The pastor of an Atlanta megachurch wh thoands of followers, who was twice married and is a father of four, is speakg out about his recent cisn to publicly clare he is gay.
Contents:
- GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
- ATLANTA LGBT ADVOTE OUT AS ‘THE GAY PREACHER’S WIFE’
- ATLANTA GAY PASTORS BACK ON LUTHERAN CLERGY ROSTER
GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
Bishop Jim Swilley, founr of Church In the Now, the massive, non-nomatnal ngregatn Conyers, ma ternatnal headl when he me out to his ngregatn as gay eight months ago.
ATLANTA LGBT ADVOTE OUT AS ‘THE GAY PREACHER’S WIFE’
” Se g out and embracg himself as a gay man and a gay pastor, Swilley said he had a particular tert preachg Midtown, the heart of Atlanta’s — and Geia’s — gay muny. “Even though Atlanta has a lot of gay affirmg church, ’s no secret many have been trmatized by the church.
ATLANTA GAY PASTORS BACK ON LUTHERAN CLERGY ROSTER
2, 2010— -- The pastor of a Geia megachurch wh thoands of followers, who was twice married and is a father of four, is speakg out about his recent cisn to publicly clare he is gay. I want to tell you that is not, " Jim Swilley said a vio shot the nonnomatnal megachuch Swilley found 25 years Swilley said g out was a cisn he's stggled wh sce childhood, he ma the announcement last month not for personal reasons -- he said he hop to save 52-year-old founr of Church the Now Conyers, Ga., said he's g out to help stem the recent ti of gay suicis Ameri and won't be swayed by some hateful msag that have been wrten about him onle.
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