Tag: church of the nazarene
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MY QUEER TRIAL DEFENSE
By Thomas Jay Oord I face a Church of the Nazarene trial in late July 2024 for being queer affirming. To prepare, I’ve written a lengthy defense. I’ve decided to publish it before the trial to make my arguments available to the public and not just the jurors. My arguments are published in My Defense.…
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WAYS THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FAILED ME AS AN LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUAL
By Garnett Teakell My Experience as a Seminarian In order to provide background for this aspect of my experience, I need to begin by stating that I realized I was different from other boys in the first grade of elementary school, so I have said, based on that, that I’ve always realized I was…
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Disingenuous: An Open Letter to Jared Henry, the Friedemans, and the Holiness Partnership
Disingenuous That’s the most charitable word I have to describe your actions in recent days. Disingenuous. Quotes below characterize the actions to which I am referring. In your (Caleb’s) review of Why the Church of the Nazarene Should be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming, you say, “First, we should call Nazarenes who reject the denomination’s stance on…
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Introduction to the New Book
(The following is an introduction to Why the Church of the Nazarene Should be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming) The essays in this book were written in response to an invitation. We (Tom and Alexa) invited people to contribute to a book we would title, “Why the Church of the Nazarene Should be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming.” You’re…