Contents:
- TEXAS IS THE UNLIKELY HOME OF BIGGT GAY CHURCH
- BIGGT GAY CHURCH FDS A HOME DALLAS
- THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
TEXAS IS THE UNLIKELY HOME OF BIGGT GAY CHURCH
"Tim Schraer, an openly gay Christian and the -founr of Church Clary, said his anizatn chose megachurch church for this new report, bee, "We know people look to the church for fluence. The anizatn tegori church as Undisclosed, Unclear: Non-Affirmg, Unclear: Affirmg, Clear: Non-Affirmg, Clear: Affirmg, Actively Discerng or Verified speakg about the importance of transparency regardg LGBTQ polici, Schraer referenced the story of Nathaniel Totten, a gay Christian who attend the nonnomatnal Elevatn Church Roanoke, Virgia.
Members of the Cathedral of Hope, the largt gay church the world, attend servic Dallas, Texas March 18, 2007. But the Cathedral of Hope Dallas mak one Texas-sized claim that few would expect the nservative Bible Belt state -- says is the world’s biggt gay church.
BIGGT GAY CHURCH FDS A HOME DALLAS
“I thk this shows that God has a tremendoly great sense of humor, ” said senr pastor and rector Jo a more ser note, she says the church, affiliated wh the Uned Church of Christ, is a spirual refuge for gay people of fah a regn associated wh more nservative brands of Christiany. Many of the untry’s 60 ln evangelils view homosexualy as a sful liftyle choice -- a stance that angers gay activists who say their sexual orientatn is not a Epispalian church -- the Amerin wg of the Anglin Communn -- is sharply spl on the matter of gay clergy, while the Republin Party has ed state ballot iativ banng gay marriage to get s supporters out to the timat that over 90 percent of the Cathedral’s 3, 500 members are gay, lbian or transgenr. Found 1970 by a dozen gays and lbians who gathered a home and cid they wanted a safe and tolerant place to worship, has grown to a large and affluent stutn centered on a verno church that n seat up to year beme part of the Uned Church of Christ, which claims 1.
Ngregatns and tradns of diversy and pneerg actn on social a recent Sunday durg Lent -- a perd of prayer and penance the n-up to Easter -- mostly gay upl, men and women, streamed for morng big pickup tcks and sports utily vehicl gave the parkg lot a Texan flavor and most were on the expensive si -- highlightg the fact that beg openly gay remas a mostly whe-llar phenomenon church offered lurgil worship wh an Epispalian flavor, plete wh munn.
It also provis ntemporary and Spanish-language there was no discsn of homosexualy om the pulp.
THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
One pastor spoke of South Ain Archbishop and Nobel lreate Dmond Tutu and the importance of ’s sermon foced on humany’s propensy to ON THE POORMembers of the ngregatn said that while the church was a place of spirual fort for gays, s foc was on misterg to the wir muny, pecially the poor. “We don’t talk much about gay stuff here, ” said Coy Jam, who has been attendg the church for almost 30 years. “Homosexualy & Christiany: no matter who you are, God lov you, ” clar the church’s Web se, which featur a discsn on the matter, strsg among other thgs J’ silence on the subject.
Southern Baptists and other socially nservative nomatns pot to mostly Old Ttament passag that they say shows God’s dim view of homosexualy.
“The Bible uld not be more clear -- all forms of homosexual behavr are exprsly nmned as s, ” said R. Albert Mohler Jr., the print of The Southern Baptist Theologil Semary, a recent statement on the says such attus both unrsre the importance of her church for gay Texans and expla s size. 1 ln Evangelils more: Christian 'Ex-Lbian' Claims She Prayed the Gay Away Controversial Viral Vio.