Is biblilly allowable for a pastor to be gay? Do beg gay disqualify a man om servg as a pastor?
Contents:
- DC GAY BLACK CHURCH CELEBRAT 4TH ANNIVERSARY WH GAY PASTOR
- A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
- 3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP
- IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
- FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
- NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE ORDAS OPENLY GAY PASTOR
- A GEIA CHURCH, KICKED OUT OF THE SBC FOR ALLOWG GAY MEMBERS, WANTS TO MAKE SURE 'EVERYBODY’S WELE'
- HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
DC GAY BLACK CHURCH CELEBRAT 4TH ANNIVERSARY WH GAY PASTOR
Unfundamentalist Christians founr John Shore recently shared a letter om a gay Christian who is stgglg wh his sexualy and fah. Among the many enuragg ments on that post was one om a gay pastor who betifully explaed his unrstandg of the Bible, Christiany, and sexualy. * gay pastors anniversary *
Addnally, homosexualy seems to make the chief of sners ready to stand on their soapbox to exprs their disapproval. We nsir ourselv to be a light lled by God to she amidst the spirual ignorance of our age that perpetuat racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia as well as all isms and phobias that promote hatred, vlence, poverty, relig fanaticism and ignorance cloaked relig dogma. Unfundamentalist Christians founr John Shore recently shared a letter om a gay Christian who is stgglg wh his sexualy and fah.
A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
Two openly gay pastors om the Wtern Jurisdictn and a third om the North Central Jurisdictn have been nomated for electn as Uned Methodist bishops. * gay pastors anniversary *
Among the many enuragg ments on that post was one om a gay pastor who betifully explaed his unrstandg of the Bible, Christiany, and pastor gracly agreed to let me share his ment as blog post here. Pl was not sayg that idolatry turns people gay; rather, he was sayg that idolatry led to participatn shameful acts of lt. As I said before, Romans 1 is not about gay Christian boys or girls, but about idolaters wh darkened unrstandg.
Another passage often quoted agast is 1 Corthians 6:9, wrongly translated as “homosexuals.
But Genis 19 no more nmns all homosexualy than Judg 19 nmns all heterosexualy. If I ever meet a fe gay man who is Spirual and lovg and mutually attractive, and if I felt the Lord leadg me to him and him to me, I would feel ee to be his mate. Three openly gay pastors are ndidat for epispal electns when the five U.
3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP
* gay pastors anniversary *
God hears the cri of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people who are beg harmed, opprsed and margalized by The Uned Methodist Church.
IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
The pastor of an Atlanta megachurch wh thoands of followers, who was twice married and is a father of four, is speakg out about his recent cisn to publicly clare he is gay. * gay pastors anniversary *
The church do not allow gays or lbians to be ordaed clergy; however, many clergy have been g out before and after the General Conference.
FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
David Gura speaks wh Rev. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors. * gay pastors anniversary *
Thomas Lambrecht, executive wh Good News, an evangelil Uned Methodist anizatn that upholds the church’s current stance on homosexualy issu. William Lawrence — former print of the Judicial Council, the church’s top urt — said that if an openly gay person were elected bishop, anyone the nomatn uld file a plat. Day said he didn’t believe the nomatn had ever had an openly gay bishop.
GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
For nearly 20 years, Greg Johnson has served as a pastor to the ngregatn of Memorial Prbyterian Church St. Louis, which is part of the Prbyterian Church Ameri. Last year, the PCA attempted to ban clergy for intifyg as gay. * gay pastors anniversary *
“To elect a self-avowed practicg homosexual as bishop would ph many tradnalists over the edge of what they uld tolerate, jeopardizg the uny and the fundg of the nomatn, ” Lambrecht said.
NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE ORDAS OPENLY GAY PASTOR
We are set apart bee we intify as lbian or gay but we are not totally fed by our sexual orientatn, ” Wulf said.
Some people nsir themselv gay bee they are attracted to members of their own genr, even if they do not act on those attractns. So may be biblilly allowable for a pastor to nsir himself gay—that is, he stggl wh homosexual attractn—if he is mted to sexual pury, never acts on those sir, and never enurag anyone else to do so (see Romans 1:32). For the purpos of this article, we will fe gay as “practicg a homosexual liftyle.
This qutn of whether the Bible warrants a gay pastor was unheard of until the last uple of s. There was never any qutn wh the church about whether a practicg homosexual uld or should pastor a church.
A GEIA CHURCH, KICKED OUT OF THE SBC FOR ALLOWG GAY MEMBERS, WANTS TO MAKE SURE 'EVERYBODY’S WELE'
The sfulns of homosexualy has never been up for bate until our sexually exploive culture cid should be.
God’s Word is as clear on the s of homosexual behavr as has always been (Levic 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corthians 6:9). Homosexualy is clud often lists of wickedns and never validated any way Scripture.
HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
It is agast the Bible’s clear teachg for a pastor to be gay.