Hillsong Church says they are a "gay welg" ngregatn, even though they are not gay affirmg. Hillsong pastor Carl Lents explas how they are attemptg to thk through and navigate this difficult issue.
Contents:
- JT BIEBER SPARKS GAY SPECULATN AFTER ACCG PASTOR RICH WILKERSON OF CHEATG
- CARL LENTZ ON HOW HILLSONG CHURCH IS BEG ‘GAY WELG’ WHOUT PROMISG THEIR NVICTNS
- HILLSONG NEW YORK PASTOR CARL LENTZ: 'WE HAVE A LOT OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN OUR CHURCH AND I PRAY WE ALWAYS DO'
JT BIEBER SPARKS GAY SPECULATN AFTER ACCG PASTOR RICH WILKERSON OF CHEATG
"In addn, gay members have tailed difficult experienc at Hillsong. "I want to get better at the way we munite and embrace and work wh people who are gay. And I don't have any personal bias at all agast gay or lbian people.
Many, many people who are gay e to Hillsong Church. As the "Baby" hmaker sound like a disgntled ex, some people uldn't help thkg that he and the pastor were gay lovers. "Yeah they were gay, " one suggted.
CARL LENTZ ON HOW HILLSONG CHURCH IS BEG ‘GAY WELG’ WHOUT PROMISG THEIR NVICTNS
Hoton, said that gay people were wele at Hillsong, but that did “not affirm a gay liftyle.
While his church holds to a tradnal view of sexualy that do not affirm “gay liftyl” and believ marriage n only be between a man and woman, the church is managg to draw an “creasg number” of LGBT people to their servic. Hillsong’s Senr Pastor, Brian Hoton, has said that his church is “gay welg” even though they are not gay affirmg.
What ncerns me is that seems like more people are ncerned about our “method, ” spe the fact ’s workg, than they are the young gay teens that are killg themselv, and the LGBT muny at large that has found zero refuge our “church.
HILLSONG NEW YORK PASTOR CARL LENTZ: 'WE HAVE A LOT OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN OUR CHURCH AND I PRAY WE ALWAYS DO'
Regardg whether Hillsong Church allows “openly gay people to serve at church”. Josh Canfield, a gay Hillsong choir lear who appears the doceri, thought the church was acceptg of him, matag that he and his boyiend had been members of Hillsong for eight years and their stat as a uple was well-known church circl.
Then, after he appeared on Survivor wh his partner, Hoton wrote a blog entry on behalf of the church statg, “We do not affirm a gay liftyle and bee of this we do not knowgly have actively gay people posns of learship, eher paid or unpaid, ” while addg that they oppose gay marriage. For Lentz, homosexualy is jt not somethg he feels the need to go on about.
"J was the thick of an era where homosexualy, jt like is today, was wily prevalent. Other pastors are happy to go ont of the meras to share their views about the Bible's take on homosexualy, but Lentz - who's managed to lk Christian wh ol like few other church lears - don't thk a "media moment" is the bt place to wa to the issue. What he will say, though, is that he is more than happy for gay people to be part of his flock.