The Rev. Leaders also voted to expel Collison's First Covenant Church, a founding member of the year-old denomination. Collison, who became a pastor at First Covenant in downtown Minneapolis in , told the Star Tribune he was "not surprised" but "saddened" after he was voted out. I feel grateful for the pastors and churches who stood up for us. I feel compassion to those caught in the middle," Collison said.

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Question: "Is it biblically allowable for a pastor to be gay? Their situation is like that of a married person who is attracted to someone besides his or her spouse, but who refuses to act on those adulterous desires. So it may be biblically allowable for a pastor to consider himself gay—that is, he struggles with homosexual attraction—if he is committed to sexual purity, never acts on those desires, and never encourages anyone else to do so see Romans There was never any question within the church about whether a practicing homosexual could or should pastor a church.


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Though year-old Mitchell recognized his same-sex attraction early in life, his adulthood was anything but open. After being told as a teen that his desires would send him to hell, Mitchell buried his feelings and allowed his fear to drive him into the ministry. He spent years preaching against homosexuality while trying to "pray the gay away" within himself.




A conservative pastor has criticized Disney blockbuster Frozen for pushing an agenda to indoctrinate homosexuality and bestiality in children. They point out that the fiercely independent Elsa never considers a male suitor and assume she is therefore probably gay. All these plot points, they say, open children up to homosexuality and bestiality at a young age. Swanson said in a March 4 segment unearthed by left-leaning media monitor Right Wing Watch:. Man, how many children are taken into these things and how many Christians are taking their kids off to see the movie Frozen , produced by an organization that is probably one of the most pro-homosexual organizations in the country?