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Conservative Christians debate whether experiencing same-sex attraction is sinful. Some, like the Presbyterian Church in America, argue that being same-sex attracted is sinful. Others, while living as celibate singles or married to opposite-sex spouses, simply resist their same-sex attraction without regarding themselves as sinful simply for experiencing it. An example of a celibate gay Christian is David Bennett, composer and theologian. Two speakers at the recent Undeceptions conference, Rebecca McLaughlin and Rachel Gilson, are same-sex attracted and married to men.
The Sydney [Anglican] Diocesan Doctrine Commission was asked to make ready a report on “The doctrine of concupiscence and its relevance to the encounter of same-sex attraction.” The Doctrine Commission report is in the papers for this year’s Synod (church parliament) but was first released last year and available online.
If one reads many articles on same-sex attraction and Christianity, or celibate LGBT Christians, the word concupiscence crops up. In the Re
Pastor Ed Shaw doesn’t fancy to describe himself as a “gay Christian”.
“We look after to use the language of same sex attraction,” Mr Shaw says. “We do that because the language ‘I'm gay’ has so often been used to signify that somebody is identifying themselves by their sexuality, and that somebody has embraced a lifestyle that is an active homosexual lifestyle.
The word "experiencing same-sex attraction" includes more people
We talk about experiencing same-sex attraction because it just includes more people, and includes us.”
Ed Shaw is pastor of Emmanuel City Centre Church in Bristol, England and is heading to Australia for a series of talks sharing his experiences in dealing with issues of same-sex attraction and church responses.
He is one of the founders of Living Out, which is a community of Christians who experience same-sex attraction and bring out into the open the questions and dilemmas they often tackle . The group stands for a biblical position on sexuality which Mr Shaw says is c
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