Editorial: Walking in the Truth
Winning arguments at church conventions is not enough without compassion for homosexuals.
A Christianity Today Editorial | posted 8/30/00 | posted 9/04/2000 12:00AM
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Soulforce
Web site documents every protest the activist organization plans, as well as offering the
correspondence between Mel White and Jerry Falwell
in the years preceding their 1999 Lynchburg meeting.To read the testimonies of former homosexuals, locate "ex-gay" ministries, or find resources about reaching out to homosexuals,
visit the Exodus homepage
.Previous Christianity Today articles about compassion for homosexuals include:Building a Bridge
| A gay journalist and evangelical pastor correct their mutual misperceptions. (July 13, 2000)
The Jerry We Never Knew
| He hangs out with liberal pundits and gay activists. Is this the same Jerry Falwell who founded the Moral Majority? (May 2, 2000)
Sex and Saints
| A new vocabulary for an oversexualized culture. (Apr. 3, 2000)
Building outreach and friendship with the homosexual community
| What Jerry Falwell really said at the Anti-Violence Forum. (Nov. 5, 1999)
Just Saying 'No' Is Not Enough
| How should Christians address homosexuality? (Oct. 4, 1999)
Who Killed Matthew Shepard?
| Human nature being what it is, we can too easily cross the line between hating the sin and hating the sinner. (Dec. 7, 1998)
Revelation and Homosexual Experience
| Can it be said of us that we surprise others by the sympathy and compassion we extend toward homosexuals? (Nov. 11, 1996)Recent Christianity Today news stories about homosexuality and church policy include:No Balm in Denver
| Episcopalians defer debate over same-sex blessings for another three years. (July 17, 2000)
Presbyterians Propose Ban on Same-Sex Ceremonies
| Change to church constitution, which passes by only 17 votes, now goes to presbyteries. (July 5, 2000)
Sticking With the Status Quo
| United Methodists reject gay marriage, ordination. (May 15, 2000)
Presbyterians Support Same- Sex Unions
| Northeast Synod rules 8–2 in favor of continuing church's "holy union" ceremonies. (Dec. 10, 1999)
Creech Stripped of Clergy Credentials
| United Methodist minister guilty of breaking church law at gay ceremony. (Dec. 10, 1999)
Anglicans Deem Homosexuality 'Incompatible with Scripture'
| Setback at Lambeth for homosexual activists. (Sept. 7, 1998)
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