Word: pastors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Theological Seminary, William Silver "came to the point at which I could say openly that I was gay. I told almost everyone." Among those he told were members of Central Presbyterian Church, a Park Avenue parish that found his homosexuality no reason not to "call" Silver as its assistant pastor...
...year-old policy statement that homosexual practice is "incompatible with Christian teaching." Repeal would have laid the groundwork for future ordinations. The delegates swamped the proposal and even vetoed a proposed sexuality study. Last year New York's Bishop Ralph Ward raised conservative hackles by not ousting a pastor who openly admitted being a homosexual...
...small New Hampshire town in 1777. The colonies are at war with England. The British plan to hang a Yankee rebel. That man is the Rev. Anderson (Barnard Hughes). But he is away from home when the redcoats break in, and they mistake Dick Dudgeon (Chris Sarandon) for the pastor, since he is having tea with the pastor's wife. Dudgeon is the village scapegrace, a man so revolted by narrow-spirited Puritan cant that he has proclaimed himself "the devil's disciple...
...House of Hope Presbyterian Church, a black Baptist choir mourned Humphrey's passing with stirring spirituals, and the church choir sang the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. There were eulogies by President Carter and Vice President Mondale. The service lasted more than two hours. Said Pastor Calvin Didier, a Humphrey friend: "The only service we ever had here that ran as long as this one was when Hubert was the preacher." Afterward Muriel, in a pink dress and fur jacket, stood in the cold greeting guests, including Coretta King, whom she embraced. While the honor guard lifted...
...repeal laws that regulate the private sexual behavior of consenting adults. It urges the church to work against "homophobia," the fear and loathing of homosexuals. But agreement only went so far. A conservative minority, consisting of Lovelace and two other theologians, an expert in ethics and a local pastor, filed a 19-page report. It urges the forthcoming General Assembly to interpret the church constitution as banning practicing homosexuals from the clergy and the lay offices of elder and deacon, though accepting homosexuals who remain celibate...