(RNS) Jennifer Knapp is as shocked as anyone wh her newfound role - as a gay Christian artist urgg fellow Christians to affirm homosexuals. And she fds herself sgg and makg her se a most unlikely venue -- church. By Greg Warner.
Contents:
- FORMER CHRISTIAN SGER JENNIFER KNAPP WHO CAME OUT AS GAY SAYS HOMOSEXUALY CONVERSATN IS 'IMPORTANT' TO THE CHURCH
- JENNIFER KNAPP DETAILS HER JOURNEY AS A GAY CHRISTIAN SGER IN 'FACG THE MIC'
- JENNIFER KNAPP, AN UNLIKELY GAY CHRISTIAN IN
- JENNIFER KNAPP MAK A SE FOR BEG GAY AND CHRISTIAN UPG BOOK
FORMER CHRISTIAN SGER JENNIFER KNAPP WHO CAME OUT AS GAY SAYS HOMOSEXUALY CONVERSATN IS 'IMPORTANT' TO THE CHURCH
Sger-Songwrer On Her 'Complited' Journey As A Gay Christian * is jennifer knapp gay *
Former Christian sger Jennifer Knapp, who me out as a lbian a few years back, discsed the importance of the nversatn about homosexualy the church durg a recent asked by host Matt Carter on the Bad Christian Podst last Sunday about the nversatn's relevance to the church, Knapp rpond by sayg that is que important for believers to talk about the issue. She left the scene 2002 due to strs and 2010, she me out as gay.
She discsed her experience and views on homosexualy beg a s durg the podst. "I don't thk homosexual orientatn, whether you're lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, I don't thk sexual inty any way is a s. I unrstand where the teachg [that says] homosexualy's a s om.
JENNIFER KNAPP DETAILS HER JOURNEY AS A GAY CHRISTIAN SGER IN 'FACG THE MIC'
Jennifer Knapp, the Christian mic artist who announced this month that she is gay, recently qutned the thenticy of Bible translatns on the issue of homosexualy. * is jennifer knapp gay *
"We have really wrtled wh this topic and I thk all of still at a different gree lean a ltle more towards thkg I thk maybe 's a s, but for the big thg is jt don't matter as much as the church mak an issue, " said and Christian Post op-ed ntributor Michael Brown recently discsed former Christian artists g out as gay while attemptg to rencile their fah wh their liftyle. Award-wng Christian mic artist Jennifer Knapp has returned om a seven-year hiat wh a om tourg wh provotive sger-songwrer Derek Webb and preparg for the release of a new album, Knapp is nfirmg what some had for years spected – she's gay. In terviews wh The Advote, Rters, and Christiany Today – all published Tuday – Knapp spoke openly about her sexualy while makg clear that she is not a pro-gay activist or even a self-scribed lbian spe beg an eight-year relatnship wh a woman.
"Though not the first Christian mic artist to "e out" as gay, Knapp is arguably the most 's imprsive history clus over one ln albums sold wh her three releas to date – Kansas (1998), Lay It Down (2000), and The Way I Am (2001). (BP)–Dove Award-wng artist Jennifer Knapp has revealed a seri of terviews that she is a lbian and a relatnship — a revelatn that may shock many the Christian muny but that should serve as a lson for the evangelil church, a Southern Baptist Conventn lear Sth, the Southern Baptist natnal strategist for genr issu and reprentative of the nomatn’s Task Force on Mistry to Homosexuals, said Knapp’s story is “far too mon” evangelil circl. She still nsirs herself a Christian — she says the Bible has “saved my life” — but remas unnvced at the often-ced Bible vers nmng homosexualy.
JENNIFER KNAPP, AN UNLIKELY GAY CHRISTIAN IN
“I’m not pable of gettg to the theologil argument as to whether or not we should or shouldn’t allow homosexuals wh our church, ” she told Christiany Today. She also has given terviews to Rters and the Advote, a homosexual magaze and is livg Nashville but is not attendg church, she said. ”Sth said the way to w a homosexual to Christ is not through arguments but through love and passn.
Vis the Task Force on Mistry to Homosexuals’ webse at Read the full Jennifer Knapp terview at. Four years later, Knapp is back wh an all-new memoir, Facg the Mic: My Story, which she explor her "plited, plex" journey as a vout Christian who intifi as gay.
JENNIFER KNAPP MAK A SE FOR BEG GAY AND CHRISTIAN UPG BOOK
As Knapp reveals this exclive trailer for HuffPost Gay Voic, the dilemma she ntually faced was: "What do I do about beg a person of fah when I'm an environment that tells me I'm nsistently nflict wh ?
The ia that I uld be gay never took hold. Jennifer Knapp, the Christian mic artist who announced this month that she is gay, recently qutned the thenticy of Bible translatns on the issue of her appearance on CNN's Larry Kg Live on Friday, Knapp poted out that believers rely on a text that is not the origal language.