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REMEMBERG LONNIE FRISBEE, THE GAY MAN WHO SPARKED THE J MOVEMENT
Our church practic full LGBTQ cln. We perform gay weddgs and have no glass ceilg on how members of the LGBTQ muny may serve (one of our -pastors is a woman married to a woman). We do so spired by the gospel of J and rmed by what we believe is a fahful readg of Scripture. * vineyard church ann arbor gay *
Drivg the spl, Wilson says, was Veyard USA’s stand on LGBT rights: while lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transsexuals are wele to attend s church, they n’t bee formal members or be ordaed as pastors, and Veyard pastors nnot officiate at their weddgs. “I didn’t know anythg about homosexualy growg up the Fifti and the Sixti, ” says Wilson. “My first experience as a pastor wh people who were gay was they were nflicted about their sexualy and treated as a temptatn or an addictn.
“Then I started meetg gay people who were not nflicted. We started seeg people and hearg their stori, and once you hear the stori, you realize the biblil texts [nmng homosexualy] do not f the people. Those who were gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr were very grateful.
EVANGELIL PASTOR TURNS PRO-GAY
When Veyard USA reaffirmed s policy agast gay members and pastors, Wilson left the church. LGBTQ+ cln means we perform gay weddgs and have no glass ceilg on how members of the LGBTQ+ muny may serve. In fact, our lead pastor is a married gay woman.
While they were advotg for cln the Veyard created polici nmng gay weddgs and prohibed LGBTQ+ people om servg as pastors. We Really Mean Gay-Friendly and Welg.