Jt Lee grew up a Southern Baptist fay. At age 18, he me out to his fay and church, who had trouble acceptg him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to enurage a dialogue between gay Christians, their fai and their church. His new book is Torn.
Contents:
- 'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
- GAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST: BAYLOR NEED NOT ABANDON THEOLOGY TO EMBRACE LGBTQ STUNTS
- EP 40: JT LEE—GAY, GEEK & CHRISTIAN
- TORN: RCUG THE GOSPEL OM THE GAYS-VS -CHRISTIANS DEBATE
- 'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
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[Read more…]Why I talk so much about beg a gay Christian. 'Torn': Livg As An Openly Gay Christian.
Rcug The Gospel From The Gays-Vs. TleTornSubtleRcug The Gospel From The Gays-Vs. "I didn't know I was gay at first, bee I was the kid who was preachg agast folks acceptg themselv as gay, " he tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Thgs Consired.
GAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST: BAYLOR NEED NOT ABANDON THEOLOGY TO EMBRACE LGBTQ STUNTS
After partg ways wh the Gay Christian Network, founr Jt Lee says many LGBT people still feel credibly alone Christian spac. * justin lee gay christian *
Lee formed the Gay Christian Network 2001 to try and help other gay Christian kids and their fai talk to one another, as well as wh their rpective church. His new book is lled Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays Vs. Interview Highlights On g out "I absolutely believed was a sful choice to be gay.
' When I turned to the Christians I most rpected my life — my parents and my iends and my pastors — I found that they didn't have a lot of answers for me, other than jt don't be gay. On beg 'too gay' or 'too Christian' "I talk to people still every day who are jt livg that nstant feelg of beg alone, and 's very prsg when you feel like nobody unrstands you. You feel like you've been ught up the midst of this culture war between the gay folks on one si and the Christians on the other si.
EP 40: JT LEE—GAY, GEEK & CHRISTIAN
Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs -Christians Debate (9781455514304) by Jt Lee * justin lee gay christian *
And here you are, a gay Christian, and there's no place for you. Jt Lee is the founr and executive director of the Gay Christian Network. (For more on this, see Jt’s book Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs.
Gay Christian activist Jt Lee harbored no illns that his vatn to Baylor Universy would rult a sudn, official affirmatn of LGBTQ stunts on the Wa, Texas mp. Baylor’s gay, lbian and transgenr stunt muny knows this all too well. But don’t require an abandonment of tradnal theology to treat gays and lbians wh Christian love, said Lee, who grew up an evangelizg Southern Baptist North Carola.
TORN: RCUG THE GOSPEL OM THE GAYS-VS -CHRISTIANS DEBATE
Jt Lee grew up a Southern Baptist fay. At age 18, he me out to his fay and church, who had trouble acceptg him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to enurage a dialogue between gay Christians, their fai and their church. His new book is Torn. * justin lee gay christian *
That example has been the dream of LGBT stunts their efforts to ga official regnn of Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or GAY, Greek letters. Last sprg they gathered more than 3, 000 signatur a petn drive for regnn of GAY. ‘Christians n’t be gay’.
Christians n’t be gay, ” was his attu, he said.
'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
Lee shared about va search for mistri and therapi that uld make him straight and his eventual acceptance of homosexualy as God-given. He shared those experienc and the perspective he gaed om them books like Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs. “This is a huge step the right directn, ” said Hayn Evans, a graduate stunt and spokman for GAY.
The night before his public addrs, Lee met wh members of the stunt group to hear their ncerns directly, said Anna Conner, a senr at Baylor and vice print of GAY. Jt Davis, a gay activist and 2009 Baylor graduate, told BNG that Lee’s talk is good step, but only if LGBTQ stunts beg to achieve standg and support om the universy. Now, the Gay Christian Network is a rnerstone anizatn the LGBT Christian muny.
In a nversatn for Sojourners, wrer and founr of FahfullyLGBT Eliel Cz talked wh Jt Lee about what’s ahead for Lee, the Gay Christian Network, and LGBTQ Christians Ameri. I want to keep speakg out wh my own voice, om my experience, as this evangelil kid who realized he was gay and stggled for so many years to figure out what that meant.