Spreading the News of Queer Affirmation
Loving Nazarenes is on a mission to help queer people and their allies. The upcoming trial of Thomas Jay Oord places a spotlight on the loving change desperately needed. With your support, we can secure resources to share this story of love widely.
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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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Steve McCormick’s Testimony at Oord Queer Trial
Orthodox Christian Dogma Cannot Stand Alone. Only Love Can Stand Today, as we continue to move ever closer to the ecclesial precipice from which we cannot return, I would like to make a sincere plea to all of our better angels before we determine not only Tom Oord’s future in the Church of the Nazarene
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Bethany Raya’s Testimony for Oord’s Queer Church Trial
By Bethany Raya “Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, and economic change…” —Martin Luther King, Jr. In Western culture, the word “power” often makes us uncomfortable. After all, we have seen time and time again how politics, religion, and individuals
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Eric Severson’s Testimony at Oord’s Queer Trial
Dear David Busic, Gary Hartke, Scott Shaw, and anyone else concerned, Thomas Jay Oord has asked me to serve as a witness in light of accusations and trials related to his vocal support for inclusion of LGBTQIA persons in the Church of the Nazarene. I read this recent request: “To ask the RBOD to require
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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.