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Seventh-day Adventist Straight Allies and LGBT Inclusion in Church.
August 18, 2011 — Terence Weldon — queeringthechurch.com When we think of the growth of welcoming churches and moves to LGBT inclusion, we are likely to think first of the mainline Protestants, especially those that have already accepted in principle the ordination of openly LGBT clergy. However, the process is underway in all denominations. GLAAD’s useful weekly round-up of LGBT church news this week features two encouraging stories from the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
In the first, Stephen Eyer and Daneen Akers tell how examining their faith led them to produce a video for the “It Gets Better Project” – and then on to producing a larger scale film documentary.
The second links to a post by a (straight) married pastor, writing at at Kinship (a website “supporting and advocating for gay Adventists”). Pastor Todd Leonard describes how he has become more publicly supportive of LGBT inclusion:
He goes on to describe one response he gives to people who resist, by showing how in scripture, there are many instances of people finding that encountering God, leads them to revise their previously fixed opinions. This, he says, is what is happening in the churches now, as increasing numbers of people are revising their previously fixed opposition to homoerotic relationships. |
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:50 |
