Prbyterian Church Ameri lears say those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn

Contents:

• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG
• GAY DATG ATHENS

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN

But a separate policy change that tak effect at the end of this week's meetg, legat voted to allow misters to pri at gay weddgs stat where the unns are legal and lol ngregatnal lears approve. Neteen stat and the District of Columbia regnize same-sex up for breakg news alerts om NBC NewsThe vot, durg a natnal meetg Detro, were a sweepg victory for Prbyterian gay-rights advot. The nomatn 2011 elimated barriers to ordag clergy wh same-sex partners, but misters were still barred om celebratg gay marriag and risked church penalti for dog so.

Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Prbyterians, a gay advocy group, said the cisns Thursday were "an answer to many prayers. Kryst Granberg of the New York Prbytery, where the state regniz gay marriage, said she receiv requts "all the time" om iends and parishners to pri at their weddgs.

"We are layg hands on somethg that is holy, that God has given , so we need to be sure any chang we make are acrd wh God's will revealed Scripture, " Norton the 2011 gay ordatn vote, 428 of the nomatn's more than 10, 000 church have left for other more nservative nomatns or have dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed wh the nomatn as they ci how to move forward. Correctn append, March 18 The Prbyterian Church (USA) ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry s ngregatns.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERI CHANG RULE TO DISQUALIFY GAY MEN FROM LEARSHIP IN MISTRY

“Fally, the church s nstutnal documents fully regniz that the love of gays and lbian upl is worth celebratg the fah muny,” Rev. Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim.

” Meanwhile, on Twter, the Relign News Service announced that wh the PC(USA) change “male Prottants have solidified their support for gay marriage. “I remember Chris wrote , ” she says, sharg the story of how her son me out to her as gay.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men. She had never nmned homosexualy as agast God’s will, but tth be told, she had been uneasy wh . When an associate pastor said to me, ‘I have a gay brother, and he don’t have any more time for you to study the matter, ’ I ma a cisn.

I am glad that a pastor is not forced to officiate at any marriage, heterosexual or homosexual, if they don’t feel is wise. Jt as the church changed her stance on slavery and women’s role the church, some of have e to unrstand the biblil prohibns of homosexual behavr to refer stead to vlent sexual acts agast anyone, wh specific reference to sexual acts between men and children. Diana Polekha / UnsplashThe Prbyterian Church Ameri (PCA) voted to change s le on ordatn, forbiddg gay men om holdg mistri the an aim to keep the officers of the church "above reproach, " the Prbyterians passed a rolutn that would ban the ordatn of homosexual men, known as "Overture 23, " The Christian Post reported.

Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, 'gay Christian, ' 'same-sex attracted Christian, ' 'homosexual Christian, ' or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same-sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office, " the modified le modifitn was approved on July 1 durg the PCA's General Assembly Missouri, 1, 438 legat voted favor of the change while 417 dividuals opposed, the Relign News Service (RNS) Barber, the Overtur Commtee chairman, said that they spent more time on Overture 23 sce was "a hot topic" the shared that the overture do not tend to exclu gay Christians who reta their celibacy. Instead, pots out to dividuals who have homosexual inti ntradictg the characteristics of "new creatns Christ.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH FORMALLY APPROV GAY MARRIAGE CHURCH NSTUTN

"We don't need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, " he told the RNS.

Johnson grew up as a "gay atheist" and was only nverted to Christiany when he was llege. Though his fah did not change his sexualy, has nvicted him to live as a celibate, nformg to the church's biblil doctre on blamed the "ex-gay movement" and nversn therapy, which he claimed, are makg the evangelils believe that homosexualy is curable.

He addrs this issue through his upg book, "Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church's Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy". The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church. Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who had performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son. Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage.

Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey. A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy. ) approved refg marriage the church nstutn Tuday to clu a "mment between two people, " beg the largt Prottant group to formally regnize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddgs every new fn was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval om a majory of the nomatn's 171 regnal districts, or prbyteri.

Rob Whe, a lear of More Light Prbyterians, which advot for gay acceptance wh the far, 41 prbyteri have rejected the refn, which clus a provisn that no clergy would be pelled to pri at a gay marriage or host such a ceremony on church property. The vote one prbytery was tied, acrdg to a tally by the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, a pro-gay group that works to keep Prbyterians uned spe theologil year, the church had allowed misters to pri at gay weddgs if lol church lears approved stat where the unns were legally regnized.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAG

Between 2011, when the Prbyterian church thorized gay ordatn, and 2013, the latt year for which figur are available, 428 of the nomatn's church left for more nservative nomatns or dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed as they ci how to move Fowler LaBerge, print of the nservative Prbyterian Lay Commtee, said the new fn was "an exprs repudiatn of the Bible" and approved "what God do not bls. He said the Fellowship's opposn to the amendment is " no way tend to be anti-gay, " but aims "wh huy" to uphold the tradnal Bible view of marriage. Although several Prottant nomatns have taken signifint steps toward regnizg same-sex relatnships, only one other major Christian group has endorsed gay marriage as Christian 2005, the 1.

"The Epispal Church, which blazed a trail 2003 by electg the first openly gay Anglin bishop, Gene Robson, do not have a formal posn on gay marriage, but allows bishops to ci whether their prits n officiate at the ceremoni. Epispalians will take up gay marriage at a natnal meetg Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, which elimated barriers to gay ordatn 2009, tak a siar approach, allowg some discretn by clergy and ngregatns to officiate at same-sex ceremoni whout formally regnizg same-sex marriage as a Uned Methodist Church, the send-largt Prottant nomatn the U.

GAY DATG ATHENS

S., bars "self-avowed practicg homosexuals" om ordatn and prohibs gay weddgs. Many Methodist clergy have been performg gay marriag as a prott of church Rev.

(RNS) — Pastors and church lears the Prbyterian Church Ameri passed an overture at s General Assembly this week sayg those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn the nservative Prbyterian nomatn. RELATED: Julie Rodgers shar story of survivg ‘ex-gay’ mistri new book and Netflix documentary. The overture clus any inty Christians may profs “that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, ” though sgl out “gay Christian, ” “same sex attracted Christian” and “homosexual Christian” among those inti.