Father Bob Pierson, Gay Priest, On Why Catholics Should Support Same-Sex Marriage. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé. Provost Professor of Cultural Studies and Islamic Studies B.A. Vassar M.Div. St. Vladimir’s Eastern Orthodox Seminary Dr. Théol. University of Bern, Switzerland If you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Contact Dr. Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Dr. Dr. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Farajajé has pioneered work that helps faith communities of color shape compassionate responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Dr. Farajajé serves on the GTU Core Doctoral Faculty in the area of Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions. Courses Taught (please see the Course Catalog for the current academic year): Moses in Judaism and Islam Maftirim: Sephardic Jewish Melodies Rumi Immersion Andalusia: Judaism, Islam and Christianity Full-time Core Faculty: Dr.
Part-time Core Faculty: Dr. Research Scholars & Research Faculty Adjunct Faculty Hilda Mason Teaching Fellows Intern Supervisors. Six Things Straight People Should Stop Saying about Gay People | A kind woman, who would never intentionally offend another person, writes: “I love gay people, I just cannot support their gay lifestyle.” A pastor stands holding an electric cord as a prop and warns the congregation, “Don’t mess with God’s original design. Gay sex is not natural, the parts don’t fit.” A man thinks he needs to “protect” his family from his Christian gay brother. He says to his brother, “Homosexuality is a perversion and, until you change, I cannot allow you in my home with my children.” Parents send their lesbian daughter to a program that they heard about at church. About their fellow Americans, some will say: “I don’t mind gay people having civil unions, I just do not want to redefine marriage.
Thinking they are pleasing and even defending God, moderate Christians assert: “I’m fine with gay people getting together, it’s God and the Bible that are clearly against homosexuality. I would have made every one of these statements a decade ago. The “gay lifestyle” No, they can’t. The Beauty of Transformation. Irshad Manji & Lesbian Islam - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.
The LGBT Synagogue - CBST. Muslims for Progressive Values. Nehirim: A national community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews, partners, and allies, committed to a more just and inclusive world. City of Refuge UCC | Bishop Yvette Flunder. Bishop Yvette Flunder Bishop Flunder founded the City of Refuge UCC in 1991 in order to unite a gospel ministry with a social ministry. City of Refuge is a thriving inner-city congregation that celebrates the radically inclusive love of Jesus Christ. Preaching a message of action, the church has experienced steady numerical and spiritual growth and is now located in the South of Market Area of San Francisco at 1025 Howard Street. A native San Franciscan, Bishop Flunder is a third generation preacher with roots in the Church of God in Christ. She was licensed in the COGIC and later ordained by the Bishop Walter Hawkins of Love Center Ministries where she served as Associate Pastor and administrator for the Oakland-based Love Center Church.
In 1984 Bishop Flunder began performing and recording with “Walter Hawkins and the Family” and the Love Center Choir. Bishop Flunder is a Trustee and Adjunct Professor at Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley California. UNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH MOVEMENT | PROCLAIMING THAT GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE IS FOR EVERYONE | SINCE 1985. Metropolitan Community Churches: Home.