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LIVG S? HOW GAY CATHOLICS MANAGE THEIR CONFLICTG SEXUAL AND RELIG INTI
But Young, now mister of mic and creative arts at Woodland Christian Church on the Near East Si, said durg a recent panel on relign and LGBTQ intify hosted by Stonewall Columb that he still stggl wh rencilg his llg as a clergyperson wh beg a member of the LGBTQ told the story of how when he me out to a church he was servg a few years ago, the Baptist ngregants me to the ncln that they weren't ready to have an openly gay mister on staff. On Sunday, Febary 11, 1996, Try members prent at a lled church nference adopted the followg statement, officially addg Try’s name to the list of dividuals, church, nferenc and agenci who support “openg the doors” of the UMC to homosexual men and women:We the ngregatn of Try Uned Methodist Church Atlanta, GA, wele to our fellowship all persons, regardls of their relig, racial, or ethnic background, social or enomic statn, or sexual orientatn. Therefore, we affirm that the renciliatn offered for all creatn through J Christ is thereby offered to all, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred persons.
We m ourselv to ongog prayer, study, and nversatn about what this challenge means for all our life and mistry affirm wh the larger Uned Methodist Church that homosexual persons no ls than heterosexual persons are dividuals of sacred worth. 2) that state the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg and that ny ordatn to self-avowed, practicg homosexual persons. Their annual nferenc attract a lot of evangelils who want to learn more about “supportg, enuragg, and empowerg gay, lbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they n experience the life-givg character of the historic Christian tradn.
Revoice is one of several groups workg to filtrate male church to change the mds of lears about the issue of homosexualy among members. But the Book of Disciple of the Uned Methodist Church (the Uned Methodist book of l and doctre) ntas unwelg language about gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr persons.