Policy Chang Announced for Members Gay Marriag, Children of LGBT Parents - Church News and Events

Contents:

• MORMON CHURCH ISSU L AIMED AT GAY MEMBERS, THEIR KIDS
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

MORMON CHURCH ISSU L AIMED AT GAY MEMBERS, THEIR KIDS

A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn by Beckett CookThe powerful, dramatic story of how a succsful Hollywood set signer whose inty was eply rooted his homosexualy me to be sudnly and utterly transformed by the power of the Bible and Homosexual Practice: Text and Hermentics by Robert A. He challeng rears to nsir how to uphold God’s mand to love Him and our Out of Homosexualy: New Freedom for Men and Women by Bob Davi and Lori RentzelFd answers for what means to be a man or a woman, how your past relat to your prent, how you n form healthy relatnships, and how your healg may prepare you for heterosexual Into Manhood: Rumg the Journey by Alan P.

By Sam AllberryThis easy-to-unrstand book offers scriptural tths about marriage, sexualy, and same-sex Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual, and the Church by Peter HubbardHubbard enurag the Church to humbly engage those who experience same-sex attractn, drawg them to God’s Kdns by Barry Corey“Disver the Power of a Fotten Christian Virtue”Lovg My (LGBT) Neighbor by Glenn Stanton“Beg Friends Grace and Tth”Msy Grace by Caleb Kaltenbach“How a Pastor Wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn”Out of a Far Country by Christopher YuanA Gay Son’s Journey to God. “Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Gog and How to Turn the Ti”Pursug Sexual Wholens by Andrew Comiskey“How J Heals the Homosexual”Rtorg Sexual Inty: Hope for Women Who Stggle Wh Same-Sex Attractn by Anne PlkPlk left a lbian liftyle after g to Christ. Someone I Love Is Gay by Bob Davi and Ana Worthen (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)Learn to unrstand your emotns and how to rpond to a gay-intified spoe, child, relative, or iend wh the tth about homosexualy—whout beg judgmental.

Schmidt“Compassn & Clary the Homosexualy Debate”The Tth Com Out: The Story of My Heart’s Transformatn by Nancy Heche (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)After losg her hband to AIDS and her son a r crash, Heche’s youngt dghter, Anne, beme volved a high-profile lbian relatnship. Dir Conflict: Hope for Men Who Stggle Wh Sexual IntyDallas offers reassurance and practil advice to the Christian alg wh same-sex attractn—and he clus an orthodox terpretatn of Scripture that refut pro-gay Homosexualy Hs Home: What to do When a Loved One Says, “I’m Gay”Dallas explas how to blend passn and nvictn.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg Homosexualy by Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche For fai, pastors, unselors, and those who stggle wh same-sex attractn, Dallas and Heche offer sights on homosexual marriage and adoptn, how to rpond when a iend announc that he or she is gay-intified, and more. Today she regularly teracts wh llege stunts about God’s tth regardg genr inty, homosexualy, and other hot-button Should We Rpond to Homosexualy (Joe Dallas) Dallas, a former homosexual, lls on the Church to repent of hostily and rem to bold love. He enurag Christians not to be timidated by the gay rights movement but to promote tth and to build and provi a place of safety, keepg md the eternal souls of all Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn (Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach)Kaltenbach shar his story of growg up wh gay parents, and the hatred his fay experienced om Christians.

Transformed by Grace: Leavg Homosexualy to Follow Christ (Beckett Cook) Becket Cook shar his story as a former homosexual who worked the world of fashn and lived a promiscuo liftyle until he had a transformg enunter wh J Christ which led him to walk away om Kdns to Open Doors the Culture (Dr. Foc on the Fay’s Christian Counselor NetworkSearch for licensed Christian unselors your Alliance for Theraptic Choice and Scientific Integry“A multi-disciplary profsnal and scientific anizatn dited to prervg the right of dividuals to obta the servic of a therapist who honors their valu, advotg for tegry and objectivy social science rearch, and ensurg that petent licensed, profsnal assistance is available for persons who experience unwanted homosexual attractns. ”Courage Internatnal, apostolate of the Catholic Church misters to those wh same-sex attractn and their loved Stream MistriThis mistry offers Christ-centered help for those who stggle wh sexual and relatnship Global AllianceExod Global Alliance provis remendatns of mistri and other rourc outsi the Uned Instute for Maral HealgRichard Fzgibbons has spent over 30 years helpg people al wh marriage and fay issu, fivens, homosexualy, and genr dysphoria/genr inty Seiler“Seiler once had plans to have sex reassignment surgery, change her name to David, and live happily ever after.

Rtored Hope NetworkThis aln of mistri reach out to those who stggle wh sexual s, particularly Rogers CommunitnsRogers tells his story of leavg homosexualy and transgenrism, speaks about remptn for broken sexualy, and offers help for pure livg our hyper-sexualized culture. He offers the grace to accept their te inty – not as gay, lbian or bi-sexual – but as His sons and dghters, embracg their blogil realy as male or are also ncerned about homosexualy’s impact on fai, the church and our culture. Society and fai always do bt when dividuals follow God’s created tent for rourc this sectn will help you unrstand and articulate God’s sign for human sexualy and rpond to revisnist theologil arguments that have been created to jtify homosexual behavr.

POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS

While travelg the world dog rearch on ternatnal Adventism, I asked pastors and admistrators wherever I went how many homosexual members they had, and tried to fd opportuni to meet and terview gay members personally. When I asked another gay former pastor, who had fled to the US after he was disvered and fired, about the impact of growg up as gay and lbian Adventists Uganda, he replied, “It is the most difficult thg you uld ever thk of — they tell you that you are already nmned, gog to hell.

In the first of this century, a Jamain member of the Metro New York Adventist Fom, who had been livg the US on a stunt visa while pletg his tn, appealed to be granted permanent rince on the grounds that he, as a gay man, would be ser personal danger if obliged to return to Jamai. However, ntued to do next to nothg about the disease the Uned Stat bee started there as a gay disease — and ntu to reject both gay Adventists who put themselv at risk of ntractg AIDS and those who live mted relatnships as equally promiscuo bee the sex of both groups is not wh heterosexual marriage. Dpe the failure of the “change” program supported, and the sexual exploatn of young, agile unsele by s director, church lears helped rtore him to a place where he uld rume his activi, and they have ntued to sist that only homosexuals who stggle to change their orientatn or to be celibate will be accepted.

The prejudice of the lears led them to sue SDA Kship orr to distance themselv om LGBT Adventists, and prevented them om seeg the relevance of the AIDS epimic to Adventism, pecially plac that ially nsired a “gay disease. Kship is reachg out wh creasg effectivens to young Adventists who have qutns about their sexualy; no longer do need to send mailgs to Adventist mp, bee most young homosexuals fd easily on the web and most Amerin llege mp now have a Gay-Straight Alliance or an LGBT support group. ) - In Robert Fieler's book, "Trbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberatn, " Filer reviews the event that was for s the adlit crime agast the LGBTQ+ muny the Uned Stat; and he thoroughly explor the life, ath, and legacy of MCC's Rev.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

SALT LAKE CITY -- Mormon church officials have issued a le change that says members same-sex marriag n be kicked out and their children mt wa until they're 18 and disavow homosexual relatnships to be revisns triggered a wave of anger, nfn and sadns for a growg factn of LGBT-supportive Mormons who were buoyed recent years by church lears' lls for more passn and unrstandg for LGBT members. The chang e as other relig groups that oppose gay marriage stggle wh how to approach the issue of same-sex spo' new l stipulate that children of parents gay or lbian relatnships - be marriage or jt livg together - n no longer receive blsgs as fants or be baptized around age 8. They n, however, be baptized and serve missns once they turn 18, but only if they disavow the practice of same-sex relatnships; no longer live wh gay parents; and get approval om their lol lear and the hight lears at church headquarters Salt Lake church views the key ton as acts that bd a person to the fah and as promis to follow s chang align wh the way the church addrs children polygamo fai, said Matthew Bowman, associate profsor of history at Henrson State fact wasn't lost on Mormons terpretg the new l.

But, he believ they're tend to protect gay upl and their children by allowg the kids to mature and make the difficult cisn at 18 about whether to bee fully vted a relign that holds as a root tenant that their parents' liftyle is a s. The lears reerated the relign's mment to promotg fai led by married heterosexual upl but also urged people not to shun those wh opposg msage of "fairns of all" appeared to distance the fah om the blowback that me when was a major backer of California's gay marriage ban 2008. Mormons appear to be slowly growg more acceptg of homosexualy, albe at rat that still put them among the least acceptg among major religns, a new survey om the Pew Rearch Center a survey done last year, 36 percent of Mormons said homosexualy should be accepted by society.

Views about homosexualy18-2930-4950-6465+Sample sizeShould be accepted31%35%25%10%170Should be disuraged16%29%27%28%292Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyYounger MillennialOlr MillennialGeneratn XBaby BoomerSilentGreattSample sizeShould be accepted22%17%26%29%6%< 1%170Should be disuraged12%10%23%32%21%3%292Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyWheBlackAsianLatoOther/MixedSample sizeShould be accepted63%17%< 1%14%6%172Should be disuraged72%17%1%8%2%291Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.