by Amy Cerniglia | May 20, 2022 | Covenant Network News, News, Sexuality
Andrew Hartzler is one of many students seeking to end federal funding for religious schools that discriminate against sexual minorities. At one mandatory, videotaped chapel service, the university president of Oral Roberts University asked students to confess as to...
by Amy Cerniglia | May 1, 2022 | Covenant Network News, News, Sexuality
Recently, the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) urged Presbyterians to speak out against legislation that discriminates against LGBTQIA+ people. The Rev. Stacey Midge, pastor at Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church in our affirming network of churches, has...
by Amy Cerniglia | Apr 26, 2022 | Covenant Network News, News, Personal Testimony, Sexuality, Uncategorized
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill. Nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, this legislation seeks to ban public school teachers in Florida from referencing gender identity or sexual orientation....
by Amy Cerniglia | Sep 21, 2021 | News, Sexuality
“Honesty about being bisexual is one aspect of being fully faithful to my husband and also to God.” These words from the Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards, an ordained minister in the PC(USA) for over 35 years, emphasize the importance in creating a more welcoming church for...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 23, 2017 | Featured Categories, Featured Resourcing, Sexuality, Theology, Uncategorized
The mission of the Covenant Network is to help create a more just and generous church throughout all of its congregations and councils. When we are being honest with ourselves, we must recognize that much of that work for our 20 years of effort has focused on...
by Brian Ellison | Aug 26, 2014 | Biblical Interpretation, Marriage & Civil Unions, Sermon, Sexuality
LGBTQ-affirming ministers have usually done their scriptural homework and have come to their position because of — not in spite of — what the Bible teaches. Yet many have not taken the opportunity to share that study in depth with their congregations. The...
