Moving Beyond the Dead End: My Journey with the Concept of Celibacy
“Whoever told you that you were supposed to get married?” The words jolted me awake. In my dream, Jesus had gotten in my face, speaking loud and clear. It was the first time He had ever visibly appeared to me in my sleep, despite years of having many spiritual dreams. My immediate response was to […]
When You Come Out to Someone and They Say, “I Don’t Care.”
It happened again last week. I was hanging out with a straight Christian friend—not a good friend, but a new friend—and he brought up “the issue” of same-sex sexuality. He had lots to say about it, which is fine, though I’m sometimes surprised at the passion some straight Christian folks have about non-straight people without […]
A Mother’s Humble Prayer
By Melissa Russell. Melissa is a mom of three adult kids, an interviewee for the Parenting LGBTQ Kids video series, and a group facilitator for Helping Parents Love. We learned of our son’s gender dysphoria and his decision to begin transitioning on the same day we received my husband’s cancer diagnosis. From that day forward, we were […]
Prioritizing Mercy When Discussing Sexuality
By Tony Scarcello. Tony is a church planter, writer, and the pastor of Open Table Church in Eugene, Oregon. He regularly speaks all over the country, helping churches and leaders think biblically and lovingly about their LGBTQ+ neighbors. His first book, Regenerate: Following Jesus After Deconstruction, is available wherever books are sold. You can connect with […]
Responding to Rosaria Butterfield’s Claims about Preston Sprinkle and The Center
By Preston Sprinkle. Preston is the author of several books, including Embodied and Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?, and serves as President of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender. Over the last several months, Dr. Rosaria Butterfield has made claims about me and The Center (along with other great organizations like Cru and Revoice) that accuse us of […]
Is Reintegrative Therapy Making People Straight?, Part 2
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In our last episode, I suggested that the Journal of Human Sexuality isn’t a highly credible venue for a groundbreaking study of sexual orientation change to be published. Still, a dubious venue doesn’t necessarily mean […]
New Testament Gentiles and Gay Christians
The following post, written by Misty Irons, is adapted from her presentation at the Revoice conference on October 8, 2021. Because her argument offers fresh insight into much-debated questions about sexual identity and Christian faithfulness, we’re grateful for her permission to publish her words here. Misty is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California (M.A., Biblical Studies) […]
Disciple the Queer Generation
By Pieter Valk. Pieter is a speaker/author, Executive Director of Equip (equipyourcommunity.org), cofounder of the Nashville Family of Brothers (familyofbrothers.org), teacher/aspiring deacon in the ACNA, and a licensed professional counselor. He helps churches love gay people and celibate Christians find family. Learn more at pieterlvalk.com. A recent study by George Barna and Arizona Christian […]
Is the Church Getting Safer for LGBTQ People?
By Tony Scarcello. Tony is an author, speaker, pastor, and podcaster. He is the author of Regenerate: Following Jesus After Deconstruction, the host of The Regenerate Podcast, and a licensed Foursquare minister. Tony lives in Springfield, Oregon with the girl of his dreams, his wife Kelsey. You can connect with Tony on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or […]
The Faith of Coming Out Colton
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In a blog post I wrote for The Center almost three years ago, I made a passing reference to Colton Underwood, who at the time was making headlines as the […]