Sce s foundg 1974, Prbyterians for Lbian & Gay Concerns (PLGC) has led the movement toward full participatn and membership for lbian and gay people the Prbyterian Church (U.S.A.). This is a story of that movement, told by a participant. It trac the velopment of current …
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- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
- FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
- PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY
- PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) CHANG S NSTUTN TO CLU GAY MARRIAGE
- THE LBIAN AND GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.), 1974-1996
- PRBYTERIANS APPROVE ORDATN OF GAY PEOPLE
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
Wh an timated 3.1 ln members, the Prbyterian Church (USA) is very supportive of gay, lbian and bisexual people. * presbyterian church gay rights *
Intify and evaluate var theologil and biblil perspectiv on homosexualy, givg attentn to specific biblil texts and them. Survey general studi and rearch, and asss theori and assumptns about homosexualy light of biblil and theologil perspectiv and current unrstandgs about homosexualy the social and behavral scienc, homophile groups, and society at large.
Suggt guil for fahful Christian rponse to the nflicts between valu, rights, and human muni manift relatn to homosexualy, both the life of the church, cludg ordatn, and wh rpect to broad social polici.
Ordag bodi (ssns and prbyteri) are permted but not required to orda lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr persons.
FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
(RNS) — Stt Barber, chair of the Overtur Commtee, told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. Still, that’s not the way many opponents of the overture received s approval. * presbyterian church gay rights *
(RNS) — Pastors and church lears the Prbyterian Church Ameri passed an overture at s General Assembly this week sayg those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn the nservative Prbyterian nomatn. RELATED: Julie Rodgers shar story of survivg ‘ex-gay’ mistri new book and Netflix documentary. The overture clus any inty Christians may profs “that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, ” though sgl out “gay Christian, ” “same sex attracted Christian” and “homosexual Christian” among those inti.
The nomatn already bars any “practicg homosexual” om ordatn. Those who profs an inty (such as, but not limed to, ‘gay Christian, ’ ‘same sex attracted Christian, ’ ‘homosexual Christian, ’ or like terms) that unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ, eher by nyg the sfulns of fallen sir (such as, but not limed to, same sex attractn), or by nyg the realy and hope of progrsive sanctifitn, or by failg to pursue Spir-empowered victory over their sful temptatns, clatns, and actns are not qualified for ordaed office. Barber told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate.
PRBYTERIAN MISTER FAC SANCTNS OVER GAY UPLE SUPPORT
The Prbyterian Church ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry. * presbyterian church gay rights *
“We don’t need to amend our nstutn to make a non-affirmg nomatn (hostile) to gay people who want to follow J celibacy, ” the Rev. Johnson, who voted agast the overture, has prevly shared his story as a “gay atheist kid who experienced a nversn to J llege and has joyfully walked wh him celibacy ever sce.
The pastor pots a fger at the ex-gay movement and nversn therapy, which, while wily discreded the mental health field, he said ntu to shape many evangelils’ beliefs about and expectatns of LGBTQ people. His book, “Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn om the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexualy, ” releas September. “While the ex-gay movement is ad, s daver walks about unad among .
“The reigng cultural narrative is that ‘Christians hate gay people. ” Meanwhile, on Twter, the Relign News Service announced that wh the PC(USA) change “male Prottants have solidified their support for gay marriage. “I remember Chris wrote , ” she says, sharg the story of how her son me out to her as gay.
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY
The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis. He will bee the first * presbyterian church gay rights *
” McCallum remembers visg her son’s apartment where he was leadg a Bible study for gay men. She had never nmned homosexualy as agast God’s will, but tth be told, she had been uneasy wh .
PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) CHANG S NSTUTN TO CLU GAY MARRIAGE
Lears of the Prbyterian Church Ameri began a year-long procs aimed at prohibg gay men om beg ordaed misters. * presbyterian church gay rights *
When an associate pastor said to me, ‘I have a gay brother, and he don’t have any more time for you to study the matter, ’ I ma a cisn. I am glad that a pastor is not forced to officiate at any marriage, heterosexual or homosexual, if they don’t feel is wise.
Jt as the church changed her stance on slavery and women’s role the church, some of have e to unrstand the biblil prohibns of homosexual behavr to refer stead to vlent sexual acts agast anyone, wh specific reference to sexual acts between men and children. Correctn append, March 18 The Prbyterian Church (USA) ma a historic cisn Tuday night to formally regnize gay marriage and allow same-sex upl to marry s ngregatns. “Fally, the church s nstutnal documents fully regniz that the love of gays and lbian upl is worth celebratg the fah muny, ” Rev.
THE LBIAN AND GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.), 1974-1996
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Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Prbyterians, which advot for the cln of gay people the church, told the Tim. The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis. He will bee the first openly gay mister ordaed by the Prbyterian Church (USA) sce the nomatn amend s nstutn this year to elimate official barriers to the ordatn of people based on their sexual orientatn.
“So much of my work wh the Shower of Stol Project volv holdg my hands every day symbols of loss — loss of mistry, loss of votn, loss of llg, ” says David Lohman, fah work ordator at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force.
But before leavg the church, she wanted to do somethg symbolic to show that she was only one of untls lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people servg the church silence bee the st of livg thentic, open liv was too high. Gay Activist. 1968 November A Brooklyn Heights Prbyterian church holds a “two-hour worship service and symposium on the subject of homosexualy, ” which clus a performance of part of the gay themed off-Broadway play “The Boys the Band.
PRBYTERIANS APPROVE ORDATN OF GAY PEOPLE
1970 Undated The General Assembly of the Uned Prbyterian Church releas a statement entled “Sexualy and the Human Communy” which ntas a brief sectn on homosexualy. While the stat of homosexualy as a “s” is mataed, the Assembly also approv a remendatn that lls for the “elimatn of laws erng the private sexual behavr of nsentg adults. David Bailey Sdt begs the Prbyterian Gay Cc, which later be Prbyterians for Lbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC), by holdg a sign at the General Assembly that asks “Is anyone else out there gay?
1975 May The Prbyterian Gay Cc is nied “unofficial anizatn” stat by the General Assembly who “appreciat the reprentativ as Christian persons, ” but “do not ndone their sexual orientatn and life-style. 1976 Undated Bill Silver bee the first openly gay ndidate for mistry the Prbyterian Church, which opens a lengthy bate wh the church over the ordatn of homosexuals.
1977 May The rults of a qutnnaire sent by the 1976 task force to UPCUSA members and pastors dit that the overwhelmg majory would not accept a homosexual pastor and believe that “homosexual activi are not ‘normal and nsistent wh God’s orr. June The UPCUSA General Assembly rejects a proposals to prevent the future ordatn of gay misters, to end the task force tablished to study homosexualy, and to refer to homosexualy as a “not ‘ndoned as a life-style, ’” and also stat “the need of the Church to stand for the jt treatment of homosexual persons… regard to their civil liberti, equal rights, and protectn unr the law om social and enomic discrimatn.