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Sometimes What You Say Gets in the Way of What You Mean
The cultural message of the Nazarene Church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues undermines God’s mandate to love the vulnerable.
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We’re Harming People In Jesus’ Name
Non-affirming doctrines and policies harm queer folks—Nazarene or otherwise. Affirmation is the path to the love of God and neighbor to which we by the Spirit have been called.
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Bonus Essay: Like A Shroud
Holiness empowers and equips us for service in the kingdom. Rather than accusations, threats, trials, dismissals, or shunning in any form, God recognizes holiness in the honesty and courage it takes to live in accordance with one’s true self, even when it disrupts cultural norms in society or the church.
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An Invitation to Be Transformed
Sometimes inclusion is not enough.
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Holiness is Queer
A holy church is not marked by moral perfection and exclusion but by vulnerability and an openness to God’s unpredictable grace.
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The Unknown Bundle
When we commit all to God, it includes the Spirit’s guidance in how we care for others. What is in your unknown bundle?
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Fair to my Chair
Todd A. Ponczoch In our society today the LGBTQ community exists, and that community is composed of people—people who are no less valuable to God than you or me. Jesus said the two most important things were to love God and Love others. I often wonder about how we as people assign value to things,…
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God’s Creative Diversity
There are far more people in the world who don’t fit perfectly into the categories of “male” and “female” than there are members of the Church of the Nazarene.
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Be Like Jesus
If the Church of the Nazarene would look into a mirror, would it see the face of Christ or the face of a Pharisee?
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Testimony of a Mother
How can a religion based on love allow hate to destroy its children?