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...something about being a Christian that seemed consistent with my experience of being a gay Christian.”He came to HDS in 2004 as an openly gay Christian, and he became a deacon—a kind of lay minister elected by one’s congregation??in the Presbyterian Church. However, the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in the United States states that an “avowed practicing homosexual” cannot be ordained into the professional ministry.“The denomination is still inimical to bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people...
...religiously affiliated school also brought with it a congregation??s worth of fans, and pseudo-deity Larry Summers even made an appearance for one game...
...financial umbrella organization for the four active Swedenborgian churches in Massachusetts will vote on whether to underwrite the congregation??s purchase of the property...
According to Reverend Sarah Buteux, the congregation??s the money, intended to perpetuate the faith, will come from the Union’s sale of a bookstore on Newbury Street. That property, purchased in 1986 for $175,000 is now worth $3 million...
Buteux then presented the most recent fundraising proposal—getting to the Union, the independent financial body for the four active Swedenborgian churches in the state, including one in Boston, to underwrite the congregation??s purchase of the land...