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Contents:

• 2015 GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE – INTRODUCTN
• THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH
• SURPRISE! A CONFERENCE FOR GAY CHRISTIANS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY
• THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE, 2015 | REFLECTNS & OPEN LETTER

2015 GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE – INTRODUCTN

"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.

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.

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?

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

'" 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. He then referenced Alan Chambers, the former print of the now-shuttered ex-gay mistry Exod Internatnal.

Another 30% reported they were able to live chastely and had "disintified" themselv om homosexual orientatn.

Unfortunately, this view that homosexualy is an immutable tra was aga prented the next Q talk on sexualy – a discsn between ethicist David Ghee and Pastor Dan Kimball on whether the church's historic teachg on sexualy is reliable.

SURPRISE! A CONFERENCE FOR GAY CHRISTIANS HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY

But, Ghee asserted that Christians have been "wrong on (the gay issue) as we have been wrong on some issu the past. "Then Ghee alleged that nmnatn of homosexualy "creat a disastro box, " which gays "nnot pe. Disver what mak the Gay Christian Network Conference the world’s largt, most celebrated, and most affordable annual LGBT Christian event.

The Wall of Love at the Gay Christian Network Conference (on the Patheos Emergg Voic blog).

The Gay Christian Network Conference: The Kgdom of God Unfoldg (gut post by Marcy Ba). Christian Femism Today attend the 2015 Gay Christian Network nference, “Together At the Table” Portland, Oregon. In Portland, hundreds of Christians who intify as eher lbian, gay, bi, trans*, tersex, queer, qutng, or supportg (alli) were  attendance.

THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE, 2015 | REFLECTNS & OPEN LETTER

A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage Search of God Ameri (I reviewed his book here); Danny Cortez, Southern Baptist pastor and father of a gay child; and Wendy Grter, thor of Genero Spacns: Rpondg to Gay Christians the Church and Executive Director of New Directn Mistri of Canada. Jt Lee, the Gay Christian Network Executive Director spoke on Sunday. Gay Christian Network Webse.

Gay Christian Network Conference Facebook Page. Gay Christian Network Conference Instagram Page. Followg the disappotg news about the Hoton Equal Rights Ordance (HERO), we at The Gay Christian Network, along wh the mayor of Hoton and our partner venu, want to assure you that the GCN Conference remas a safe space for all the LGBT muny—and that you are wele Hoton.

Founr and executive director of The Gay Christian Network. Four years ago I didn't thk was possible to be both Gay and Christian.