"The issue before the church is not whether persons of this or that sexual orientation can be ordained to ministry. They are already ordained to ministry by virtue of baptism...The real question is one of stewardship of gifts...What we are truly summoned to decide is not who among the baptized receives these spiritual gifts or who is entitled exercise them. The Holy Spirit decides that. We are summoned, rather, to receive these gifts with joy and gratitude and to be the kind of church that orders its life in such a way that these gifts are honored, exercised and nourished to the glory of God and the blessing of the world."
-Thomas Long,
Candler School of Theology,
Emory University, Decatur, GA
About Me
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- (R)evolutionary
- In our 20s (give or take), maybe in college or seminary, maybe serving the church in some other way, Presbyterian or concerned about the future of the mainline Protestant church, definitely wanting to live on the edge of our faith and make a difference
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