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LGBT Issues and the Church: Problems With a ‘Gay Christian’ Identity
This is part one of an carried on series on problematic trends in the church regarding LGBT issues.
There’s a movement in Christian circles where those struggling with gay attractions identify themselves with terms like “gay Christian” or “gay celibate Christian.”
Others use terms like “sexual minority Christians,” “queer Christian” or even “trans Christian.”
Many who describe themselves this way – but by no means all – say they are embracing chastity or celibacy and pursuing a relationship with Christ. That is, they believe the historic, biblical Christian sexual ethic, that God created humans male and female, and sexual expression is reserved for the marriage relationship of a husband and wife.
A number of Christian writers and ministries have adopted this nomenclature, with some of them training churches and other ministries to follow their lead.
Focus on the Family does not believe these terms are biblical or helpful for same-sex-attracted strugglers. Although these groups and individuals clutch to biblical teaching that transgender and homosexual lust and behavior are untrue, they fail to rehearse
List of LGBTQ+ terms
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Abro (sexual and romantic)
A word used to portray people who have a fluid sexual and/or amorous orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time.
Ace
An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as well as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience lovey-dovey attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also employ terms such as lgbtq+, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their quixotic or sexual attraction.
Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum
Umbrella terms used to illustrate the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of passionate and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace, aromantic, aro, demi, grey, and abro. People may also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, unbent
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How Do I Help My Gay Friend?
by D’Ann Davis
“How do I help my gay friend?” This is a question we perceive constantly in the Living Hope office, when out speaking at events, or from friends and church members from around the world. Twenty years ago few Christians asked this question, for few knew any same gender attracted people, or if they did know them, they were ignorant to their friend’s struggles. Today almost everyone knows of someone who identifies as lgbtq+ or deals with a measure of same gender attractions. Even if a Christian finds himself in a season of experience where he does not personally know of a same gender attracted (SGA) person in his sphere of influence, this scrutinize is of utmost importance in light of the change of our tradition and the growing willingness of Christians dealing with SGA to openly converse about their issues. So how does one support a gay-identified friend or SGA friend?
The first response I typically give to this question is actually another question. “Does your friend know Jesus?” This is a vital first question any believer must tackle before attempting to help a friend deal with her sexual attractions. This is because there are two different ro
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