by Brian Ellison | Jan 21, 2011 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Sexuality
Church, Politics, & Church Politics: The Future of LGBT Issues The Covenant Network Southwest Regional Conference March 4-5, 2011 St. Mark Presbyterian Church Newport Beach Same-sex marriage Don’t Ask / Don’t Tell Anti-bullying and hate crime...
by Brian Ellison | Jan 15, 2011 | Marriage & Civil Unions, Sexuality, Uncategorized
David Myers Professor of Psychology, Hope College Address to the Covenant Network Conference November 6, 2010 (transcribed from plenary presentation) Thank you, David [Van Dyke]. It’s great to renew my friendship with you and it’s great to honor my Presbyterian...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 17, 2010 | Amendment 10-A, Biblical Interpretation, Sexuality, Theology
The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew Pastor, Collingwood Presbyterian Church, Collingswood, NJ From the beginning of the Bible, we see that God loves the in-breaking of light, sound, new ideas, salvation, birth, growth and death that shakes up our world. It is all part...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 26, 2010 | Biblical Interpretation, Covenant Congregations, Personal Testimony, Sexuality
Rev. Fritz Ritsch, pastor of St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, TX, a Covenant congregation, published a strong Op Ed in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In it he said, in part: “I’ve had it with the bullying that comes from the church’s...
by Brian Ellison | Oct 19, 2010 | Personal Testimony, Sexuality
A Faith Alliance to Stop Bullying of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender People For Immediate Release October 18, 2010 Media Contact: Ann Craig, 213-703-1365, craig@glaad.org Clergy and faith leaders say “No More Bullying!” In Wake of Gay Teen Suicides and...
by Brian Ellison | Jul 29, 2010 | 219th GA (2010), Marriage & Civil Unions, Sexuality, Theology
The 219th General Assembly (2010) sent to the presbyteries an amendment to G-6.0106b that emphasizes the high standard of joyful submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and ceases to rely on one contested interpretation of Scripture concerning sexual ethics. ...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 17, 2010 | Personal Testimony, Sexuality, Theology
When South Africans overcame their apartheid system and made the transition to non-racial democracy, they consistently applied those principles of equality in their constitution, also outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. Same-sex marriage has been...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 30, 2009 | Dialogue, Sexuality, Theology
Dawne Moon, addressing the 2009 Conference It’s really great for me to be here, because Presbyterians were actually my first contact with people who believed there was a place for gay people in the church. My best friend’s family when I was growing up were members of...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 30, 2009 | Amendment 10-A, Biblical Interpretation, Personal Testimony, Sexuality, Theology
Dr. Mark Achtemeier Address delivered to the 2009 Conference “The Church We Can See from Here” – that’s what we are supposed to be talking about here. I have every confidence in the ability of my colleagues to address this discussion with...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 25, 2009 | PC(USA) History & Polity, Sexuality
– Gayraud S. Wilmore It should be clear to anyone who keeps up with such things that the majority of African American Christians, if asked to vote yea or nay tomorrow on the ordination of lesbian and gay people to the ministry or to important lay offices, would...