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To fulfill its call to love, the Church of the Nazarene should affirm and support LGBTQ+ people and their quest to live in peace and love.
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WAYS THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FAILED ME AS AN LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUAL
By Garnett Teakell My Experience as a Seminarian In order to provide background for this aspect of my experience, I need to begin by stating that I realized I was different from other boys in the first grade of elementary school, so I have said, based on that, that I’ve always realized I was…
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Nazarene Clergy Respond to Queer People
Reginald Watson did his doctoral dissertation on Nazarene clergy responses to homosexuality and interactions with queer people. And his work has now been published. Watson works from the previous Church of the Nazarene Manual, which claims that homosexuality is a perversion of human sexuality. He notes that the denomination and many of its members have…
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True Colors
Humans are created to love one another through covenantal relationships that defy tradition, legal definitions, and unify all people in Christ Jesus.
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Further Reading
The stories and perspectives shared in this blog are part of a much larger body of literature arguing for the inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQIA+ people from a Christian perspective. For further reading recommendations, click here.