Evangelil Church Grapple Wh Includg Gay People
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INSI THE EVANGELIL FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE
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The followg year, First Covenant Church, a proment and historic Mneapolis ngregatn, was expelled after church lears said they would affirm LGBT members, host same-sex weddgs, and orda married gay people. Qut, which was planted by Eugene Cho 2001, currently scrib self as “fully affirmg” and says on s webse wel everyone “cludg, but not limed to, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Asexual, and Queer folks” to all levels of volvement the church. The Mneapolis church has never performed a gay marriage, though a lbian uple had an off-se weddg performed by s mic director 2014, which produced a seri of nversatns about s future over the past few years.
The actns e after First Covenant said would treat LGBTQ members as equals, allow married gay clergy and would be open to hostg same-sex marriag. But on the issue of gay rights, the nomatn drew a le.
” Membership and learship, cludg the role of pastor, is open to anybody who “lls Qut home, ” the webse says, “cludg, but not limed to, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Asexual, and Queer folks. Dan Collison, om s roster after the church said would treat s LGBTQ members as equals, allow married gay clergy and be open to officiatg same-sex marriag. Although most people relign, pecially church lears, are so much opposn to homosexualy, some want to be Evangelil Covenant Church (ECC) tak a unique approach to fah and doctre by focg on six re beliefs.