Adam's Gift : A Memoir of a Pastor's Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays /

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Jimmy Creech, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, tells the story of how a longtime parishioner's decision to leave the church because of its stand against homosexuality prompted him to research the scriptural basis for the church's position and to conclude that discriminating aga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Creech, Jimmy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Creech, Jimmy.
United Methodist Church (U.S.)
United Methodist Church (U.S.) > Clergy > Biography.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Clergy.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Adam
  • Orientation
  • Reorientation
  • Stepping off the curb
  • A pastor again
  • Covenant ceremony
  • Hell breaks loose
  • Under siege
  • Pretrial
  • The church on trial
  • Aftershock
  • New challenges
  • Blessing withdrawn
  • Epilogue.

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