Lead Artist of Hillsong UNITED Fds Jen Hatmaker's Affirmatn of Gay Marriage "Rehg"

Contents:

• HILLSONG'S BRIAN HOTON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I BELIEVE THE WRGS OF PL ARE CLEAR ON THIS SUBJECT'
• GAY, EX-HILLSONG LEAR SPEAKS ABOUT EXPERIENCE WH UNCLEAR POLICY
• HILLSONG NYC'S GAY UPLE SAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 'OPEN AND FORTHRIGHT' ABOUT RELATNSHIP
• LEAD ARTIST OF HILLSONG UNITED FDS JEN HATMAKER’S AFFIRMATN OF GAY MARRIAGE “REHG”
• HILLSONG CHURCH PASTOR SAYS CHRISTIANS MT VOTE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZATN ATRALIA

HILLSONG'S BRIAN HOTON ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'I BELIEVE THE WRGS OF PL ARE CLEAR ON THIS SUBJECT'

| (Photo: Hillsong Church)Hillsong Church pastor Brian Hoton has issued a statement specifyg his posn on marriage and homosexualy after a news outlet reported that he "won't take (a) public posn on LGBT issu.

"The news report me after Hoton brought up the topics of homosexualy and same-sex marriage at a prs nference held on Thursday wh New York Cy media, on the ocsn of Hillsong Conference beg held at Madison Square Garn. "Nowhere my answer did I dimish biblil tth or suggt that I or Hillsong Church supported gay marriage, " he adds.

My personal view on the subject of homosexualy would le up wh most tradnally held Christian views. | (Photo: The Christian Post/Stt Liu)The qutn that rulted Hoton's remarks on homosexualy centered on how his church tri to rema relevant.

GAY, EX-HILLSONG LEAR SPEAKS ABOUT EXPERIENCE WH UNCLEAR POLICY

In his rponse, the Hillsong pastor offered homosexual marriage as an issue that is a challenge for some church. Now wh homosexual marriage legalized, and church for generatns, they hold a set of beliefs around what they believe the Word of God, the Bible says.

HILLSONG NYC'S GAY UPLE SAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 'OPEN AND FORTHRIGHT' ABOUT RELATNSHIP

Hoton, prompted by The New York Tim' qutn for clarifitn, went on to emphasize that, for him, qutns about his posn on homosexualy were "too important for to rce" down to a "y or no answer a media outlet. " His remarks were siar to those prevly ma by Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz, who has cled to take a public "yea or nay" posn on New York Tim published a report on Hoton's remark unr the headle "Megachurch Pastor Signals Shift Tone on Gay Marriage, " and not that the Hillsong Church pastor's "spokman said on Friday that the pastor personally agreed wh tradnal Christian teachg on sexualy.

Read more about the prs nference here: Hillsong Pastor Brian Hoton Hammered Wh Qutns About Sex Abe, Homosexualy, Fanc at Start of NYC Conference. "All Atralians should be a part of this procs, not jt a select few, " he than $122 ln worth of paper ballots will be sent to Atralians askg them whether gay marriage should be after the untry's lg party refed to vote on a gay marriage bill.

Canfield and his boyiend, Reed Kelly, ma natnal news 2015 when he was forced to step down as choir director for Hillsong NYC’s worship team, after appearg on a natnal televisn show, Survivor, which he stated that he was a gay Christian who attend Hillsong. At the time I was not tellg anyone at church that I was gay.

LEAD ARTIST OF HILLSONG UNITED FDS JEN HATMAKER’S AFFIRMATN OF GAY MARRIAGE “REHG”

Around 2011, I told one of the head mic pastors I was gay wh tears my ey, and I thought they wouldn’t let me sg aga. I was a staway on CBS’ Survivor, and on the show, I was vol about beg gay, Christian, and servg as a choir director at Hillsong NYC. ) After the show began airg, some article me out sayg that Hillsong had a gay choir lear at their church to which Brian Hoton wrote a rponse sayg that was not te unls that man didn’t tell the learship he was gay.

Unfortunately, he fot to check wh the learship of the NYC branch who knew I was gay and a mted relatnship.

JC: After I stepped down and was servg as an offstage vol ach, the lead pastor of Hillsong NYC told me that he believed homosexualy was a s.

HILLSONG CHURCH PASTOR SAYS CHRISTIANS MT VOTE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZATN ATRALIA

There are many LGBTQ people who serve as “hosts” and the choir, but apparently, you n’t lead worship, lead choir, or be a Front Le Volist if you are openly gay.

Everyone the church learship knew that I was gay and datg, and wasn’t an issue until Brian Hoton ma his statement that I wasn’t a choir lear at church and that they don’t approve of homosexualy. In fact, the only time I heard the word “gay” om the ma stage was when was grouped together wh other mori, like the black muny or lack of clary on what the church believed hurt my relatnship wh the church bee I began not tstg people. I knew God loved me and created me as a gay man.