Gaychurch.org is a web site dedicated to ministering to the gay Christian community and to the friends of our community.
At Takoma Park Presbyterian Church we are working to welcome all in our community of faith, including our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered members. To this end, we have become a "More Light" congregation, one which not only includes members of all sexual orientations, but also ordains them to be deacons, elders and pastors. We have also adopted an addendum to our More Light Statement to allow gay and lesbian members to be united by the church in covenantal unions.
For more information, contact us at swac@takomaparkpc.org.
Scott Anderson will be ordained on Saturday, October 8 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. Scott is the first openly gay candidate to be ordained since the new ordination policy of Amendment 10-A went into effect on July 10 as G-2.0104.
For more information, access the article on the More Light Presbyterians Website.
Our church celebrated More Light Sunday in worship on June 19th. We marked as a chruch the passing of Amendment 10-A, and renewed our commitment to be a congregation that includes and welcomes members of all sexual orientations.
An exhibit from the Shower of Stoles collection was displayed in our sanctuary. The Shower of Stoles project contains over a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons from twenty-six denominations in six countries. Each stole contains the story of a LGBT person who is active in the life and leadership of their faith community in some way: minister, elder, deacon, teacher, missionary, musician, administrator or active layperson. This extraordinary collection celebrates the gifts of LGBT people of faith who serve God in countless ways, while also lifting up those who have been excluded from service because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
An online exhibition of the Shower of Stoles project is available.
A timeline of special events relating to the More Light movement is available from this website.
A recent article in the Takoma Voice focused on our More Light Sunday celebration and the change in the PC-USA "to clearly legalize the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in relationships." As the article points out, TPPC have been ordaining GBLT people for roles as elders and deacons for many years.
Looking for a way to deepen your faith and prayer? Thirsting to read the scriptures in a life-giving way? Each week, the Human Rights Campaign offers an inspirational commentary on the Bible passages used in church for the Sunday sermon. Please join Pastor Greiner in reading these devotions each week at www.hrc.org/scripture. Anyone interested in a Bible study together please speak with Pastor Greiner at 301-270-5550.
The following are excerpts from the Covenant of Dissent written in objection to "Amendment B", the "chastity and fidelity amendment" to the Book of Order, signed by the Session of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church and sent to General Assembly, PCUSA.
On August 3, 2000, the Session of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church released a statement concerning actions taken in the 2000 meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church is a member of More Light Presbyterians (MLP) -- including the national organization and the National Capital Chapter. The mission statement of MLP is:
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