Reflections from a Closeted Gay Pastor
I’m a closeted gay man. When I first typed that sentence, it felt good. The more I looked at it on my screen, the less good it felt. I want the courage to delete the word “closeted” and to not confine my declaration to written words that will never be attributed to me by […]
Announcing A Pastor’s Resource!
Hey friends! One of the most frequent questions we receive from pastor’s is: How do we actually do this? That is, how do we move from ideas to implementation? That question drove us back to the drawing board to create A Pastor’s Resource. This multi-media resource helps equip pastors and leaders to create a culture of […]
Announcing Grace / Truth 2.0!
Hey friends! I can’t tell you how excited I am to announce that Grace/Truth 2.0 is now available! After many months of writing, editing, rethinking, rewriting, consulting, and more writing, editing, tweaking, etc. the second half of the Grace/Truth learning experience is now available for purchase. Grace/Truth 2.0 is not an updated version of 1.0, but an additional 5 […]
What Do We Actually Know about Sexual Orientation? Part 3
My previous two posts (PART ONE and PART TWO) explored the complexity of sexual orientation, showing that the rigid categories of gay, straight, and bisexual aren’t as rigid as many people assume. While sexual orientation labels might helpfully describe one’s general disposition, they by no means determine, always and forever, the only type of person […]
Free Pastoral Paper: A Biblical Conversation About Transgender Identities
The following is a preview of our 12th Pastoral Paper, available now as a free download from the Center. This paper has a narrow aim: to understand what the Bible says about the categories of male and female as they relate to questions about transgender (and non-binary) identities. I’ve titled the paper a “Biblical Conversation” […]
What Do We Actually Know about Sexual Orientation? Part 2
In the previous post, we saw that measuring sexual orientation is much more complicated than people realize. Sexual orientation is, in the words of Rebecca Jordan-Young, a “great example of a commonsense’ concept that seems fairly transparent, but turns out to be complicated and slippery when you try to pin it down.”[i] We now know […]
Why I Support the Revoice Conference
By Preston Sprinkle There’s been a lot of talk over the last few weeks about the upcoming Revoice conference. Revoice is a conference and community for LGBT+/SSA Christians—Christians who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria—who are committed to a historically Christian sexual ethic. Every person presenting at Revoice believes that marriage is between a man […]
Taking the Family of God Seriously
The following is a guest post by Bridget Eileen, a celibate lesbian who writes about Christian sexuality and LGBT+ issues in the church. Read more about her thoughts on life as a celibate, gay Christian at www.meditationsofatravelingnun.com. Original post can be found here. Re-posted by permission. Celibate gay Christians are frustrated. And not for the reasons you […]
What Pronouns Should Christians Use For Transgender People?
Gregory Coles is on the Collaborative Team for The Center. His academic research on rhetorics of marginality (how language works in society for disadvantaged groups) has appeared in or is forthcoming from College English, Rhetorica, and Cambridge University Press. You can read his whole bio by clicking here. As Christians, what pronouns should we use when we […]
Partner Spotlight: EQUIP
The following blog is written by Pieter Valk. Pieter is a member of our Collaborative Team, and is the executive director of EQUIP, a Nashville based organization that helps the church to love sexual minorities. We at EQUIP are a team of missionary consultants sent to equip the Church with the understanding and skills to better love […]