“I stand here, I am Reverend—ordaed, y Lord—Reverend Derek Anthony Terry, and I am a black gay man who misters,” is how Rev. Derek Terry me out to many of his relativ, iends, and members of his ngregatn earlier this year. It’s also how he told the world when his g-out sermon aired last weekend on OWN’s self-help seri Iyanla Fix My Life, as the climax of Rev. Terry’s three-episo arc.
Contents:
- HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
- GAY PASTOR OF MYRTLE BAPTIST CHURCH NEWTON SEEKS TO OPEN MDS
- WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A BLACK GAY PASTOR WHO CAME OUT ON NATNAL TELEVISN
- 6 THGS PASTORS SHOULD PREACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
For nearly 20 years, Greg Johnson has served as a pastor to the ngregatn of Memorial Prbyterian Church St. Louis, which is part of the Prbyterian Church Ameri. Last year, the PCA attempted to ban clergy for intifyg as gay. * gay pastors interview *
She has two gay brothers, a lbian sister and a transgenr son. Greg Johnson scrib himself as a “gay atheist teenager” who fell for J — and found himself at the center of evangelil Christiany’s ternal battl over nearly 20 years, Johnson has pastored Memorial Prbyterian Church St. He says he’s been gay and celibate the entire time.
When he me out to his church, he said he received a standg ovatn and shouts of “We love you, Greg” om sce Johnson went public wh his orientatn Christiany Today, pastors his nomatn, the Prbyterian Church Ameri, have tried to banish clergy who intify as gay, even if they m to celibacy. “I spent a lot of years nvcg myself that I was a straight man wh a disease lled homosexualy that uld be cured, ” Johnson said on Wednday’s St.
”The ln Johnson is referrg to are people who participated the so-lled “ex-gay movement, ” which centered on the theory that one n change sexual orientatn. “I really believe that J lov gay people, and I want evangelil church to learn to say that and believe that, ” he said. Gay pastor Greg Johnson is fightg for the future of the PCA.
GAY PASTOR OF MYRTLE BAPTIST CHURCH NEWTON SEEKS TO OPEN MDS
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Last year, Johnson released a book lled “Still Time To Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” which scrib the fall of the ex-gay movement. ”When the PCA nomatn voted last year on whether to keep gay people om beg clergy members, one observer wrote that the actn was signed to “prevent another Greg Johnson.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A BLACK GAY PASTOR WHO CAME OUT ON NATNAL TELEVISN
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”More than 60% of regnal church bodi voted favor of barrg people who intify as gay om beg clergy, even if they do not engage sexual behavr. “My nstant fear is that somebody's gog to tell their kid, ‘Why n't you be one of the good gays like Greg Johnson?
”Johnson said there’s a huge need wh the evangelil church to tra parents and pastors to love gay youth whout tryg to ntrol them.
“If you're gog to be a nomatn that says you n't have gay marriage, then you've got to provi alternate forms of muny, ” Johnson said. Gay pastor of Myrtle Baptist Church Newton seeks to open mds.
6 THGS PASTORS SHOULD PREACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
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JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
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