, Jim Wallis reversed his stance on gay marriage an terview wh the Huffgton Post 2013. Several of Jen Hatmaker's books have been produced by LifeWay's B&H Publishg, who announced they would no longer work wh her after she changed her stance on gay marriageFacebook / Jen Hatmaker.
BLACK GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS MERGE CHURCH TO PROMOTE 'RADILLY INCLIVE' THEOLOGY
Is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay? Do beg gay disqualify a man om servg as a pastor? * pastors that are gay *
One of the relatively few proment female voic on the evangelil scene, Hatmaker received a fierce backlash when she said she thought God saw monogamo gay relatnships as holy.
GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
In an terview wh Relign News Service she said: 'From a spirual perspective, sce gay marriage is legal all 50 stat, our muni have plenty of gay upl who, jt like the rt of , need marriage support and parentg help and Christian muny. Asked if she would attend a gay iend's weddg she said was an easy answer: 'I would attend that weddg wh gladns, and I would drk champagne. I want the very bt for my gay iends.
The Southern Baptist church pastor om Los Angel, California, announced 2014 he is 'gay affirmg' and had accepted his son's homosexualy. 'In Augt of 2013, on a sunny day at the beach, I realized I no longer believed the tradnal [church] teachgs regardg homosexualy, ' Cortez said a letter published on Patheos blog.
'And was pecially the ttimony of my gay iends that helped me to see how they have been margalised that my ey beme open to the jtice that the church has wrought. Our "Crim the Heart of Summer" seriThe serter disguised and killed by his wifeGe Barthélémy, the former mayor of Putex assassatedThe murr of Joseph Doucé, the gay pastorCl Lasten, killer of old ladi (to be published July 28)The murr of Gill Andet, chs champn (to be published on Augt 4)This article was produced wh the help of RetroNews, the BnF's prs mystery of Pastor Doucé, or how a news em beme a matter of state.
IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
Two predomantly black ngregatns Harlem, NY., where the rpective pastors are gay and lbian, have merged to fight for homosexualy to be accepted by the Church, givg their ngregatn the msage, "He (J) got up so I n e out.
" However, their promotn that God created people gay has been firmly rejected by mastream Church, who mata that the Bible clearly intifi homosexualy as a Rivers at Rehoboth is a batn between Rivers of Livg Fah, head by Pastor Vansa M. Brown, a lbian, and Rehoboth Temple, which is led by Pastor Joseph Tolton, who is gay. The new church's msage b black church tradns but uniquely mak s re missn to mister to gay and lbian people, The New York Tim has reported.
"The Rivers at Rehoboth b two siar philosophi upheld by the two prev church – a msage of beg "Radilly Inclive, " which preach that J Christ accepted all people no matter their circumstance; and "Gay by God, " which is based on the notn that God created all people his image, gays and lbians clud. The promotn that God "created" people gay has also been rejected by mastream Christiany.
HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
"It broke my heart, " he shared of an experience where he left his church after a iend of his told him he uld not be the bt man at his weddg bee of his sexual Brown has revealed she married a man who was gay to help protect his image the church, but divorced him after growg tired of livg a lie. "The church boasts that attracts 200 people each Sunday for service by promotg self as a safe haven for gay and lbian people who feel exclud other church that support tradnal views on homosexualy and same-sex marriage. "It's the saft place to go whout beg nmned at the end of service, " said Julie Chisolm-May, who attends the church wh her wife and six adult at Rehoboth church sists s articl of fah that not only accepts gay and lbian people; celebrat all who are margalized by society for their "uniquens.
"The issue of black church and homosexual affirmatn has long been a ntroversial one, though most black pastors and ngregatns Ameri stand behd the tradnal fn of marriage as between one man and one woman.