Jt Lee grew up a Southern Baptist fay. At age 18, he me out to his fay and church, who had trouble acceptg him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to enurage a dialogue between gay Christians, their fai and their church. His new book is Torn.
Contents:
- 'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
- THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK BE Q CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
- UNSTOPPABLE GRACE: THOUGHTS ON THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE
'TORN': LIVG AS AN OPENLY GAY CHRISTIAN
After partg ways wh the Gay Christian Network, founr Jt Lee says many LGBT people still feel credibly alone Christian spac. * gay christian network *
Followg the disappotg news about the Hoton Equal Rights Ordance (HERO), we at The Gay Christian Network, along wh the mayor of Hoton and our partner venu, want to assure you that the GCN Conference remas a safe space for all the LGBT muny—and that you are wele Hoton. Founr and executive director of The Gay Christian Network. Disver what mak the Gay Christian Network Conference the world’s largt, most celebrated, and most affordable annual LGBT Christian event.
Now, the Gay Christian Network is a rnerstone anizatn the LGBT Christian muny. In a nversatn for Sojourners, wrer and founr of FahfullyLGBT Eliel Cz talked wh Jt Lee about what’s ahead for Lee, the Gay Christian Network, and LGBTQ Christians Ameri.
THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK BE Q CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
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I want to keep speakg out wh my own voice, om my experience, as this evangelil kid who realized he was gay and stggled for so many years to figure out what that meant. 'Torn': Livg As An Openly Gay Christian. Rcug The Gospel From The Gays-Vs.
TleTornSubtleRcug The Gospel From The Gays-Vs. "I didn't know I was gay at first, bee I was the kid who was preachg agast folks acceptg themselv as gay, " he tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Thgs Consired. Lee formed the Gay Christian Network 2001 to try and help other gay Christian kids and their fai talk to one another, as well as wh their rpective church.
UNSTOPPABLE GRACE: THOUGHTS ON THE GAY CHRISTIAN NETWORK CONFERENCE
His new book is lled Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays Vs.
Interview Highlights On g out "I absolutely believed was a sful choice to be gay. ' When I turned to the Christians I most rpected my life — my parents and my iends and my pastors — I found that they didn't have a lot of answers for me, other than jt don't be gay.
On beg 'too gay' or 'too Christian' "I talk to people still every day who are jt livg that nstant feelg of beg alone, and 's very prsg when you feel like nobody unrstands you. You feel like you've been ught up the midst of this culture war between the gay folks on one si and the Christians on the other si. And here you are, a gay Christian, and there's no place for you.