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Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY
• HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
• PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
• PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY
• PCUSA VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY CLERGY
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW

The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis. He will bee the first openly gay mister ordaed by the Prbyterian Church (USA) sce the nomatn amend s nstutn this year to elimate official barriers to the ordatn of people based on their sexual orientatn.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY

“So much of my work wh the Shower of Stol Project volv holdg my hands every day symbols of loss — loss of mistry, loss of votn, loss of llg, ” says David Lohman, fah work ordator at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force. But before leavg the church, she wanted to do somethg symbolic to show that she was only one of untls lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people servg the church silence bee the st of livg thentic, open liv was too high.

Diana Polekha / UnsplashThe Prbyterian Church Ameri (PCA) voted to change s le on ordatn, forbiddg gay men om holdg mistri the an aim to keep the officers of the church "above reproach, " the Prbyterians passed a rolutn that would ban the ordatn of homosexual men, known as "Overture 23, " The Christian Post reported.

Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, 'gay Christian, ' 'same-sex attracted Christian, ' 'homosexual Christian, ' or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same-sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office, " the modified le modifitn was approved on July 1 durg the PCA's General Assembly Missouri, 1, 438 legat voted favor of the change while 417 dividuals opposed, the Relign News Service (RNS) Barber, the Overtur Commtee chairman, said that they spent more time on Overture 23 sce was "a hot topic" the shared that the overture do not tend to exclu gay Christians who reta their celibacy. Instead, pots out to dividuals who have homosexual inti ntradictg the characteristics of "new creatns Christ.

HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI

"We don't need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, " he told the RNS.

Johnson grew up as a "gay atheist" and was only nverted to Christiany when he was llege. Though his fah did not change his sexualy, has nvicted him to live as a celibate, nformg to the church's biblil doctre on blamed the "ex-gay movement" and nversn therapy, which he claimed, are makg the evangelils believe that homosexualy is curable. He addrs this issue through his upg book, "Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church's Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy".

Intify and evaluate var theologil and biblil perspectiv on homosexualy, givg attentn to specific biblil texts and them. Survey general studi and rearch, and asss theori and assumptns about homosexualy light of biblil and theologil perspectiv and current unrstandgs about homosexualy the social and behavral scienc, homophile groups, and society at large.

PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT

Suggt guil for fahful Christian rponse to the nflicts between valu, rights, and human muni manift relatn to homosexualy, both the life of the church, cludg ordatn, and wh rpect to broad social polici. Greg Johnson scrib himself as a “gay atheist teenager” who fell for J — and found himself at the center of evangelil Christiany’s ternal battl over nearly 20 years, Johnson has pastored Memorial Prbyterian Church St.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

He says he’s been gay and celibate the entire time. When he me out to his church, he said he received a standg ovatn and shouts of “We love you, Greg” om sce Johnson went public wh his orientatn Christiany Today, pastors his nomatn, the Prbyterian Church Ameri, have tried to banish clergy who intify as gay, even if they m to celibacy. “I spent a lot of years nvcg myself that I was a straight man wh a disease lled homosexualy that uld be cured, ” Johnson said on Wednday’s St.

”The ln Johnson is referrg to are people who participated the so-lled “ex-gay movement, ” which centered on the theory that one n change sexual orientatn. “I really believe that J lov gay people, and I want evangelil church to learn to say that and believe that, ” he said.

Gay pastor Greg Johnson is fightg for the future of the PCA. Last year, Johnson released a book lled “Still Time To Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” which scrib the fall of the ex-gay movement.

GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS

”When the PCA nomatn voted last year on whether to keep gay people om beg clergy members, one observer wrote that the actn was signed to “prevent another Greg Johnson.

”More than 60% of regnal church bodi voted favor of barrg people who intify as gay om beg clergy, even if they do not engage sexual behavr. “My nstant fear is that somebody's gog to tell their kid, ‘Why n't you be one of the good gays like Greg Johnson? ”Johnson said there’s a huge need wh the evangelil church to tra parents and pastors to love gay youth whout tryg to ntrol them.

PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY

“If you're gog to be a nomatn that says you n't have gay marriage, then you've got to provi alternate forms of muny, ” Johnson said. Image ptn, Steven Smyrl had been an elr at Christ Church, Sandymount, Dubl sce 2007A Prbyterian mister and a church uncil are facg disciplary sanctns for "endorsg a homosexual relatnship" Rev Kathere Meyer and the Christ Church, Sandymount church uncil, were found to have jtified "approval for that which scripture God nmns" Smyrl was sacked as an elr at the Dubl church October the Prbyterian Church cid to vtigate the learship which allowed Mr Smyrl - who is a same-sex marriage - to be an elr.

"In ntrast, however, both the mister and church uncil of Christ Church, Sandymount, have supported the homosexual relatnship of two of s members over many years.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY

"'Grave jtice'When ntacted by BBC News NI, Mr Smyrl claimed that the charg were "aimed only at publicly dimishg the liv of gay Prbyterians". (RNS) — Pastors and church lears the Prbyterian Church Ameri passed an overture at s General Assembly this week sayg those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn the nservative Prbyterian nomatn.

RELATED: Julie Rodgers shar story of survivg ‘ex-gay’ mistri new book and Netflix documentary. The overture clus any inty Christians may profs “that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, ” though sgl out “gay Christian, ” “same sex attracted Christian” and “homosexual Christian” among those inti.

PCUSA VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY CLERGY

The nomatn already bars any “practicg homosexual” om ordatn. Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, ‘gay Christian, ’ ‘same sex attracted Christian, ’ ‘homosexual Christian, ’ or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office.

Barber told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. “We don’t need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, ” the Rev.

Johnson, who voted agast the overture, has prevly shared his story as a “gay atheist kid who experienced a nversn to J llege and has joyfully walked wh him celibacy ever sce. The pastor pots a fger at the ex-gay movement and nversn therapy, which, while wily discreded the mental health field, he said ntu to shape many evangelils’ beliefs about and expectatns of LGBTQ people.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

His book, “Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” releas September. “While the ex-gay movement is ad, s daver walks about unad among .

“The reigng cultural narrative is that ‘Christians hate gay people. Correctn append, March 18 The Prbyterian Church (USA) ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry s ngregatns. “Fally, the church s nstutnal documents fully regniz that the love of gays and lbian upl is worth celebratg the fah muny, ” Rev.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY

Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim. Ordag bodi (ssns and prbyteri) are permted but not required to orda lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr persons. Gay ach fired om nservative Christian llege Pa.

(KDKA) — A gay ach was fired om a nservative Christian llege Beaver County. ” 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.

” 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.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

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.

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.

”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.