Dallas, TX - In rponse to a vrlic anti-gay sermon preached at a major Black preachg nference at a Dallas Black mega-church, Apostle Alex Byrd's flock boldly rolv not to back down. In a ngregatnal meetg on April 18, Livg Fah Covenant Church, a predomantly Black and LGBT church, voted officially to oppose relig homophobia…
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Rachel Bghman will appot Isabel Marquez and Ryan Wager, staff members at Oak Lawn UMC who rpectively intify as lbian and gay, whout the thorizatn of the North Texas Conference of the Uned Methodist act is nsired “civil disobedience” and fiance agast the church. The North Texas Conference said a statement to The Dallas Morng News that they would not publicize why the appotments were nied appotments are a blow to Wager and Marquez, who, after years of alg wh the personal turmoil of their inti and the church, wanted to fully pursue their llg mistry at Oak Lawn left Christiany after g out as gay his 20s, but he found his way back to church after his father died. “I knew at the time that beg gay meant I uldn’t be a pastor, ” he said.
Edlen Cowley, metro district supertennt for the North Texas Conference, plans to attend Sunday’s worship service at Oak Lawn UMC and has been ntact wh the church’s Uned Methodist Church has been at odds for s about s posn on sexualy and genr wh the church, specifilly regardg the ordatn and marriage of LGBTQ Uned Febary 2019, 53% of church lears and lay members voted to tighten the ban on LGBTQ marriag and that “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. ”Sce beg openly gay, Marquez said she faced ristance almost every facet of a Methodist church she once belonged to, which she said was fairly nservative. At a nvotn Louisville, he realized he wanted to be part of the church for the rt of his his 20s, Wager me out as gay, and his outlook on pursug mistry moved to the Oak Lawn neighborhood about ne years ago.
When his father died 2019, Wager said phed him to attend servic aga, even though his absence om church was vised New Paltz UMC, where he first began his fah journey, and noticed a gay pri flag above the door. “They have really — good fah — gone through every possible step, facg discrimatn along the way, knowg that there are those among who don’t value or see their role as legimate bee they are people who are the LGBTQ muny, ” Bghman North Texas Conference said they have been tentnal supportg the mistry of the LGBTQ muny; In 2019, the North Texas Conference ordaed an openly gay Rachel Bghman will be leadg an "act of civil disobedience" and appot Isabel Marquez and Ryan Wager after they were nied appotment by the North Texas Conference of the Uned Methodist Church.