(RNS) — Stt Barber, chair of the Overtur Commtee, told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. Still, that’s not the way many opponents of the overture received s approval.
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- PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY
Wh an timated 3.1 ln members, the Prbyterian Church (USA) is very supportive of gay, lbian and bisexual people. * presbyterian lgbt *
Ordag bodi (ssns and prbyteri) are permted but not required to orda lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr persons.
Followg the risen Christ, and seekg to make the Church a te muny of hospaly, the missn of More Light Prbyterians is to work for the full participatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people the life, mistry and wns of the Prbyterian Church (USA) and society. Out of Orr is a groundbreakg feature documentary revealg the plex and paful stggl faced by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fah lears wh the Prbyterian Church, 2019, we gathered alongsi folks om Immanuel Prbyterian Church, Clarendon Prbyterian Church, Fairlgton Prbyterian Church, Wtern Prbyterian Church, and Oaklands Prbyterian Church to celebrate and show our pri.
” Meanwhile, on Twter, the Relign News Service announced that wh the PC(USA) change “male Prottants have solidified their support for gay marriage. “I remember Chris wrote , ” she says, sharg the story of how her son me out to her as gay.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
Prbyterians opposed to gay clergy spl om the church on Thursday, announcg Orlando a new nomatn lled the Evangelil Covenant Orr of Prbyterians. * presbyterian lgbt *
” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men. She had never nmned homosexualy as agast God’s will, but tth be told, she had been uneasy wh .
When an associate pastor said to me, ‘I have a gay brother, and he don’t have any more time for you to study the matter, ’ I ma a cisn. I am glad that a pastor is not forced to officiate at any marriage, heterosexual or homosexual, if they don’t feel is wise.
Jt as the church changed her stance on slavery and women’s role the church, some of have e to unrstand the biblil prohibns of homosexual behavr to refer stead to vlent sexual acts agast anyone, wh specific reference to sexual acts between men and children. Nohels, is difficult not to rejoice that the culture of omertà and secrecy the PCI has been breached by the person or persons who released the documents to the prs, which were the subject of the fe article by Patsy McGarry ("Prbyterian Church lls on Dubl mister to rent over appotment of gay man", News, December 12th) a rult of the disclosur, a number of qutns, let me draw attentn to the fact that Steven Smyrl was ordaed an elr by a Commissn of the Prbytery of Dubl and Munster 2007, advance of the appotment of the Rev Dr Kathere P Meyer as mister of Christ Church Sandymount,, why is a fundamentalist clique the Dubl and Munster Prbytery drivg forward an vtigatn to the mister and church uncil only? Send, let me remd the public, and the PCI, that there are every Prbyterian ngregatn on this island people who walk humbly wh their God, and who are also members of the LGBT+ muny, that is, unls they have been driven away by the relentls homophobia of the fundamentalist clique that has taken ntrol of the rridors of power our Church over recent, what about all those church, kirk ssns and misters who wele wh open arms any member of the LGBT+ muny whose fah is ep enough, and humany grac enough to tolerate the relentls homophobia of that fundamentalist clique?
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ORLANDO, Florida (Rters) - Prbyterians opposed to gay clergy spl om the church on Thursday, announcg Orlando a new nomatn lled the Evangelil Covenant Orr of than 2, 000 Prbyterians om 500 church wnsed the lnch of the new group, which was formed reactn to a cisn July by the 2. 3 ln member Prbyterian Church (USA) to perm gay clergy, said John Crosby, print of the orr. 3 billn member Roman Catholic Church, scribg gay marriage as one of several threats to tradnal marriage that unrme “the future of humany self.
Rishi Sunak has apologised on behalf of the Government for the 'horrific' historic treatment of LGBTQ+ people servg the ary. Servg personnel spected of beg gay, lbian, bisexual or... * presbyterian lgbt *
”Crosby said he wants to prevent ECO om beg brand as a one-issue movement, though some Prbyterians see the opposn to gay clergy as the drivg reason behd the breakaway.
“It sadns me that they are cidg to leave , ” Parsons liftg s ban on gay clergy, the Prbyterian Church joed the Epispal Church, the Uned Church of Christ, and the Evangelil Lutheran Church will allow church to m exclively to the new nomatn, as well as affiliate wh ECO whout droppg s membership the Prbyterian new group has no members yet, pendg a procs for dividuals and church to jo. “It mak me sad bee I thk somethg like 70% of the Amerin public supports gay marriage, ” she said.
Gay Activist. 1968 November A Brooklyn Heights Prbyterian church holds a “two-hour worship service and symposium on the subject of homosexualy, ” which clus a performance of part of the gay themed off-Broadway play “The Boys the Band. 1970 Undated The General Assembly of the Uned Prbyterian Church releas a statement entled “Sexualy and the Human Communy” which ntas a brief sectn on homosexualy.