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• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN
• GAY MARRIAGE AT PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED DOWN
• PRBYTERIANS VOTE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) VOTE TO AFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE DON'T SURPRISE LOL PASTORS
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG
• HERE’S WHY A VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE OM PRBYTERIANS MATTERS
• PRBYTERIANS NTUE TO BE DIVID OVER GAYS AS LEARS SPL ON 2 GAY-IENDLY MEASUR
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) CHANG S NSTUTN TO CLU GAY MARRIAGE

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

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.

Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim. (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. 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.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

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.

His book, “Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” releas September. ) approved refg marriage the church nstutn Tuday to clu a "mment between two people, " beg the largt Prottant group to formally regnize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddgs every new fn was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval om a majory of the nomatn's 171 regnal districts, or prbyteri. Rob Whe, a lear of More Light Prbyterians, which advot for gay acceptance wh the far, 41 prbyteri have rejected the refn, which clus a provisn that no clergy would be pelled to pri at a gay marriage or host such a ceremony on church property.

GAY MARRIAGE AT PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED DOWN

The vote one prbytery was tied, acrdg to a tally by the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, a pro-gay group that works to keep Prbyterians uned spe theologil year, the church had allowed misters to pri at gay weddgs if lol church lears approved stat where the unns were legally regnized. Between 2011, when the Prbyterian church thorized gay ordatn, and 2013, the latt year for which figur are available, 428 of the nomatn's church left for more nservative nomatns or dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed as they ci how to move Fowler LaBerge, print of the nservative Prbyterian Lay Commtee, said the new fn was "an exprs repudiatn of the Bible" and approved "what God do not bls. He said the Fellowship's opposn to the amendment is " no way tend to be anti-gay, " but aims "wh huy" to uphold the tradnal Bible view of marriage.

Although several Prottant nomatns have taken signifint steps toward regnizg same-sex relatnships, only one other major Christian group has endorsed gay marriage as Christian 2005, the 1.

PRBYTERIANS VOTE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

"The Epispal Church, which blazed a trail 2003 by electg the first openly gay Anglin bishop, Gene Robson, do not have a formal posn on gay marriage, but allows bishops to ci whether their prits n officiate at the ceremoni. Epispalians will take up gay marriage at a natnal meetg Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, which elimated barriers to gay ordatn 2009, tak a siar approach, allowg some discretn by clergy and ngregatns to officiate at same-sex ceremoni whout formally regnizg same-sex marriage as a Uned Methodist Church, the send-largt Prottant nomatn the U. Many Methodist clergy have been performg gay marriag as a prott of church Rev.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) VOTE TO AFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE DON'T SURPRISE LOL PASTORS

) voted at s General Assembly on Thursday to change s nstutn’s fn of marriage om “a man and a woman” to “two people, ” and to allow s misters to perform same-sex marriag where is measur, passed by large majori, are a reversal for a church that 1991 and 2008 barred s pastors om performg same-sex marriag, and that has held eccliastil trials for misters who vlated the ban and blsed gay upl. The Prbyterian Church, a historic male Prottant nomatn that spans a broad spectm om liberal to nservative evangelils, has been mired the bate over homosexualy for about three s. The General Assembly’s cisn 2010 to orda openly gay misters ed many ngregatns, cludg some of the largt, to part.

The vote givg discretn to misters to marry gay upl tak effect on Sunday, at the close of the General changg the fn of marriage the church’s Book of Orr would still require ratifitn by a majory of the church’s 172 regns, or prbyteri — a yearlong procs.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG

At the assembly Detro, the measure passed overwhelmgly — 71 percent to 29 percent — but only after an amendment that altered the language of the change om “two people” to “two people, tradnally a man and a woman, ” a nod to nservativ who would otherwise have voted agast vot lighted observers and participants at the assembly who have been phg for gay equaly, many draped hand-kn rabow-lored stol. Compared wh prev General Assembli, “this has felt pletely different, ” said Alex McNeill, a ndidate for ordatn and the executive director of More Light Prbyterians, a group advotg gay equaly the church. ”About 350 of the nomatn’s ngregatns have left sce 2010, when the General Assembly voted to orda openly gay clergy members, said the Rev.

Heath Rada, the newly elected morator of the church, said at a news nference that he thought the measur passed bee many Prbyterians were simply tired of havg themselv and their church fed by the ntroversy over homosexualy. 1 ln members two years ago, has quickly lost ngregatns and dividual members part bee of s creasgly liberal views on homosexualy.

Acrdg to the Prbyterian News Service, at least 100 ngregatns have fected recent all Prbyterian Church (USA) ngregatns are affiliated on a natnal level, dividual ngregatns differ wily on matters such as worship style and views on issu such as homosexualy. More liberal pastors have been known to publicly or privately officiate same-sex marriage ceremoni, but they have risked are several smaller Prbyterian nomatns, such as Prbyterian Church Ameri and Evangelil Covenant Orr of Prbyterians, which lean more nservative and do not orda gay people or official same-sex marriag.

HERE’S WHY A VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE OM PRBYTERIANS MATTERS

RelatedRelign and SexualyChristianyGay MarriagePrbyterian ChurchVioBefore You GoPopular the CommunyYou May Like. In a 76-24 percent vote, the assembly moved to allow s clergy to perform same-sex unns stat where gay marriage is legal.

PRBYTERIANS NTUE TO BE DIVID OVER GAYS AS LEARS SPL ON 2 GAY-IENDLY MEASUR

(RNS) The Prbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (June 19) to allow gay and lbian weddgs wh the church, makg among the largt Christian nomatns to take an embracg step toward same-sex marriage. 8 ln-member PCUSA voted to allow pastors to perform gay marriag stat where they are legal.

Gay rights activists wh the church rejoiced at their victory, which was remarkable for s marg of victory after multiple years of razor-th feats.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) CHANG S NSTUTN TO CLU GAY MARRIAGE

“This vote is an answer to many prayers for the church to regnize love between mted same-sex upl, ” said Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Prbyterians, a group that has led the fight for gay marriage wh the church.