Can someone be gay and Christian? Is possible to be a gay Christian? Can you be a Christian and stggle wh homosexualy?
Contents:
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- CAN YOU BE GAY-VANGELIL?
- GAY AND CHRISTIAN? YES!
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?
- CAN SOMEONE BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN? IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
- GAY AND CHRISTIAN? Y!
- IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians. * gay and christian yes *
Here, the ‘sners’ fd themselv erced to unrgog subtle strategi of prayg the gay (and trans) away such as unsellg, repentance, imposed celibacy and nversn therapi that sometim volve elaborate ruals of exorcisg gay (and trans) mons the name of the Lord.
CAN YOU BE GAY-VANGELIL?
* gay and christian yes *
I’ve been rearchg and wrg on the liv of gay, bisexual, and transgenr men and women for many years, and I pay special attentn to the ways which their relig beliefs impact their genrs and sexuali, and vice versa.
GAY AND CHRISTIAN? YES!
Among the experienc of Christian gay and transgenr men which I feature here are those of ‘Buck’, a 56-year-old gay man who works the entertament dtry. ‘Rabowboy’ is a 22-year-old gay man who works an NGO. “who ed to be Christian, the moment they disver they’re gay, like me they have that ternal nflict, then they actually stop gog to church pletely.
CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?
Moreover, they no longer look to homophobic and transphobic church for approval or guidance for their own self-validatn.
44-year-old gay man ‘Hosea’ who works ‘ language’ is faiar wh such knowledge. “I have read about the gay theology, queer theology, went through all the clobber texts, and then found that, you know, all the texts have, they’re not relevant to prent-day homosexual relatnships.
CAN SOMEONE BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN? IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
There’s also some passag the bible that n be ed to support gay relatnships. And then there’s this wi variety of gay theologians who wre about same-sex relatnship, and how n f to the scheme of God’s plan for this earth and so on.
As ‘Aash’, a 41-year-old gay man the entertament dtry pots out, such practic n be diverse, meangful and creative exprsns of fah:. As Pastor Joe Pang, an openly gay man, -pastor wh Pastor Travis Chung of Good Samaran Kuala Lumpur Church and -pastor wh Pastor Jason Ho of Blsed Mistry Communy Church Hong Kong says:.
Last time they thk that God not accept them, but after that they e to our church and slowly they know that J lov gay, God love LGBT people and all that but a lot of people stop there.
GAY AND CHRISTIAN? Y!
Pastor Joe Pang is aware that jt as homophobic and transphobic church have played a part stroyg the self-teem of LGBTQ people, LGBTQ-affirmg church n renstct and enhance by preachg a msage of unndnal acceptance. Gay Is OK! God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships.
Goh is the thor of numero publitns, cludg Beg a Malaysian Trans Man: Genr, Society, Body and Fah (2020) and Livg Out Sexualy and Fah: Body Admissns of Malaysian Gay and Bisexual Men (2018). The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892.
IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century. While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.
Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well.