Prbyterian Church Vot To Allow Openly Gay And Lbian Clergy | HuffPost Relign

Contents:

• PCUSA VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY
• FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN
• PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• BAN AGAST OPENLY GAY CLERGY OFFICIALLY LIFTED PCUSA
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY
• PRBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL START ORDAG GAY CLERGY

PCUSA VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY CLERGY

To allow the ordatn of gay and lbian follows a majory vote by the 173 prbyteri (district erng bodi) on Tuday to change the body’s nstutn orr to allow openly gay people same-sex relatnships to be ordaed as misters, elrs and move do away wh the nstutnal requirement for clergy to live “ fily wh the venant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chasty sglens. ”It also ends 33 years of wranglg between supporters and opponents of the move and revers the oute of a key vote two years ago, when the majory of prbyteri blocked the year, the PC(USA)'s hight legislative body voted to remove the ban agast noncelibate homosexual clergy.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS VOTE TO BAR GAY MEN OM BEG ORDAED AS CLERGY

General public opn on gay rights is trendg pretty dramatilly the liberal directn, ” he Uned Church of Christ, the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri and The Epispal Church already allow the ordatn of openly gay ordatn of the openly gay Gene Robson 2003 ed an irreversible fissure The Epispal Church, which led to the breakaway of orthodox members and the formatn of a new body, the Anglin Church North Ameri. Though the global Anglin Communn, of which TEC is part of, bans openly gay clergy, TEC adopted a rolutn 2009 openg the ordatn procs to all baptized members, which would clu practicg have also been occurrg the ELCA, which opened the door to partnered gay and lbian clergy 2009, and the PC(USA).

Though the Prbyterian church body had not approved gay ordatn until this year, many orthodox ngregatns were disntent wh the liberal directn was already movg .

The much smaller and more nservative Prbyterian Church Ameri prohibs the ordatn of women and openly gay Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post. Pastors and church lears the Prbyterian Church Ameri have approved a le termg that those who intify as gay are not qualified for ordatn as members of the clergy. The le change, known as “Overture 23, ” says that anyone wh an inty “such as ‘gay Christian, ’ ‘same-sex attracted Christian, ’ ‘homosexual Christian, ’ or like terms” is “not qualified for ordaed office, ” bee beg gay “unrm or ntradicts their inty as new creatns Christ.

FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW

Unr the language the overture, people who intify as gay and make that inty central to their liv are barred om beg clergy, a step beyond the nomatn’s existg prohibn on ordag what the PCA refers to as “practicg homosexuals. Stt Barber, the chair of the Overtur Commtee, which lled the vote, told church elrs that the tent of the le change was not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. “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.

See also: Uned Methodist Church legat reject plan allowg gay marriage and LGBTQ clergy. Johnson, who intifi as gay and is celibate, said he don’t believe the overture will remove him om mistry. But he worri that may chase away gay-intifyg youth, who, like he was, still wish to rema the church.

“The reigng cultural narrative is that ‘Christians hate gay people. Chris Norris, of the Calvary Prbytery, exprsed siar views durg bate, notg: “Sanctifitn begs wh one’s inty as a new creatn Christ… Takg a gay inty fli the face of the new creatn.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI LEARS SAY THOSE WHO INTIFY AS GAY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ORDATN

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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.

PRBYTERIAN GROUP BREAKS AWAY OVER GAY CLERGY

(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.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH LEARS DECLARE GAY MARRIAGE IS CHRISTIAN

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.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

Barber told the elrs votg on the overture that s tent is not to exclu Christians who are gay but rema celibate. “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 .

BAN AGAST OPENLY GAY CLERGY OFFICIALLY LIFTED PCUSA

ORLANDO, Florida (Rters) - Prbyterians opposed to gay clergy spl om the church on Thursday, announcg Orlando a new nomatn lled the Evangelil Covenant Orr of than 2, 000 Prbyterians om 500 church wnsed the lnch of the new group, which was formed reactn to a cisn July by the 2. 3 ln member Prbyterian Church (USA) to perm gay clergy, said John Crosby, print of the orr. 3 billn member Roman Catholic Church, scribg gay marriage as one of several threats to tradnal marriage that unrme “the future of humany self.

”Crosby said he wants to prevent ECO om beg brand as a one-issue movement, though some Prbyterians see the opposn to gay clergy as the drivg reason behd the breakaway.

“It sadns me that they are cidg to leave , ” Parsons liftg s ban on gay clergy, the Prbyterian Church joed the Epispal Church, the Uned Church of Christ, and the Evangelil Lutheran Church will allow church to m exclively to the new nomatn, as well as affiliate wh ECO whout droppg s membership the Prbyterian new group has no members yet, pendg a procs for dividuals and church to jo.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A. TO ALLOW GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY

But a separate policy change that tak effect at the end of this week's meetg, legat voted to allow misters to pri at gay weddgs stat where the unns are legal and lol ngregatnal lears approve. Neteen stat and the District of Columbia regnize same-sex up for breakg news alerts om NBC NewsThe vot, durg a natnal meetg Detro, were a sweepg victory for Prbyterian gay-rights advot.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH VOT TO ALLOW OPENLY GAY AND LBIAN CLERGY

The nomatn 2011 elimated barriers to ordag clergy wh same-sex partners, but misters were still barred om celebratg gay marriag and risked church penalti for dog so. Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Prbyterians, a gay advocy group, said the cisns Thursday were "an answer to many prayers.

PRBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL START ORDAG GAY CLERGY

Kryst Granberg of the New York Prbytery, where the state regniz gay marriage, said she receiv requts "all the time" om iends and parishners to pri at their weddgs.

"We are layg hands on somethg that is holy, that God has given , so we need to be sure any chang we make are acrd wh God's will revealed Scripture, " Norton the 2011 gay ordatn vote, 428 of the nomatn's more than 10, 000 church have left for other more nservative nomatns or have dissolved, though some theologil nservativ have remaed wh the nomatn as they ci how to move forward.

The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed. ) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church.