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2015 GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE – INTRODUCTN

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"The gay dilemma is arguably the most prsg cultural issue facg the church. "Hirsch's talk was the first of three talks on Thursday that specifilly addrsed sexualy and/or homosexualy. Instead, what followed was a discsn on the "The Church's Gay Dilemma" between Matthew V and Julie Rodgers.

THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH

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V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and founr of the Reformatn Project, which seeks to tra Christians to support and affirm LGTBQ people. Rodgers is a gay, celibate Christian whose hirg to work the chapla's office at Wheaton College last year sparked ntroversy. " As rult, their seemgly wholale nmnatn of homosexualy needs to be re-terpreted as only nmng homosexual sex outsi of mted monogamo relatnships.

SURPRISE! A CONFERENCE FOR GAY CHRISTIANS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY

Rodgers, though she intifi as gay, disagreed wh V and affirmed the sexual boundari exprsed Scripture as good: "I jt tst that the boundari God put around sexualy are for our flourishg. Gays, who knew? '" eliced a big lgh om the the discsn was posive, clearly assumed that "gayns" was beyond the spe of remptn: celibacy was offered as the only reasonable optn for people wh same-sex attractn who wanted to honor a tradnal Christian sexual ethic.